1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) Treatment Protocol for Fruit or Vegetables

Gamrasni Dan; Goldway Martin; Stern Yosi; Breitel Dario; Aharoni Asaph

doi:10.21769/BioProtoc.2278

1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) Treatment Protocol for Fruit or Vegetables

Bio Protoc. 2017 May 20;7(10):e2278. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2278.

Authors

Gamrasni Dan^{1

2

3}, Goldway Martin^{2

3}, Stern Yosi⁴, Breitel Dario⁵, Aharoni Asaph⁵

Affiliations

¹ Fruit Storage Research Laboratory, Israel Fruit Growers' Association, Kiryat Shmona, Israel.
² Tel Hai Academic College, Tel Hai, Israel.
³ Migal Institute, Kiryat Shmona, Israel.
⁴ RIMI, Petah Tikva, Israel.
⁵ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Abstract

1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) is a simple synthetic hydrocarbon molecule that interacts with the ethylene receptor and inhibits the response of fruit or plant to ethylene. 1-MCP has opened new opportunities in handling harvested crops and serves as a powerful tool to learn about plant response to ethylene (Watkins and Miller, 2006). 1-MCP is manufactured by Agrofresh and known by its commercial name Smartfresh^SM.

Keywords: Ethylene; Fruit; Postharvest; Ripening inhibition; Storage.