If you were shipping green bananas to a supermarket thousands of miles away, which of the following chemicals would you want to eliminate from the plants' environment? a) cytokinins b) co2 c) auxin d) ethylene.

Ethylene is the chemical which can be eliminated from the plant body.

The ethylene is a growth regulator present in the plant parts that regulates as well as stimulates the opening of flowers, fruit ripening and shedding of leaves.

This ethylene is released when the fruits are matured so in order to prevent the banana fruit from spoiling we have to eliminate the ethylene that results in long shelf life of the banana and the bananas can be reached in a perfect condition of we can conclude that ethylene can be removed from the bananas body.

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Ethylene. (Ans. D)

Explanation:

Ethylene regulates ageing and ripening of plants. Normally ethylene is produced by most fruits and vegetables in small quantities, but in climacteric fruits like banana creates large amount of ethylene. Then this release of ethylene shows several actions such as increase respiration, more ethylene production, change in color and flavor.

So, If you were shipping green bananas to a supermarket thousand of miles away, ethylene chemical eliminate from the plants' environment.