Abstract:The control effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment on browning heart and related quality indexes at room storage of Huangguan pears with different maturity were studied. The results showed that the treatment of 1-MCP can significantly inhibited the occurrence of brown heart, the respiration rate and ethylene production rate, and postponed the climacteric time for ethylene, 1-MCP treatment also maintain good fruit firmness, delayed the loss of titratable acid and soluble solids content of the pears, and better to keep the quality of Huangguan pear. 1-MCP treatment had obvious keeping-fresh effect. The effects of 1-MCP control browning heart are closely related to the maturity of Huangguan pear.