Fig. 2.

Changes in the endogenous ABA content, ethylene production, ACC content, and ACO activity during fruit ripening in the seed and flesh of tomato. Fruit samples were collected from the immature green to the red ripe stage. Twenty fruits were collected for each treatment with three replications. Each point represents the mean of three replications, and vertical bars represent ±SE. IG, immature green (20 d after anthesis); MG, mature green (40 d after anthesis); B1, breaker (44 d after anthesis); B2, breaker (45 d after anthesis); T, turning (47 days after anthesis); P, pink (50 d after anthesis); MR, mature red (53 d after anthesis).