Why does fruit rots?

Well i have a science share project. its about when does fruit rots and i need some resources and information. i need answers to these quesstions.


how do i prevent fruits from rotting? what makes fruit rot? how does bacteria make fruit rots? does it help us when fruit rots?





thx if you answer XD


and the best one gets the "best answer"

Why does fruit rots?
fruit rots because of the action of bacteria and mold n it.


Fruit is alive, it keeps ripening. After the skin is broken, bacteria and mold from the air can start growing on the flesh.


Cooler temperatures keep fruit longer. Washing some fruits and keeping them away from contaminants helps, but there are bacteria and molds and yeasts on the skins too.


Keeping the skins intact helps.


The bacteria eat the fruit and leave a broken down product.


Drying fruit keeps it.


Freezing or canning fruit keeps it.


Wine is produced from grapes and other fruits as yeast work on it.


Rotting is an important process in the decomposition of dead materials


New plants are started from rotting fruit on the ground.
Reply:In addition to fruit ripening by ethylene gas, the now available sugars are able to sustain a community of fungus and/or bacteria. Keeping your fruits in a cool, dry place will decrease the likely hood of pathogenesis. From rotting fruit we have discovered fermentation and elucidated some of the causes of food poisonings.
Reply:Fruit rots as a result of a naturally occuring "ethylene gas" produced by the plant, designed to cause the maturation or ripening of the fruit. Too much of a good thing I guess.