ripening的意思|ripening的解释-里氏词典

ripening

成熟

社科植医

熟成

高分子

ripening

[ noun ]

coming to full development; becoming mature

<noun.process>

acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

<noun.process>

Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ripening}.]
1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers,
and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

2. To approach or come to perfection.

By blocking the gene, the scientists delayed the ripening of tomatoes by one to three months.
On the plains to the south of the Marlborough Sounds, the sun has proved perfect for ripening grapes.
They also found several other natural polyamines that worked to retard ripening.
Scientists eventually learned that the delay in the Alcobaca's ripening process was caused by an abundance of 1,4 butanediamine, one of a group of chemicals known as polyamines found in all living things.
Beneficial insects that live lower on the plants are not disturbed by the machine, explained Driscoll researcher Ed Show. Green leaves and the ripening fruit also are left unharmed.
Cornell plant scientist Martha Mutschler found that once the tomato is picked, the ripening process slows drastically, said Davies.
Two days later, a hundred people stand on the tarmac of a windy airfield in the remote southeastern Nebraska farming town of Fairbury as a Beechcraft King Air taxis beside the ripening soybeans.
The new experiments settle a scientific question about the role of ethylene in fruit, vegetable and flower senescence, or ripening and spoiling, Dr. Theologis explained.
Many plants produce ethylene as they ripen, but there's been debate over whether the ethylene is what triggers the ripening process or whether it's a by-product of the process.
Some tomato growers and processors are experimenting with packaging techniques that help to retard ripening.
Apples and apple products remained in cold storage at schools statewide today, as more districts joined in a lunchroom ban triggered by concerns over a chemical used to control the ripening of the fruit.
The isolation of the mechanism that controls ripening has enormous implications for the agriculture industry.
It may be possible to block the gene, and thus to halt or slow the ripening of a fruit or vegetable while it is on the plant and in shipment.
The regulations, he said, were aimed at ensuring that the use of Dicamba as a ripening agent didn't result in the importation of "lower-quality, immature leaf into this country."
"We've had tomatoes on the vine for 150 days and the plants have died and the tomatoes still haven't ripened," Dr. Theologis said. Similar delays in ripening would occur for tomatoes that had been picked and were in transit to markets, he said.

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