Multiple choice

In a ripe banana, rate of respiratory increase is called

  1. anthesis

  2. climax

  3. climactric

  4. photorespiration
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Explanation

The increase in respiration rate during fruit ripening in climacteric fruits like bananas is called the climacteric (or climacteric rise). This burst of respiration (with ethylene production) marks the transition to ripening. Anthesis is flower opening, climax is an ecological term, and photorespiration is a light-dependent process in plants that consumes oxygen and releases CO2.

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