Why the watermelon fruit tissues surrounding the seeds deteriorate first?

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Ewald Schnug

because the seeds at end of dormance release a couple of lyases.

Caser Ghaafar Abdel

Dear prof. Ewald Schnug Esq

These enzymes dominated by ripening ethylene hormone, which produced by seeds as auxins and or direct release of CH2=CH2, and later sugar fermented to acids, Particularly acetic acid