2.1. Plant material and experimental design
Eight commercial hybrids (Sinatra, Janto, Natura, Victoria,
Cronos, Celeste, Blas and Alexander) and one traditional Spanish
cultivar (Muc-16) were used to evaluate the effects of 1-MCP on
zucchini postharvest storage. Plants from the different cultivars
were grown in the same field trial under standard greenhouse
conditions in Almería, Spain. Fruits of uniform length (18–20 cm)
were harvested in the middle of the productive period in order to
minimizing the effects of environmental conditions.