SciShow: What Makes Fruit Mealy?

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Content of the Lesson: Did you ever have a delicious looking apple in your hands and bite in only to find it all grainy and sad? It's not the fruit's fault, and there might be something you can do about it! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925521400001939 https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/abstract/journals/hortsci/27/12/article-p1291.xml https://plant-breeding-genomics.extension.org/peach-fruit-texture/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/092552149390032X http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/plantphysiol/100/3/1203.full.pdf https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/55/405/2041/464570 https://www.britannica.com/science/pectin https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/47/7/article-p879.xml https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/62/11/4043/507584 https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/how-to-store-nectarines-and-peaches-so-they-dont-get-mealy https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-summer-fruits-refrigerate-20150608-story.html https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diane_Beckles/publication/257355646_Factors_affecting_the_postharvest_soluble_solids_and_sugar_content_of_tomato_Solanum_lycopersicum_L_fruit/links/59f67fa70f7e9b553ebd2c13/Factors-affecting-the-postharvest-soluble-solids-and-sugar-content-of-tomato-Solanum-lycopersicum-L-fruit.pdf https://www.foodunfolded.com/how-it-works/perfectly-ripe-fruits-how-do-they-do-it https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/how-to-store-apples-to-last-through-the-winter/ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://polk.extension.wisc.edu/files/2014/02/When-are-Apples-Ripe-A3743-E.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwixsZbErsHmAhXgB50JHWd6A9gQFjAUegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw1vQvYnnCxho0_HaVpvUBzj https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195560/ https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/fruits-that-keep-ripening/


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