Abstract
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants of the non‐ripening mutant nor (3rd backcross to the normal cultivar Rutgers) were grown under water stress induced in two different ways: a) reduction of water supply and b) increase in transpiration rate by adding kinetin to the nutrient solution. Both drought treatments induced fruits of the non‐ripening mutant nor to ripen, that is, the parameters characteristic of ripening – red pigment, taste, pectolytic activity, softening, and the evolution rates of CO2 and ethylene – all increased, although not to the normal level. Such an increase does not normally take place in the nor mutant under control conditions. It is suggested that fruits of the nor mutant can be induced to ripen by any kind of water stress. The induction mechanism is still to be explored.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-217 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physiologia Plantarum |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 1983 |
Keywords
- CO evolution
- drought
- ethylene evolution
- kinetin
- polymethylgalacturonase
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Genetics
- Plant Science
- Cell Biology