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Environment in Ripening Fruits

This document discusses fruit ripening and the various factors that influence the ripening process. It explains that some fruits cannot fully ripen on the tree and must be harvested early. While unripe fruits are not as tasty, methods can help induce ripening. Some believe storing fruits with rice can help, but the document explains ripening is a complex genetic process influenced by ethylene levels and temperature. Ripening mechanisms differ between climacteric fruits like mango and tomato versus non-climacteric fruits. Studies show controlled oxygen and carbon dioxide levels along with specific temperatures can help optimize ethylene production and ripening.

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Environment in Ripening Fruits

This document discusses fruit ripening and the various factors that influence the ripening process. It explains that some fruits cannot fully ripen on the tree and must be harvested early. While unripe fruits are not as tasty, methods can help induce ripening. Some believe storing fruits with rice can help, but the document explains ripening is a complex genetic process influenced by ethylene levels and temperature. Ripening mechanisms differ between climacteric fruits like mango and tomato versus non-climacteric fruits. Studies show controlled oxygen and carbon dioxide levels along with specific temperatures can help optimize ethylene production and ripening.

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What is it?

Why the issues appear?

This issues appear while some of fruits cannot ripe in their tree or a farmer crop the fruit
before it ripe. Actually, if we eat the raw fruits the taste is not delicious like it ripe so they
must find the solution to make the fruit can be ripening.

Fact and myths about it?

Some old people believe that if we want to ripening a raw fruit like avocado or mango we
should put it to rice pitcher for few days. They believe the rice will give a substance to the
fruit and this method will help fruits in ripened themselves.

Contras the ideas? Why some people support and some are not?

The scientific explanation? Support with evidence

Fruit ripening is a complex, genetically it programmed can be changes in color, texture, and
aroma of the fruit. Due to the economic field of fruit crop species these processes have been
studied extensively at both the biochemical and genetic levels. Fruits with different ripening
mechanisms can be divided into two groups climacteric and non-climacteric. climacteric in
which ripening is accompanied by a peak in respiration and forming high level of ethylene,
whereas non-climacteric, in which respiration shows no dramatic change and ethylene
production remains at a very low level. (Lucille Alexander and Don Grierson, 2002).
Examples of common climacteric fruits that include tomato, apple, banana, mango, avocado
and most stone fruits, whereas non-climacteric fruits, including grape, cape gooseberry, and
strawberry, are capable of ripening in the absence of increased ethylene synthesis.
(Giovannoni, 2004)

M.F. Sumual said that if we want to take ‘Kensington Pride’ mangoes to mature one were
stored in normal air or in controlled atmosphere chambers with combinations of 3% oxygen
(O2) and three concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) followed by ripening at 21⁰C (M.F.
Sumual, 2017)

Ethylene will staidly decrease while the temperature is about 30 ⁰C and will stop in 40⁰C.
The condition to optimize a forming of ethylene is the anaerobe condition will, because in
anaerobe will stimulate the ethylene that will be form by fruits. According to Joko the
condition that can make ripening faster is given at 24⁰C and 6% O2. The different
composition of CO2 is not staidly effecting in forming of C2H4 while in low percentage,
below 10%. (Joko, 2003)

Your stand point

References
Giovannoni, J. (2004). Genetic Regulation of Fruit Development and Ripening. The Plant Cell, S170-
S180.

Joko, m. A. (2003). Ekspor, Penerapan Teknik Spektroskopi Fotoakustik Laser Ultra Sensitif dan
Kromatografi Gas Pada Penyelidikan Pengendalian Pematangan uah Tropis ernilai.
yogjakarta.

Lucille Alexander and Don Grierson. (2002). Ethylene biosynthesis and action in tomato: a model for
climacteric fruit ripening. journal of experimental botany, 2039-2055.

M.F. Sumual, Z. S. (2017). Fruit Ripening And Quality Of ‘Kensington Pride’ Mangoes Following The
Controlled Atmosphere Storage . Jurnal Teknologi Pertanian, 17-27.

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