Climacteric fruits

Climacteric fruits


Climacteric fruits refer to fruits that have high respiration rate during the fruit's ripening. During the ripening process of climacteric fruits, the production of a phytohormone, ethylene, dramatically increase up to 1000-fold of the basal ethylene level.

Climacteric fruits are ones that are able to ripen after being picked. An example of climacteric fruits are bananas; they are picked and shipped green and then ripen at a later time (often in the store or home).

Climacteric fruits include, but are not limited to, apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, cantaloupes, figs, guavas, kiwis, mangoes, nectarines, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, and tomatoes.



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