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Record 1 2007-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

A chemical substance (commonly ethylene) used to accelerate the internal changes in various fruits and vegetables so as to hasten ripening ...

CONT

In China kerosene was burned to ripen bananas and peas; the reason the method succeeded, although the Chinese did not know it, was that the combustion produced the ripening agents, ethylene and propylene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Les Chinois brûlaient du kérosène pour faire mûrir les bananes (sans savoir que la combustion du kérosène produit deux agents de mûrissement, l'éthylène et le propylène).

Key term(s)
  • agent de mûrissage
  • substance de mûrissement
  • substance de mûrissage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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