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Non-climacteric fruits ripen without ethylene and respiration bursts, the ripening process is slower, and for the most part they will not be able to ripen if the fruit is not attached to the parent plant. [3] Examples of climacteric fruits include apples, bananas, melons, apricots, tomatoes, as well as most stone fruits.
These containers increase the amount of ethylene and carbon dioxide gases around the fruit, which promotes ripening. [6] Climacteric fruits continue ripening after being picked, a process accelerated by ethylene gas. Non-climacteric fruits can ripen only on the plant and thus have a short shelf life if harvested when they are ripe.
Tomatoes have been used as a model organism to study the fruit ripening of climacteric fruit. To understand the mechanisms involved in the process of ripening, scientists have genetically engineered tomatoes. [6] In 1994, the Flavr Savr became the first commercially grown, genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.
Tomatoes keep best unwashed at room temperature and out of direct sunlight, rather than in a refrigerator. [95] [96] Storing stem down can prolong shelf life. [97] Unripe tomatoes can be kept in a paper bag to ripen. [98] Tomatoes can be preserved by canning, freezing, drying, or cooking down to a paste or puree. [99]
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The Flavr Savr was too soft to be reliably machine-picked and transported when harvested while ripe, so the tomatoes still had to be harvested like any other unmodified vine-ripe tomato. [9] An improved flavor, later achieved through traditional breeding of Flavr Savr and better-tasting varieties, would contribute to selling Flavr Savr at a ...
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Tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C, a nutrient that is known for its role in immune health. Vitamin C contributes to many other bodily processes, such as wound healing, collagen ...