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Normal and modified atmosphere packaging storage of lisianthus (Lisianthus grandiflorum) grown in saline conditions

B. Akbudak
A. Eris

Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Uludag
16059 Bursa, Turkey
email: bakbudak@uludag.edu.tr

O. Kucukahmetler

Regional Directorate of Forestry
Karsiyaka Izmir, Turkey

Abstract  In this study, sodium chloride (NaC1) (0, 2, 4, and 8 dS m-1) was applied to ‘Pure White’ and ‘Pink Picotee’ lisianthus (Lisianthus grandiflorum) at two different stages (vegetative and generative) with drip irrigation. The flowers subjected to NaC1 were stored under normal atmosphere (NA) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) conditions with 5 ± 0.5°C and 80 ± 5% relative humidity (RH). At the end of the study, the best results for the quality criteria determined in the research were obtained from the 4 dS m^-1 treatment under NA and the 2 dS m^-1 treatment under MAP in ‘Pure White’. Considering the same quality criteria, the 2 dS m^-1 treatment gave the best result in ‘Pink Picotee’ at the end of NA, whereas 4 dS m^-1 treatment was found more effective compared with the other treatments in MAP. Moreover, it was determined that the flowers of ‘Pure White’ could be stored successfully for 2-3 weeks in NA and 5 weeks in MAP, whereas the flowers of ‘Pink Picotee’ could be stored successfully for 2 weeks in NA and 3-4 weeks in MAP.

Keywords   Lisianthus grandiflorum; NaC1; preharvest treatment; quality parameters; storage

H04060; Online publication date 13 May 2005 Received 31 July 2004; accepted 29 March 2005
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2005, Vol. 33: 185-191
0014-0671/05/3302-0185 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005

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