Durée de conservation en vase des fleurs tubéreuses en fonction de l'emballage et de la ventilation.

An experiment was undertaken to investigate the response of loose tuberose flowers stored at ambient conditions with or without packing in polyethylene bags and with 0.5 or 1.0% ventilation. The rate of physiological loss in weight (PLW) and cumulative PLW were least in the polyethylene bagged flowers compared to the unpacked control. After 5 days PLW in the control was 38.56% compared to a range of 0.68 to 4.12 in the packed flowers. Packing flowers in unventilated polyethylene bags significantly decreased wilting but produced off odours.