HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FRUIT SCIENCE
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Question
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Underripened fruits will NOT ripen.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Non-climacteric fruit produce little or no ethylene gas and therefore do not ripen once picked; these stubborn fruits include raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, watermelons, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, lemons and limes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Mala Gamage, CSIRO food scientist, says: These ‘climacteric’ fruit, as they are called, will respond to ethylene in their environment and begin the ripening process. As they do so, they ripen other fruit (and perish flowers) around them.
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