Preharvest conditions, including photoperiod and irrigation regime, affect the keeping quality of long stem roses (Rosa x hybrida). Rose plants cultivar ‘Charming Black’ were subjected to four different treatments investigate how nocturnal supplemental lighting regimes influence post-harvest performance. Vase life, ornamental quality, water balance, petal color, vacuolar pH, soluble sugar conte...

The vase life of cut flowers and foliage is often shortened by vascular occlusions that constrict vase solution supply. Reduction in stem conductivity is typically caused by blockage of cut stem ends and xylem conduits by microbes, physiological plugging, and disruption of water columns in xylem vessels by cavitations and air emboli. Cut flower and foliage longevity can be greatly affected by t...

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of silver nanoparticles pulsing treatment (0, 25, 75 and 125 mg L−1) on vase life and some postharvest physiological parameters of cut rose flower ʻHigh & Magicʼ in sucrose solution (0, 2 and 3%). This research performed as a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications under 23 ± 2 °C, 60 ± 5% RH and...

the effects of salicylic acid (sa) and putrescine (put), on cut gladioluswas studied. sa (0, 150, 300 and 450 mg l-1) and put (0, 100, 200 and 300 mg l-1), their combinations were tested as preservative mixture. this study was conducted in a factorial experiment with complete randomized design on 192 gladioluscut flowers in horticulture laboratory of agriculture faculty of islamic azad universi...

gerbera (gerbereajamesonii) cut flower has magnificent economical value in international cut flower industry. due to sensitivityto ethylene and to gray mold, it has a short postharvest life. in this research, the effects of pulsing treatments with salicylic acid (100 and 200 mg/l) and methyl jasmonate (25 and 50 mg/l) for 24h on quality and vase-life of gerbera cut flower were assessed. distill...

Gerbera is one of the most popular cut flowers in the world. Several experiments have been done on the effect of different chemical compounds on longevity and quality of cut flowers. In the present study, two experiments based on a completely random design with two treatments and three replications were conducted on gerbera cut flower cv. Sorbet. The first experiment examined the effect of BA, ...

Nanosilver of nanometer-sized silver (Ag+) particles (2-5 nm diam) are used in various applications as an anti-microbial. Boric acid (H3BO3) is water soluble (pH=7). Boric acid is ethylene synthese inhibitor and reduce ethylene production through reducing the ACC synthase and ACC oxidase delays senescence of flower. In this study of different concentrations of boric acid and nano-silver was eva...

In this study, the effects of three different bacterial isolates added to vase solution on life were investigated. All significantly increased gerbera cut flowers. While flowers in control was 3 days, period reached up 11 days kept containing bacteria. Daily water uptake decreased with increasing time all treatments. Although there some differences between treatments terms daily uptake, it has ...

Postharvest flower abscission is an ethylene-mediated process that can reduce the marketability of cut Chamelaucium Desf. (Myrtaceae) flowers. The sensitivity of 51 Chamelaucium cut flower genotypes to ethylene was evaluated. Sensitivity varied among genotypes both between and within different species and crosses. C. uncinatum × C. micranthum cv. ‘Sweet Georgia’ and C. uncinatum cvv. ‘Early Nir...