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Plant hormone remarkable for fruit ripening

What is the plant hormone remarkable for fruit ripening and stimulating flowering? What are the uses and practical inconveniences of which hormone?

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The plant hormone notable for the accelerating and stimulating fruit ripening is the gas ethylene (ethene). By being a gas, ethylene acts not only in plant which produces it however also in neighboring ones.

Some fruit processing industries use ethylene to speed up fruit ripening. On other hand, if the acceleration or intensification of fruit ripening is not desirable care should be taken to prevent mixture of ripe fruits which liberate ethylene with the others.

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