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What are climacteric fruits?

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1. In most of the plants, there is sharp rise in respiration rate near the end of the development of fruit, called climacteric acid.
2. Such fruits are called climacteric fruits. The ripening on demand can be induced in these fruits by using ethylene.
Eg: Tomato, Apples, Banana, Mango, etc.,
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