When apple fruit were inoculated with Penicllium expansum or Colletotrichum acutatum then treated with 400–500 nL L−1 1-MCP and placed in controlled atmosphere storage at 0.5 ◦C for up to 4 months, followed by an additional 2 weeks at ambient temperature, blue mold and bitter rot increased (Janisiewicz et al., 2003). However, decay caused by P. expansum, C. acutatum,
and Botrytis cinerea in apple fruit treated prestorage with 1000 nL L−1 1-MCP decreased when fruit were inoculated after 5 months of storage at 0 ◦C (Saftner et al., 2003). Poststorage 1-MCP treatment had no effect on decay severity.