This is a question & answer of the 1h class of the scientific and linguistic high school E. Fermi di Nuoro for Evidence Network Academy.
Apples, like bananas and kiwis are climacteric fruits. This means that even after the collection, they can mature to rot. The gaseous vegetable hormone responsible for this is called ethylene. Street The way that these rot, the Ethylene will have a greater effect, spreading even to neighboring fruits. So if we have a large amount of apples in a basket, with the ethylene “which works” then in a short time, all the apples in the basket will make.
All the fault of a hormone. The release of ethylene increases as the fruit ripens, to rot. When an apple rotates the gas induces the transformation of the starch contained in the pulp into fructose, making it more juicy and sweet. Ethylene spreads to nearby fruits, and that is why there is also the saying: “a march apple ruins the whole basket”.
