Polygalacturonase Activity and Ethylene Synthesis during Cucumber Fruit Development and Maturation
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 66 (6) , 1019-1023
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.66.6.1019
Abstract
Polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15) activity in seed cavity tissue from harvested cucumber fruit increased over 20-fold after the fruit had produced a transient burst of ethylene during maturation. This increase was observed in 6 cucumber cultivars and was present whether polygalacturonase activity was measured at pH 4.6 or 6.2. The seed cavity tissue pH decreased as polygalacturonase activity increased both in ripening fruit and in harvested immature fruit exposed to 10 .mu.l/l ethylene in air.Keywords
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