Table I.

Effect of ethylene, MCP, and NBD pretreatment on B. cinerea infection of tomato cv Moneymaker

Pretreatment	Healthy Plantsa	Expanding Lesions per Planta	Lesion Expansion Rateb
	%	%	mm/day
Control	6.7	14.7 (2.9) b	5.7 (0.6) b
Ethylene 1 μL L−1	53.3	4.2 (1.5) a	3.0 (1.1) a
MCP 10 nL L−1	0	27.2 (4.1) c	6.3 (0.4) b
NBD 5 μL L−1	0	24.7 (3.0) c	6.6 (0.4) b

ses are shown in brackets. Different letters within the same column indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05) after ANOVA and Duncan's test. Data were pooled from two independent experiments, with 15 plants per treatment. Each plant was considered as a replicate.

^a At 96 hpi. 

^b Calculated over the period from 48 to 72 hpi.