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Respiration and Ethylene Production in Fruits of Species and Cultivars of Psidium and Species of Eugenia1

Year: 1979

Type: article

Abstract: Fruits of 4 species and cultivars of guava ( Psidium guaiava L. cv. Beaumont, P. cattleianum Sabine, P. cattleianum f. lucidum Degener, and P. guajava L. cv. Allahabed Safeda) were found to be climacteric in their respiratory behavior with C 2 H 4 triggering the respiratory rise. Fruits of 4 species of Eugenia ( Eugenia malaccensis L., E. cumini (L.) Druce, E. uniflora L., and E. jambos L.) exhibited typical respiratory behavior of nonclimacteric fruits including the response to exogenous C 2 H 4 treatments. The possibility of using respiratory data as a physiological tool for taxonomic differentiation of plants is discussed.

Source: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

DOI: 10.21273/jashs.104.5.632

Authors: Ernest K. Akamine, Theodore Goo

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System

Language: English

Topic: Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,500