While touring the ancient Egypt exhibit at the local history museum,you learn that ancient Egyptians would slash figs in order to stimulate ripening.Based on your knowledge of plant hormones you hypothesize that wounding the figs must release

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Wounding or damage to a fruit can stimulate the release of ethylene gas, which can influence the ripening process. Therefore, it is likely that wounding the figs released ethylene.

While Touring the Ancient Egypt Exhibit at the Local History