A climacteric-like peak in ethylene production was observed in
leaves on the third day of storage only in the case of the control.
After that time, ethylene production gradually decreased (Fig. 5). All
1-MCP treatments significantly decreased ethylene production and
on the third day therewas no significant difference between 0.4 and
0.6gm−3 1-MCP treatments; a significant difference was observed
between these treatments in the fifth day. Ethylene productionwas
minimized by applying 1-MCP at 0.4 gm−3. Ethylene production
by control leaves was four-fold higher than by leaves treated with
0.4gm−3 1-MCP at the 3rd and 5th days of shelf-life.