Some vegetable are easily affected by ethylene , including asparagus , broccoli , cabbage and cucumbers .
有些蔬菜很容易受乙烯影响,其中包括芦笋,西兰花,白菜和黄瓜。
Ethylene can also be turned into alkanes , a class of hydrocarbons that are a component of gasoline .
乙烯还可以转变成烷烃是石油中含有的一种碳氢化合物。
These kinds of fruit do not need any help from an apple -- they release enough ethylene to ripen themselves .
这类水果不需要苹果帮忙,它们能够释放足够多的乙烯使自身成熟。
Dow recently announced that it would build a brand-new ethylene cracker in freeport , texas , one of several dozen expansions or new facilities along the gulf coast .
When one fruit starts to ripen , it releases this hormone which is called ethylene , which is sensed by neighboring fruits , until entire trees and groves ripen more or less in synchrony .
In 2009 dow chemical announced plans to close an ethylene " cracker " ( as the facilities that crack gas molecules are called ) on the banks of the mississippi just outside new orleans .
According to deutsche bank this trend will continue to erode the growth rate of the domestic us chemicals industry ( as a multiple of gdp ) and ensure that the country moves from being a net exporter of ethylene equivalents to being a net importer by 2009 .