Fruit Storage at Subatmospheric Pressures
- 15 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3733), 314-315
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3733.314
Abstract
The storage life of bananas and other fruits is prolonged by ventilating them with air at less than atmospheric pressure. This procedure accelerates the escape of the ripening hormone ethylene from the tissue; by reducing the oxygen tension it also lowers the fruit's sensitivity to the hormone.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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