Question

a fruit is green when unripe but beautifully coloured when ripe.what is mutualism involved
in this?

Answer 1

ripening of fruit is an enzyme mediated process.

Drastic changes occur during fruit ripening like it becomes sweet,aromatic, soft,change in colour in exocarp.

During the course of ripening, the green chloroplastids remoulds into the colored chromoplastid under the action of different enzymes.

The chlorophyll is broken down and sometimes new accessory pigments are made so that the fruit colour changes from green to yellow ,red or orange