How Does Temperature Affect Fruit?

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Tip 1 - Q & A

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Elijah Freeman | permalink

The Ripening Banana Q. How does temperature affect ripening bananas? A. Temperature changes can either delay or hasten the ripening of bananas.
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For further reading: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/10/science/q-a-490229.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How Does Temperature Affect Fruit? | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Christopher Hodgkinson | permalink

Temperature can affect how quickly fruit ripens, with cold air causing fruit to release ethylene gas and make fruit ripen more quickly. Keep fruit out of the refrigerator or use a disc that absorbs...

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Tip 3 - Why One Bad Apple Will Spoil Your Whole Basket, Literally

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by David Wong | permalink

Measure the ripening of fruit from exposure to the plant hormone ethylene by testing starch levels with an iodine solution. This easy experiment can be performed on several types of fruit, such as apples, pears, and bananas.
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For further reading: http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryexperiments/ss/ethyleneexp_5.htm ^[3]