PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
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Climacteric Nature of the Carambola (Averrhoa carambola LJ Fruit.
P.F. Lam and C.K. Wan
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 6, Issue 3, December 1983
Keywords: Averrhoa carambola; fruit; respiration; carbon dioxide; ethylene; climacteric
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The carambola (Averrhoa carambola L.J is determined to be a non-climacteric type fruit. The characteristic upsurge of carbon dioxide exhibited by climacteric fruits during the ripening process was not evident in carambola fruits of differing maturity. The ethrel treated fruit showed no sudden sharp increase in carbon-dioxide nor an ethylene peak.
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