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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 158, Issue 1-2, Pages 87-96Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00304-6
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ripening; salicylic acid; banana (Musa acuminata); catalase
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Salicylic acid treatment has been found to delay the ripening of banana Fruits (Musa acuminata). Fruit softening, pulp:peel ratio, reducing sugar content, invertase and respiration rate have been found to decrease in salicylic acid treated fruits as compared with control ones. The activities of major cell wall degrading enzymes, viz. cellulase, polygalacturonase and xylanase were found to be decreased in presence of salicylic acid. The major enzymatic antioxidants namely, catalase and peroxidase, were also found to be decreased in presence of salicylic acid during banana fruit ripening. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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