How do fruit rot? Please add a source!?!
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Fruit rots because it is full of energy rich compounds like sugar which many many organisms on earth would love to consume. Fruit is also designed/produced to be eaten (by the plant) and so tends to be easy to consume when ripe.
The primary gas released will be CO2; carbon dioxide. This is released during cellular respiration as the sugars and other stuff in the fruit is broken down for energy for the organism doing the eating. It`s quite possible other gases will come out, but they`d likely have higher potential energy in them than CO2 so it`d be wasteful for the organisms eating the fruit to offgas them.
From my own book called "Fruits"
Fruit rot disease may refer to:
* Phomopsis leaf caused in grapes by Phomopsis viticola;
* Kole-roga caused in coconut and betel nut by Phytophthora palmivora;
* Botrytis bunch rot caused by Botrytis cinerea primarily in grapes;
* Black mold caused by Aspergillus niger;
* Leaf spot, and others, caused by Alternaria alternata;
* Bitter rot caused by Glomerella cingulata;
* Cladosporium rot or Soft rot caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides;
* Kernal rot or Fusariosis on maize (corn) caused by Fusarium sporotrichioides;
* Sour rot caused by Geotrichum candidum;
* Penicillium rot or Blue-eye caused by Penicillium chrysogenum;
* Soft rot or Blue mold caused by Penicillium expansum;
* Brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola;
* Strawberry fruit rot caused by Pestalotia longisetula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_rot
