Artificial ripening of fruits

#artificialripening

Fruits are best natural food for all and provide essential nutrients. The consumption of fruits has increased considerably in recent years due to awareness about their beneits and their availability round the year. Fruit trade involves transporting fruits to distant places. Highly perishable fruits such as mango, papaya, banana, etc. cannot be stored and transported to long distances after ripening as they tend to spoil. Therefore, to avoid spoilage of fruit during transportation, traders generally harvest raw fruits and ripen
them artificially at the destination market before sale. Ethylene gas can be generated from various sources. Due to high cost and scarce availability of
ethylene gas, traders often use unsafe and banned ripeners like carbide gas which can be potentially harmful to our health.