A23 : The Optimal Temperature for the Saccharification of the Climacteric Malus domestica ‘Gala’
| Students | Rylan Donohoe
Julia Seymour |
| School | HCDSB - St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School - Oakville |
| Level | Senior 11/12 - Grade 11 |
| Group | Group 5 - Life Sciences |
| Abstract | To determine the temperature in degrees Celsius at which the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch is most efficient in the presence of ethene gas (C2H4(g)) in order to optimize the process of ripening fruit in the interest of rendering the food industry more economically and environmentally sustainable. |