What is something that is changed by ethylene?

Question

I'm doing a biology project and we have to photograph all the things on a list and this is the only one left! plz help!

Answer 1

Ethylene acts physiologically as a hormone in plants. It exists as a gas and acts at trace levels throughout the life of the plant by stimulating or regulating the ripening of fruit, the opening of flowers, and the abscission (or shedding) of leaves. Its biosynthesis starts from methionine with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) as a key intermediate