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STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND DURATION AFFECT QUALITY AND POSTSTORAGE RECOVERY OF VEGETATIVE DENDRANTHEMA GRANDIFLORUM.

Author(s) : RAJAPAKSE N. C., REED D. W., KELLY J. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE DENDRANTHEMA GRANDIFLORUM (RAMAT) KITAMURA CV BRIGHT GOLDEN ANNE QUALITY AND POSTSTORAGE GROWTH FOLLOWING STORAGE IN THE RANGE OF 278 TO 308 K (5 TO 35 DEG C), INITIAL SOIL WATER LEVELS (60, 80 AND 100%), AND DURATIONS (0 TO 8 DAYS). TRANSPIRATION RATE SHOWED A QUADRATIC RELATIONSHIP WITH STORAGE TEMPERATURE. THE LOWEST TRANSPIRATION RATE WAS OBSERVED IN PLANTS STORED AT 288 OR 293 K (15 OR 20 DEG C). AMINO ACID LEAKAGE AND POSTSTORAGE GROWTH WERE WELL-CORRELATED. STORAGE AT 288 K OR BELOW DID NOT CAUSE ETIOLATION. TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 288 K DID NOT AFFECT SUBSEQUENT GROWTH RATE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS.

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  • Original title: STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND DURATION AFFECT QUALITY AND POSTSTORAGE RECOVERY OF VEGETATIVE DENDRANTHEMA GRANDIFLORUM.
  • Record ID : 1991-2644
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. am. Soc. hortic. Sci. - vol. 116 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1991/01
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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