J&J gas
Ethylene gas causes produce to ripen. When ethylene gas is being produced you will notice the produce begin to ripen until it becomes overripe.
Formaldehyde Ethylene oxide Betapropiolactone
It is a gas at room temperature.
Ethylene act as a hormone of senescence for plants.
An ethylene scrubber is a device used to remove ethylene gas from the air. Ethylene gas is given off by fruits, flowers, and plants as they ripen, and can cause premature ripening in nearby produce. The scrubber helps to prolong the freshness of fruits and vegetables by reducing ethylene levels in storage areas.
Ethylene
ethylene gas is a gas that plants produce to help them grow and age faster sometimes too much ethylene gas can result to over ripening (rotting) to reduce over ripening, put your produce in a cold area such as the fridge because the cold slows down the production of ethylene gas
why yes, yes there is. The gas substance from the banana is ethylene, but the sugar content fructose helps. That why a banana tastes like it does.
I am not sure if this applies to all fruits but in Food Inc. they used ethylene gas on unripened tomatoes so that when they do reach grocery stores and markets they are ripe and ready for consumption.
No, a high amount of Ethylene gas will result in stunted growth and flower drop. It does speed up the ripening on the mature fruit. Some growers harvest fruit green then use ethylene gas to artificially ripen the fruit.
Every plant is sensitive to ethylene gas. Ethylene is emitted when damage is done to a plant. It stimulates repair or ripening so that reproduction can take place before it's too late. Bananas are an example of this ripening effect. Put green bananas beside ripe ones and the ethylene ripens the green bananas faster than they would have ripened on the other side of the room. Ethylene ripens all fruit, tomatoes, pears etc. The same is true of flowers.
It's a plant hormone called ethylene gas. Ethylene gas causes fruit to ripen. The more ethylene gas in an area, the faster the fruit ripens