Why Does Removing an Overripe, Mushy Apple from a Container

question 84

Multiple Choice

Why does removing an overripe, mushy apple from a container of otherwise good apples help preserve the good apples?

• A) Gibberellins help preserve the good apples.
• B) Ethylene production in the good apples is inhibited by the lack of ethylene production in the overripe apple.
• C) The overripe apple makes ethylene gas, which can cause the good apples to ripen more quickly than usual.
• D) Chemicals in the overripe apple stimulate the conversion of sugar to starch in the good apples.
• E) The production of cytokinins is inhibited in the remaining good apples.

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