If you've ever bought bananas, avocados, apples, or greens only to find them rotting the next day ... The more ripe an ethylene-producing fruit or vegetable is, the more gas it produces.

Apple trees are commonly affected by fire blight, apple scab, fruit rots, rusts, and powdery mildew. Fire blight is a common problem in pears. Stone fruits are affected by peach leaf curl, bacterial ...

Hundreds of tonnes of apples could be left to rot in orchards because of the coronavirus ... would be able to make use of its own apples, the fruit they would normally buy from smaller producers ...

Step 2: Set a trap with apple cider vinegar and dish soap. Since fruit flies are drawn to rotting fruit, Stevison says, ...

Slight insect damage on the skin is harmless, but don't store any bruised fruit. Apples need ... t keep and if stored, may rot and infect other fruits. Wrap the apples loosely in newspaper ...

Fruit grower Richard Budd ... a "knife edge", according to British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL). Apples are being left to rot in the fields while issues with shortages, which could last until ...