Why fruit ripens and spoils: Thousands of plant genes activated by ethylene gas It's common wisdom that one rotten apple in a barrel spoils all the other apples, and that an apple ripens a green banana if they are put together in a paper bag. Ways to ripen, or spoil, fruit have been known for thousands of years -- as the Bible can attest -- but now the genes underlying these phenomena of nature have been revealed. Scientists have now traced the thousands of genes in a plant ...
June 11, 2013 - Science Daily
Scientists Identify Thousands of Plant Genes Activated by Ethylene Gas It's common wisdom that one rotten apple in a barrel spoils all the other apples, and that an apple ripens a green banana if they are put together in a paper bag. Ways to ripen, or spoil, fruit have been known for thousands of years--as the Bible can attest--but now the genes underlying these phenomena of nature have been revealed.
June 11, 2013 - Newswise
No 'matoes in Bradley Co. for annual Pink Tomato Festival The annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival , scheduled for this weekend in Warren, will have crafts, food and music. but few tomatoes , organizers say. A cooperative extension agent told KATV that three April temperature dips delayed the usual harvest time in Bradley County by up to three weeks and stunted what did ripen to "finger food" size. Get thee to the Piggly Wiggly, Warrenites ...
June 10, 2013 - Arkansas Times
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