Some fruits, like oranges, don’t respond to ethene, but there are many processes in plants that respond to ethene as a signal.” Very scientific! So, apart from keeping them out of the fruit ...

This prevents fruit from over-ripening on the journey. It is ripened during storage by adding ethene and then taken to the shops. The effect of ethene released from bananas is clearly visible if ...

Polymerisation is the process in which many small monomer units combine to form one large polymer molecule. The alkenes ethene and propene are two important feedstocks in the petrochemical ...