Passage:
When transporting climacteric fruits such as avocados across oceanic shipping routes, refrigerated cargo containers maintain precise internal holding temperatures to retard spoilage. In addition to chilling the air, these specialized containers continuously operate catalytic scrubbers to extract ethylene gas emitted by the produce. While low temperatures slow cellular metabolism, ethylene serves as a biological trigger that induces adjacent unripened fruit to rapidly mature. If ethylene gas accumulates in the cargo hold, a shipment will spoil before reaching port despite continuous and flawless refrigeration.
Statement: Regulating cargo temperature without removing ethylene gas is insufficient to prevent the premature spoilage of climacteric fruit during transport.
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