Measurement and analysis of the ethylene production of the whole tomato pretreated by different concentrations of 1-MCP, Cryptococcus. laurentii, or the combined treatment

The ethylene inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) suppresses ethylene responses through its higher binding affinity to the ethylene receptors than ethylene. Cryptococcus laurentii is a well-known antagonistic yeast that can remarkably induce resistance in pears, jujube fruits, peaches, table grapes and cherry tomato (J. Lai, Cao, Yu, Wang, Zhang, Zheng, et al., 2018), and reduce postharvest fungal diseases in fruits, such as peach, pear, apple (Wei, Xu, Wu, Tu, Pan, & Tu, 2016), cherry tomato (C. F. Zhang, Chen, & Wang, 2013) and strawberry (X. Y. Zhang, Sun, Yang, Chen, Li, & Zhang, 2015). Therefore, the article aimed to evaluate ethylene production of the whole tomato fruit pretreated by different concentrations of 1-MCP, C. laurentii, or the combined treatment.