S. Kannan ¹, A. Susheela ¹, Thirumaran ¹

Affiliations
1 Home Science College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University; Madurai- 625 104, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Controlled atmosphere is used for the prevention or retardation of fruits senescence and associated biochemical and physiological changes. Generally fruit ripening includes a series of complex changes and most of which are guite likely to be biochemically independent. One of them, is that which transforms a mature but unripe fruit into a clearly sensecent fruit.

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