Fruit growth followed a sigmoid curve (Figure 3)
and reached the red ripe stage between 40 and 45
DPA irrespective of the growing conditions of the
plants. However, a more rapid growth was observed
between 10 and 35 DPA for fruits of HT compared to
control plants. Hypoxia did not affect the final size
of the fruits.
Metabolite content of fruits
Pericarps of mature fruit were analyzed for their