Answer:
- Ethylene
- Thigmotropism a response to touch
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Plant hormones or phytohormones are of different types with varying functions. They include; auxins, gibberellins, ethylene, abssicic acid etc. Specifically, ETHYLENE or ETHENE is responsible for hastening the ripening process in fruits of plants.
2. Tropism refers to the response of an organisms to stimuli. There are different types of tropism depending on the stimuli source.
- Phototropism is the response of a plant to light
- Thigmotropism is a response to touch
- Geotropism is the response to gravity.