Ripening patterns and marketing appearance of plum cultivars varied greatly.
Post-storage ethylene treatment ‘recovered’ the inherent epidemic color of plums.
Post-storage 1-MCP treatment alleviated flesh reddening of ‘Aozhou 14’ plums.
Post-storage 1-MCP treatment inhibited ethylene production of plums in shelf life.
Manipulating ripening of plums with post-storage treatments depends on cultivars.