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Effect of Anoxia on Respiration Rate (Fermentative Index) and Ethanol Production of Onion Bulbs (Allium cepa L.)
The physiological behavior, including carbon dioxide production, fermentative index (FI) and ethanolic production of onion bulbs kept under total anoxia (l00% N2) was investigated. During the first 24 hours, carbon dioxide production increased from 0.01 to 1.56 kPa Co2, and the average rate of the increase in CO2; prod …