What makes fruit ripen?

<p><strong>#058</strong></p><p>Fruit. You eat it too early? It tastes bland and tart. You eat it too late? And it's rotten. You eat it when it's ripe? It's perfect, sweet, and juicy. What makes fruit ripen? How is it that supermarkets and suppliers can control when fruit ripens, or keep it from ripening too early? What's telling what to ripen when? And how? Let's talk about it.</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/sb5000077">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/sb5000077</a></li> <li><a href="https://libproxy.library.unt.edu:2337/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05874">https://libproxy.library.unt.edu:2337/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05874</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05874">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05874</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677914/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677914/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677914/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677914/</a></li> <li><a href="https://extension.umaine.edu/fruit/harvest-and-storage-of-tree-fruits/the-role-of-ethylene-in-fruit-ripening/">https://extension.umaine.edu/fruit/harvest-and-storage-of-tree-fruits/the-role-of-ethylene-in-fruit-ripening/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/24/650585212/science-reveals-how-fruit-keeps-a-lid-on-ripening-until-the-time-is-right">https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/24/650585212/science-reveals-how-fruit-keeps-a-lid-on-ripening-until-the-time-is-right</a></li> <li><a href="http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=163">http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=163</a