Question

Ethylene helps in ripening of the fruit. If we keep ripened fruit with unripened fruit then the unripened fruit get ripened how can ethylene ripe a fruit which has bee n divided from the tree.how will they get energy to ripe

Answer 1

The effect of ethylene gas upon fruit is a resulting change in texture (softening), colorand other processes. Thought of as an aging hormone, ethylene gas not only influences the ripening of fruit but may also cause plants to die, generally occurring when the plant is damaged in some manner