How do fruits ripen after having been picked and why is this ability useful?
In: Biology
Only select fruits continue to due this once picked, so apricots, bananas, cantaloupe, kiwi, nectarines, peaches, pears, plantains and plums all get more ripe because they produce a certain chemical called ethylene that makes them get more ripe. Bananas actually release this gas too so fruit around them will ripen faster.
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