Fig. 6

Effects of 1-MCP and auxin on the abscission rate of tomato pedicel explants: (filled diamond) control (CK); (filled circle) 50 μg·g^− 1 auxin treatment; (filled triangle) 20 μl·l^− 1 1-MCP treatment. The results are means of three replicates (60 flowers each) ± SE. The agar medium contained deionized water (control) or was supplemented with 50 μg·g^− 1 IAA. For the 1-MCP treatment, 1-MCP (20 μl·l^− 1) was applied for 24 h to treat the whole plant before the tomato flower was removed and incubated in agar