NU FS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Banana, Senescence, Storage Organ
11 Apr 2018
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Fruits: botanical vs cultural use/ traditional/ consumer definition. F vs v: high in moisture and low in protein. Potato is a storage organ, tuber, high carb. Celery, asparagus: above the ground, carb in form of cellulose or hemicellulose, woody (lignin) if not fresh. Consumption: more than 5 times a day might not reflect the correct consumption, if more than 5 servings would be appropriate. Females have more fv eating events than males. One point in year (aug. , sept, oct. ) we harvest fv. They are sold by the pound so reduces income of the person selling them. They are still metabolizing, they are still respiring. Pick a tomato or banana and wait it for ripe and develop flavors. Green bananas leave them and they"ll release ethylene and ripen. Or put them in a paper bag (ripening unit) with little bit moisture and oxygen while concentrating ethylene. Tomatoes put in box so we will have ripened tomatoes.
