Apedia

Ripening Fruit Ethene Describe Role Plant Hormones Controlling

Ethene initiates fruit ripening by significantly boosting respiration; ripe fruits then release more ethene, accelerating the ripening of adjacent fruits.

Ethene triggers fruit ripening by increasing respiration rate, and ripe fruits continue to release ethene, promoting ripening in nearby fruits.

Front Describe the role of plant hormones in controlling the ripening of fruits.
Back Fruit ripening:
  • Ethene production triggers series of chemical reactions that greatly increase respiration rate, causing ripening 
  • Ripe fruits keep releasing ethene & stimulate ripening of nearby fruit

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Climacteric define fruit continues ripen harvesting

Previous card: Plant hormones effect describe investigate growth investigating change

Up to card list: A-Level Biology OCR A