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What produce is most vulnerable to decay from ethylene?
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The biggest producer of ethylene gas is the Apple. |
The most sensitive products to ethylene gas are the kiwifruit and leafy green vegetables & herbs. |
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| Ethylene Production Rates | Products (alphabetically listed) | ||
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Zero: (0.0) |
Black Salsify Chinese Artichoke Japanese Radish |
Cabbage Cranberry Pak-Choi |
Cassava Florence Fennel Prickly Pear |
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Very low: (0.01 - 0.1) |
Artichoke Asparagus Beetroot Broccoli Brussels Sprout Carrot Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Chanterelle Cherry Chicory Chinese Cabbage Curly Kale Date Endiva |
Garlic Ginger Grape Grapefruit Green Cabbage Horseradish Jerusalem Artichoke Kohlrabi Leek Lemon Lime Mandarin Mushroom Onion Orange Parsley Root |
Parsnip Pea Pineapple Potato Radish Red Cabbage Rhubarb Rutabaga Spinach Sweet Potato Sweetcorn Tangerine Taro Turnip Watercress White Cabbage |
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Low: (0.1 - 1.0) |
Aubergine Bean Berries Bitter squirting Cucumber Cabbage Lettuce Clementine Coconut Courgette Cucumber Egg-Plant Guava |
Kiwifruit Kumquat Lettuce (Iceberg) Limequat Olive Orange Pepper (Chili) Pepper (Sweet) Persimmon Pomegranate |
Pumpkin Quince Radish (Garden) Satsuma Seville Starfruit Sweetcorn (Baby) Watermelon Winter Cherry Zucchini |
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Moderate: (1.0 - 10.0) |
Banana Fig Feijoa Honeydew Melon |
Jack Fruit Lychee Mango |
Mangosteen Plum Tomato |
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High: (10.0 - 100.0) |
Apricot Avocado |
Papaya Peach/Nectarine |
Pear Tamarillo |
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Very High: (100.0 >) |
Apple | Cherimoya | Passion Fruit |
| Ethylene Sensitivity | Products (alphabetically listed) | ||
| Zero: |
Cabbage Chanterelle Chinese Artichoke Clementine |
Cranberry Fennel Kumquat Pak-Choi |
Radish (Garden) Satsuma Seville Orange |
| Low: |
Artichoke Aubergine Beetroot Berries Bitter Squirting Cucumber Black Salsify Carrot Cassava Celeriac Cherry Cherry (Winter) Coconut Date |
Egg-Plant Feijoa Fig Garlic Ginger Grape Horseradish Jerusalem Artichoke Onion (Dry) Parsley Root Pepper (Chili) Pepper (Sweet) Pineapple |
Pomegranate Prickly Pear Pumpkin Radish Rhubarb Rutabaga Starfruit Sweet Potato Sweetcorn Sweetcorn (Baby) Taro Turnip Watermelon |
| Moderate: |
Asparagus Bean Cabbage Celery Courgette Endiva Grapefruit Guava |
Jack Fruit Leek Lemon Lettuce Lime Lychee Mandarin Mushroom |
Olive Onion (green) Orange Pea Potato Tamarillo Tangerine Zucchini |
| High: |
Apple Apricot Avocado Banana Broccoli Bussels Sprout Cabbage (Red) Cabbage (Savoy) Cabbage (White) Cauliflower |
Cherimoya Chicory Chinese Cabbage Cucumber Curly Kale Kiwifruit Lettuce (Iceberg) Mango Mangosteen Melon (Honeydew) |
Papaya Passion Fruit Peach Pear Persimmon Plum Quince Spinach Tomato Watercress |
For a comprehensive produce list visit our full Product Reference Chart.