The effects of concentrations of various biocides, in a solution containing 0.2 g l citric acid and 10 g l glucose, were tested on cut roses (Rosa hybrida L., ‘Classy’), Alstroemeria pelegrina L. and carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Compounds were evaluated for their effects on flower life (time to decline in fresh weight), maximum gain in fresh weight, solution uptake from 4 to 6 days, r...

Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria hybrida) is one of the most important cut flowers in the world. The aim of this study is investigating on the effect of dill and cumin essential oils on physiological and microbiological traits of alstroemeria cut flowers. Hydro-distillation method and GC isolated the essential oils of seed and GC/MS examined the chemical compositions of the samples. This exp...

alstroemeria (alstroemeriaceae family) is an ornamental monocot mainly produced for its cut flowers. embryogenic calluses have been employed for gene transformation in alstroemeria. this research work was undertaken to study the embryogenic callus induction in alstroemeria cv. fuego. the vegetative explants (node, internode, leaf) along with various concentrations of auxins (picloram, naa, iaa,...

The abscission of Alstroemeria petals is the serious problem at the industry of cut flowers of this plant. In this study, cut Alstroemeria cv. Bridal flowers were pulsed with solutions containing natural essential oil carvacrol, gibberellic acid and benzyladenine (50 and 100 mg L-1), -5-sulfosalicylic acid (1 and 1.5 mM) and sucrose (5 and 10%) for 24 hours. The distilled water was used as cont...