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Effect of 3-cyclopropyl-1-enlyl-propanoic acid sodium salt, a novel water soluble antagonist of ethylene action, on plant responses to ethylene

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A novel water soluble inhibitor of ethylene action, 3-cyclopropyl-1-enyl-propanoic acid sodium salt [(CPAS) Patent Application number: PCT/IL2008/000995, US Application number 61/144758, International publication number: WO 2009/010981 AI] was synthesized in a highly purified form, and its effect to retard various exogenous or endogenous ethylene-mediated processes was tested. The inhibitor was applied by loading, dipping or spraying. CPAS retarded some ripening processes in avocado, banana, and peach fruit, delayed abscission of citrus leaf explants, inhibited leaf epinasty in tomato seedlings, and prolonged the vase-life of carnation and petunia flowers. The fact that CPAS is a solid, water soluble, non-phytotoxic, and odorless inhibitor of ethylene action renders it a promising candidate for pre- and post-harvest application in a wide rang of open growing environments.

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Abbreviations

CPAS:

3-Cyclopropyl-1-enyl-propanoic acid sodium salt

1-MCP:

1-Methylecyclopropene

NBD:

2,5-Norbornadiene

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This research was supported by Research Grant No. IS-3493-03CR from BARD, The United States-Israel Bi-national US-Israel Agricultural Research and Development Fund.

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  1. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Kennedy-Leigh Centre for Horticultural Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

    Raphael Goren, Moshe Huberman, Joseph Riov, Eliezer E. Goldschmidt & Akiva Apelbaum

  2. Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7622, USA

    Edward C. Sisler

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Goren, R., Huberman, M., Riov, J. et al. Effect of 3-cyclopropyl-1-enlyl-propanoic acid sodium salt, a novel water soluble antagonist of ethylene action, on plant responses to ethylene. Plant Growth Regul 65, 327–334 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-011-9605-y

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