Ethylene and fruit physiology. II. : Effects of ethylene treatments on the respiration of citrus fruits.

摘要

The respiration responses of citrus fruits (Satsuma orange, Hassaku orange and sweet summer orange) to alternate treatments with air and ethylene were studied. When the treatments with ethylene for 1 day and then returned to air for 1 day were repeated, the initial 3 to 4 treatments induced response of citruits (increase in CO_2 evolution), but subsequent treatments had little effect. The retreatments with ethylene for 3 days and then returned to air for 1 day caused no increase of respiration rate. In the case of the retreatments with ethylene for 2 days and then returned to air for 1 day, the initial 2 treatments induced response, but subsequent ones had no effect. When the treatments with ethylene for several days and then returned to air for more than 2 days were repeated, the fruits responded at all times.