Planteome: Term Details for "fruit ripening stage" (PO:0025502)

Accession: PO:0025502
Name: fruit ripening stage
Ontology: plant_structure_development_stage
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A fruit development stage (PO:0001002) during which a single fruit (PO:0009001) participates in the process of fruit ripening (GO:0009835). Source: POC:curators
Comment: Succeeds a fruit formation stage (PO:0025501). This stage is to be used for an individual fruit. Fruit ripening (GO:0009835) is defined as: an aging process that has as participant a fruit. Ripening causes changes in one or more characteristics of a fruit (color, aroma, flavor, texture, hardness, cell wall structure) and may make it more attractive to animals and aid in seed dispersal. For the development stage of a whole plant (PO:0000003), use whole plant fruit ripening stage (PO:0007010).
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
fruit ripening stage	is_a	fruit development stage (PO:0001002)

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