What are the uses of ethylene ?

1.	What are the uses of ethylene ?
Answer» Ethylene is used in following ways: (i) Ethephon hastens fruit ripening in tomatoes and apples. (ii) Increase in number of fruits. (iii) Sprouting of storage organs such as rhizomes, corms, tubers can be enhanced by exposing them to ethylene. (iv) Ethylene accelerates abscission in flowers and fruits and is used for thinning of fruits like cotton, cherry etc.

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Ethylene is used in following ways:

(i) Ethephon hastens fruit ripening in tomatoes and apples.

(ii) Increase in number of fruits.

(iii) Sprouting of storage organs such as rhizomes, corms, tubers can be enhanced by exposing them to ethylene.

(iv) Ethylene accelerates abscission in flowers and fruits and is used for thinning of fruits like cotton, cherry etc.

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