Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Unripe tomatoes packed in a box with hay and ripe apples turned red. Under which condition would they not have turned red?

Correct answer D. There were no ripe apples in the box

Explanation

Ripe apples give off ethylene gas, which triggers ripening and red colour in tomatoes. Without ripe apples in the box, there would have been no ethylene to speed up ripening.

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