the-BA : Rotting fruit

England has a long tradition of throwing rotten fruit. In medieval times we liked to put people in the stocks and pelt them with stinking tomatoes. Nowadays it seems anyone in the public eye could fall victim to our organic missiles – Tony Blair’s stance on Iraq has led protestors to take aim at him, for example. And when David Blaine sat in a glass box above the Thames, it seemed that many people felt it their national right to throw stuff at him as well!

Have you ever wondered why damaged fruit goes bad so quickly?

You might like to …

Take two pieces of fruit – two apples, for example – and cut one of them. Inoculate them both with fungi, seal them in a container and see which one rots the quickest
See what happens when you inoculate the same type of fruit with different types of fungi
Try comparing the effect of inoculating a range of fruit samples with the same fungus
You could also compare the resistance of different varieties of the same fruit to fungal damage
Spray the fruit with fungicides to see what affect they have.

Further links:
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/disease_month/
bluemold0199.html

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