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DURING the past 40 years various theories have been advanced to explain the large rise in rate of respiration, that is, the ‘climacteric’ rise, which accompanies ripening in certain fruits1–8; but no hypothesis has yet been accepted as proved.
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BARKER, J., SOLOMOS, T. Mechanism of the ‘Climacteric’ Rise in Respiration in Banana Fruits. Nature 196, 189 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196189a0
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