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Ethylene enhances the proliferation of lenticels of avocado fruit stored in polyethylene bags under low oxygen concentration and high humidity; CO2 has no effect in this respect. The effect of ethylene is exerted both on fruits still attached to the tree and on those already harvested. Photographs of fruits of three avocado cultivars with proliferated lenticels and scanning electron micrographs of such proliferated cells of the Fuerte cultivar are presented.
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Zauberman, G., Kislev, N., Weksler, A. et al. Ethylene-induced proliferation of avocado fruit lenticel cells. Plant Growth Regul 8, 55–63 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040916
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