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The compounds, cyclopropene, 1-methylcyclopropene, 3-methylcyclopropene, 1,3-dimethylcyclopropene, 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene, 1,3,3-trimethylcyclopropene, 3-methyl-3-vinylcyclopropene, and 3-methyl-3-ethynylcyclopropene, and 1,2-dimethylcyclopropene were tested as antagonists to the ethylene receptor in bananas. All of the compounds inactivated the receptor and the bananas did not respond to ethylene even at 1000 nL L−1. Large differences were found in the concentration required (0.7–20,000 nL L−1 for 24h) to inactivate the receptor and in the duration of inactivation (3–12 days at 24C depending on the compound). After this time the bananas responded to ethylene and appeared to ripen normally.
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Sisler, E.C., Serek, M., Roh, KA. et al. The effect of chemical structure on the antagonism by cyclopropenes of ethylene responses in banana. Plant Growth Regulation 33, 107–110 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017540410426
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