Effect of low concentrations of oxygen on the production of ethylene and on other ripening changes in apple fruit

When apples were stored at 12° in atmospheres deficient in oxygen it was found that the onset of the climacteric, as indicated by ethylene evolution, was progressively retarded the lower the oxygen content. from the point of view of horticultural technique, One disadvantage of storage in low‐oxygen atmospheres at high temperature lay in the tendency for the fruit to begin alcoholic fermentation.