Ripening - Wikipedia
Ripening is a process in fruits that causes them to become more palatable. In general, fruit becomes sweeter , less green, and softer as it ripens. Even though the acidity of fruit increases as it ripens, the higher acidity level does not make the fruit seem tarter.
Fruit Ripening: How Do Fruits Ripen - Science ABC
2023年10月19日 · Ripening their fruit is a survival tactic used by plants to help them reproduce and multiply. What Happens As The Fruit Ripens? As the plants absorb moisture, minerals from the soil, and all the necessary components for it to thrive, the fruit continues to grow, its storage cells expand, engorging it with water, sugars, starches, organic acids ...
The Origin of Fruit Ripening - Scientific American
2009年8月17日 · The Origin of Fruit Ripening. A gaseous plant hormone turns off anti-ripening genes, enabling fruit to mellow--and taste good. By Mandy Kendrick.
Science Reveals How Fruit Keeps A Lid On Ripening Until The ...
2018年9月24日 · Now scientists have found a master switch that leads the plant to crank up ethylene production when the time is, well, ripe. In a study published Monday in Nature Plants, researchers found that...
Fruit Ripening - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Fruit ripening is a complex process regulated by both genetic and epigenetic factors. It includes changes occurring in physiologically mature green fruit through the early stages of senescence and is responsible for characteristic aesthetic and/or food quality attributes of fruit (Brady, 1987).
Ripening - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Ripening is a complex and highly coordinated process which requires the involvement of hundreds to thousands of genes. Fruit traits are frequent targets for modifications in physiological and molecular studies. Tomato, an important horticultural crop, is the most studied model for fruit development and ripening.
Regulatory network of fruit ripening: current understanding ...
2020年7月29日 · Fruit ripening is a developmental process that is spatio-temporally tuned at multiple levels. Molecular dissections of the mechanisms underlying the ripening process have revealed a network encompass...