In order to make it easier to compare the metabolism and the gene expression level of climacteric and non-climacteric plants, the scientists concentrated their work on two closely related species: the ...

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 ...

While ‘Mamífera’ turned on the desire not to be a mother, ‘Climacteric’ addresses another taboo, menopause, notes producer ...

They point out that non-climacteric fruits tend to have vivid colours, especially reds and purples. This may help them stand out amid the foliage of their parent plants, advertising their presence.

Climacteric, in standard definition, is a period of critical transition or turning point in the life of an individual or a society (derived from the Greek klimaktēr meaning the rung in a ladder).

Tim Hayward has an ingredient called “socca”, writes of “a tarama of” crab and has a salad described as “climacteric”. No doubt too everyone except me has heard of “Ür-Bosi”.

A villager dries persimmons on rooftop at a village in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Nov. 4, 2017. Persimmons, like medlars (popular in the Renaissance), are climacteric fruits.

Anthocyanin accumulation is one measure of ripening in the strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.), a non-climacteric fruit. Neither aminoethoxyvinylglycine, an inhibitor of 1-amino-cyclopropane ...