Ethylene-independent and ethylene-dependent biochemical changes in ripening tomatoes
Jeffery, D.; Smith, C.; Goodenough, P.; Prosser, I.; Grierson, D.
Plant Physiology 74(1): 32-38
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-0889 PMID: 16663381 DOI: 10.1104/pp.74.1.32
Accession: 001196067
Tomato fruits (cv. Sonatine) were stored in 6% CO2, 6% O2 and 88% N2 for 14 weeks at 12 degrees C. The specific activities of citrate synthase and malate dehydrogenase fell during the first 2 weeks of storage, when changes in organic acid concentration also occurred. During this period, lycopene, polygalacturonase and ethylene were undetectable.