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Old 12-17-2013, 09:55 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Fruit Growth

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Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja View Post
From the two books that I have read, Length increases linearly for about 30 days and grade increases over the entire cycle. Some length increase is reported to occur after 30 days, but it is due to cell expansion as opposed to cell division.
Yea, it's fairly obvious to anyone that's grown a banana but this was the first time that I saw it in print.
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