Positive feedback is when the system responds to a foreign activity, or perturbation, by amplifying the perturbation stimulus.
When fruit ripens, it releases the hormone ethylene, which acts as a stimulus. Ethylene would promote the ripening of unripe fruits - thus forcing the fruits nearby to also ripen. Those fruits would release more ethylene as a response.
The hormone responsible for the ripening of fruit is ethylene.
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