Compounds Interacting with the Ethylene Receptor in Plants

E. C. Sisler; M. Serek

doi:10.1055/s-2003-44782

Plant Biology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2003; 5(5): 473-480
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44782

Review Article

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Compounds Interacting with the Ethylene Receptor in Plants

E. C. Sisler¹ , M. Serek² ^, ³

¹Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
²Institute of Floriculture, Tree Nursery Science and Plant Breeding, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany
³Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

Some of the compounds binding to the ethylene receptor induce an ethylene response, but others prevent it. The compounds preventing an ethylene response have been developed into a means for protecting plants against ethylene and extending the life of some plant material. 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), a compound now commercially available under the names EthylBloc® and SmartFresh™, is currently being used on flowers, fruit and vegetables with great success. In ethylene sensitive flowers, among other responses, it prevents senescence and abscission of plant organs; in fruit and vegetables it slows down the ripening process. Other similar compounds are now being developed for a range of methods of application.

Key words

1-substituted cyclopropenes - abscission - antagonists - cyclopropenes - DACP - diazocyclopentadiene - ethylene - ethylene receptor - ethylene inhibitors - fruit ripening - senescence - trans-cyclooctene

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University of Hanover

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