during ripening,bananas produce small amounts of ethylene.when bananas are shipped,why should they not be shipped in close containers?
2006-09-03 18:38:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Many fruits/vegetables ripen when a specific signal is produced by specific genes. Usually is a gas like ethylene or acethylene (like tomatoes). If you ship this kind of products in closed containers, and they start ripening producing such gases, the gases themselves accumulate in the container. Since both ethylene and acethylene are flammable and can explode, it is easy to understand how dangerous this could be.
2006-09-03 20:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by ascaniosobrero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethylene causes them to ripen quicker.
2006-09-03 18:42:23 · answer #2 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope
2016-03-26 21:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can get air in and out
2006-09-07 06:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋