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Ethene Ripening Rate Time Commercial Plant Hormones  Control

Ethene is a plant hormone crucial for ripening climacteric fruits, initiating processes like enhanced respiration. Its commercial use allows fruits to be harvested unripe and then ripened uniformly for sale, optimizing transport and market timing.

Ethene (ethylene) plays a key role in the ripening of climacteric fruits, triggering processes like increased respiration even after harvest. A ripe banana's ethene can accelerate the ripening of green ones. Harvesting fruits when unripe and hard facilitates transportation; exposure to ethene upon arrival ensures uniform ripening for sale, reducing spoilage and optimizing market presentation.

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  • ethene involved in ripening of climacteric fruits (ripen even after harvest), which triggers chemical reactions e.g inc rate of respiration, also, ethene from ripe banana stimulates rapid ripening of green ones
  • ethene allows harvest while unripe and hard (less easily damaged upon transportation), so exposed to ethene when needed for sale, so each batch ripens at same rate and shelved at same time which dec wastage during transport and inc time allowed before sold

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