Introduction
Ethylene is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas, although it can also result in combustion of large chained hydrocarbons. Additionally, it is the simplest gaseous organic compound of the alkene group. Statistically, it is the most commercially manufactured gas globally since it has several industrial applications. The gas is odorless, and climacteric fruits do produces the gas as they begin to ripe, for instance, apples. During the fruit ripening process, the gas is responsible for color changing, softening of the fruit as well as the change in texture in addition to other processes too (Abeles et al., 2012 n.p).
Respiration versus ripening
Ripening ...
