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Participation of ornithine decarboxylase in early stages of tomato fruit development.

Plant Physiol

August 1982

Applied Research Institute and Department of Biology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P. O. Box 1025, Beer-Sheva 84110, Israel.

The apparent association of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) with rapid cell proliferation in developing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Pearson ms-35) fruits has been previously described.

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Effect of salinity on tomato fruit ripening.

Plant Physiol

April 1982

Applied Research Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84120, Israel.

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) plants from various cultivars growing on half-strength Hoagland solution were exposed at anthesis to 3 or 6 grams per liter NaCl. Salinity shortened the time of fruit development by 4 to 15%. Fruits of salt-treated plants were smaller and tasted better than did fruits of control plants.

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Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) plants of the nonripening mutant nor, the ripening-inhibited mutant rin, and the normal cultivar ;Rutgers' were grown in nutrient solution supplemented with 3 grams per liter NaCl from the time of anthesis. In plants treated with NaCl, all the ripening parameters of the fruits of the nor mutant increased, but those of the rin mutant did not. The ripening of the fruits of the NaCl-treated nor plants was characterized by the development of a red color and taste, increased pectolytic activity, and increased evolution of CO(2) and ethylene.

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