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ethylene glycol--it's what causes a 'bad' apple to cause neighboring apples to also spoil. i think it works something like this: e/g is hormone or hormone-like
by doug1001 11y ago
ethylene glycol--it's what causes a 'bad' apple to cause neighboring apples to also spoil. i think it works something like this: e/g is hormone or hormone-like gas whose biochemical function is to promote ripening. in any event, ripe fruit emit e/g (it's a gas) which provokes the ripening response in neighboring fruit. (Leave some apples in a closed plastic bag and see how much faster they go bad versus the same number arranged the same way sitting in an open bowl)
- danieltillett 11y agoJust to be nit picky it is the gas ethylene [1], not ethylene glycol [2] that is involved in ripening fruit - ethylene glycol is what is used to help sell Austrian wine. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol