“…Preharvest application of AVG can retard production of ethylene and ripening-related volatiles in apple fruit during storage (Bangerth and Streif, 1987). The cyclic olefin compound 2,5-norbornadiene (NBD), which reversibly blocks ethylene action, has been used to study ethylene action in stimulation of respiration (Gude et al, 1987), fruit softening (Blankenship and Sisler, 1989), and flower senescence (Sisler et al, 1986;Peiser, 1989). More recently, diazocyclopentadiene (DACP), a light-activated compound, has been shown to irreversibly inhibit ethylene action (Sisler and Blankenship, 1993a).…”