Abstract: A method of treating dicot seedlings comprises contacting dicot seedlings with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene one or more times prior to transplanting the dicot seedlings. A method of treating crop plants comprises contacting crop plants one or more times with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene while the crop plants are at a specific development stage, such as reproductive stage.

Abstract: A method of handling mangoes includes exposing the mangoes to an atmosphere that contains one or more cyclopropene compounds, and containing the mangoes in a modified-atmosphere package. The method provides an unexpected improvement in maintaining the optimum ripeness of the mangoes over what would be expected based upon the effects observed when either exposing the mangoes to the cyclopropene compound or containing the mangoes in a modified-atmosphere package in the absence of the other.

Abstract: A method of treating dicot seedlings comprises contacting dicot seedlings with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene one or more times prior to transplanting the dicot seedlings. A method of treating crop plants comprises contacting crop plants one or more times with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene while the crop plants are at a specific development stage, such as reproductive stage.

Abstract: Provided are methods of treating specific crop plants when those plants have reached specific developmental stages. Also provided is a method for improving the yield of a crop produced by a plurality of plants, which may or may not be any of the specific plants mentioned herein above, wherein said method comprises contacting said plants with at least one composition that comprises at least one cyclopropene.

Abstract: A method for identifying compounds that selectively alter wildtype gene expression of a plant cell includes comparing a first expression profile from a plant cell or tissue contacted with a first test compound, an additional expression profile from the same plant cell or tissue contacted with an additional test compound, and a combined compound expression profile from the same plant cell or tissue contacted with the first test compound and the additional test compound, wherein each plant cell or tissue was contacted for a time sufficient to produce an alteration in the expression of at least one gene or gene product in the plant's cells or tissues; and wherein each expression profile comprises the expression level or pattern of at least one gene or gene product of the plant cell or tissue; and identifying a significant, unexpected alteration in the level or pattern of expression between the genes or gene products of the combined compound profile and those of the additive alterations of the first profile and t

Abstract: Provided are methods of treating specific crop plants when those plants have reached specific developmental stages. Also provided is a method for improving the yield of a crop produced by a plurality of plants, which may or may not be any of the specific plants mentioned herein above, wherein said method comprises contacting said plants with at least one composition that comprises at least one cyclopropene.