
%0 Journal Article
%A Bieleski, RL 
%T The Physiology of Sugar-Cane II. The Respiration of Harvested Sugar-Cane
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1958/09/01
%V 11
%N 3
%P 315-328
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9580315
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9580315 
%X The respiration drift of harvested sugar-cane, variety Pindar, was similar to t,hat of many fruits. Mechanical shock caused the respiration rate to rise over 16-24 hr to a maximum of 80 per cent. above the initial rate; the rate returned to the initial value during the next 72-120 hr. Corresponding changes occurred in the concentration of oxygen in the intercellular atmosphere. At death, only about 30 per cent. of the available carbohydrate had been used. Respiration reached a maximum rate between 37 and 45°C. Above 40°C the respiratory system soon became permanently damaged. 
