Abstract
Transverse slices of green banana fruit (2-6 mm thick) exhibit after cutting an initial burst of respiration which largely subsides within 2 hr, and a broad peak of "induced" respiration at 15-20 hr. Respiration subsequently declines and within 4 days stabilizes at a rate two to three and a half times that of matched, intact fruits. Ripening of the slices occurs naturally within 4 weeks after cutting; it may also be induced at any time by treating with ethylene. In all attributes studied (sensitivity to ethylene, respiratory climacteric, respiratory quotient, peel colour changes, starch to sugar conversion, softening, and aroma development), the slices are comparable to whole fruit. Inhibitors or metabolites may be introduced into the slices by vacuum infiltration. The slices provide a suitable model system for studying the biochemistry of fruit ripening at the tissue level.
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Claim · model-written summary
Cut green banana slices had an initial respiration burst that mostly subsided within two hours.
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e0“Transverse slices of green banana fruit (2-6 mm thick) exhibit after cutting an initial burst of respiration which largely subsides within 2 hr”
Claim · model-written summary
Induced respiration peaked broadly 15 to 20 hours after cutting.
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e0“a broad peak of "induced" respiration at 15-20 hr”
t0“Banana Fruit”
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After four days slice respiration stabilized at two to three and a half times that of intact fruit.
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e0“within 4 days stabilizes at a rate two to three and a half times that of matched, intact fruits”
t0“Banana Fruit”
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Banana slices ripened naturally within four weeks after cutting.
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e0“Ripening of the slices occurs naturally within 4 weeks after cutting”
t0“Banana Fruit”
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Ethylene could induce ripening at any time.
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e0“it may also be induced at any time by treating with ethylene”
e1“Ripening of the slices occurs naturally”
t0“Banana Fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Slices resembled whole fruit in ethylene sensitivity, respiration and ripening traits.
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e0“In all attributes studied (sensitivity to ethylene, respiratory climacteric, respiratory quotient, peel colour changes, starch to sugar conversion, softening, and aroma development), the slices are comparable to whole fruit.”
t0“Banana Fruit”
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Vacuum infiltration can introduce inhibitors or metabolites into slices.
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e0“Inhibitors or metabolites may be introduced into the slices by vacuum infiltration.”
t0“Banana Fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Slices are proposed as a tissue-level fruit ripening model.
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e0“The slices provide a suitable model system for studying the biochemistry of fruit ripening at the tissue level.”
t0“Banana Fruit”
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