As soon as it is picked, fruit releases?a gas called ethylene, which makes it ripen and get softer and sweeter. When the fruit gets very ripe, however, it begins to break down, or rot. At the same time, tiny, invisible molds and bacteria in the air also land on the fruit, making it ripen, and then rot, faster.
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As soon as it is picked, fruit releases?a gas called ethylene, which makes it ripen and get softer and sweeter. When the fruit gets very ripe, however, it begins to break down, or rot. At the same time, tiny, invisible molds and bacteria in the air also land on the fruit, making it ripen, and then rot, faster.