ANSWER:
Farmers use the chemical forchlorfenuron to improve the harvest of fruits.
Step-by-step explanation:
- The use of this chemical is believed to bring the harvest forward by almost 2 weeks and also yields a bigger sized fruit.
- The use of this chemical is done so as to get the produce early and sell it in the market at an asking price.
- When fruits yielded by the use of this chemical ripen, they are big in size and are sold in the market before other fruits and therefore have no competition.
- Thus to earn higher profits from the fruit harvest, farmers use the chemical. This chemical however can have adverse effects on fruit leading to bursting of the fruit.