油菜素内酯和光照调控果实花色苷领域取得新进展. 油菜素内酯; 来源：西北农林科技大学 2021-12-08 14:47 西北农林科技大学葡萄酒学院惠竹梅教授团队 ...

A climacteric fruit, bananas produce relatively high amounts of ethylene. “You will find that the apple which is closer to the banana will ripen faster than the apple which is farther from the banana, ...

Climacteric fruits are generally better camouflaged. That makes them harder to spot until they have fallen to the ground. The main limitation of their work, say Dr Fukano and Dr Tachiki, ...

Two enzymes are instrumental in the synthesis of ethylene. These are called ACC synthase and ACC oxidase. During the ripening process, climacteric tomato fruits produce much more of these enzymes, ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Climacteric, Heart Watching, and more ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 169 No. 1 (July 1943), p. 21 doi:10.1038 ...

While researching medlars I discovered that there’s a wonderful old word, dating back to Shakespeare as well, that’s still employed by botanists to categorize fruit: climacteric.