Fig. 1

Firmness and soluble solid content of pear fruits treated with ethephon and 1-MCP. Ethephon-treated control fruits (ECK), 300 ppm ethephon-treated fruits (EF), 1-MCP-treated control fruits (MCK), and 1.5 μL/L 1-MCP-treated fruits (MF). At least 10 samples were used for each measurement. Standard errors and analysis of variance were determined using Student’s t-test. Single and double asterisks indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 and < 0.01, respectively