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Generally fruit ripens due to exposure to oxygen. During transit and storage some produce is set in oxygen deficient environments to control this effect. Various fruit contain chemicals (such as the hormone ethylene) that mediate ripening.
In most fruits, ripening is accomplished by the change of starches to sugar.
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∙ 12y agoEthylene gas is a naturally occurring process in plants that causes fruit to ripen. You can place several unripened avocadoes in a brown bag for example, and seal the open end, and hasten the ripening process because you've concentrated and trapped the ethylene gas. In commercial agriculture, however, it is a common practice for fruit to be harvested green, say in the case of tomatoes, and transported, whereupon it is ripened by the introduction of ethylene gas. (This is why vine ripened tomatoes taste better than most tomatoes in the grocery store.) Ethylene gas can also hasten the rotting process, which is why, for example, apples are not supposed to be stored near potatoes, because of the adverse effect the gas has on them.
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∙ 11y agoEthylene. Supermarkets also pump ethylene gas into fruit lockers to promote ripening after fruit has been picked green for shipping purposes.
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∙ 9y agoFruit ripening is caused by ethylene, a gaseous hormone produced by the plants themselves. The fruit processing industry uses artificial ethylene to quicken the process.
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∙ 14y agoEthylen /ethene is the hormone that accelerates the ripening of fruits. One of the commercial applicator is Ethephon.
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∙ 11y agofruit need the help of bacterias
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What plant hormone stimulates the plant to ripen its fruit?
Ethylene
What is the plant hormone that is often used to ripen fruit called?
i think the fruit ripes because the fruit flies come to get it before we do
Do ripened bananas influence unripened bananas to start the ripening process?
In a sense, they do. As bananas ripen, they give off heat and ethylene gas, which stimulates other bananas (and other fruit) to ripen.
Which plant hormones causes fruit to ripen?
ethylene
What hormone stimulates ovulation in the female In the male it stimulates the secretion of testosterone?
luteinizing hormone (LH)
How ethylene ripens the fruits?
Ethylene is a plant hormone that causes fruits to ripen. Unripened fruits can rot, so if ethylene caused fruit to rot, it should ripen them first. The cause of rotting fruit is most likely due to microorganisms, especially bacteria.
What is the base word for ripen?
Ripen is a verb and this is the base form Other forms are ripen -- The fruit will ripen in May ripens -- The fruit ripens late ripened -- The fruit ripened late this year ripening -- The fruit is ripening now.
What stimulates the secretion of estrogen?
Oestrogen stimulates the hormone LH. LH is secreted in pituitary gland and stimulates the release of an egg
Is it true that wrapping fruits in newspaper cause them to ripen more quickly?
yes this is true...when fruits are wrapped, the ethylene gas is trapped close to the fruit and a greater concentration of the gas is available to the fruit. because ethylene gas is a ripening hormone it causes the fruit to ripen quicker than if exposed to air.
What hormone stimulates gastric acid?
a polypeptide hormone,
Norepinephrine stimulates the release of which hormone?
growth hormone
Hormone that stimulates ovulation in the female?
The interstitial cell-stimulating hormone stimulates ovulation in the female and production of the female sex hormone progesterone. In the male, it stimulates the secretion of testosterone.
