New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
Postharvest characteristics of Limonium `Chorus Magenta' inflorescences
G. K. BURGE
E. R. MORGAN
I. KONCZAK
J. F. SEELYE
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food
Research Limited
Private Bag 4005
Levin, New Zealand
Abstract Water uptake and stem weight of harvested
inflorescences of
Limonium `Chorus Magenta' declined rapidly when the
stems were placed in water or a biocide solution, and florets remained open for
only c. 5 days after harvest. The decline in water uptake and stem weight
was greatly reduced by a 24-h wetting-agent pulse treatment of Agral LN or
Tween 20 at 0.1 or 1 ml/litre. These treatments extended the period over which
flower buds continued to open by c. 5 days. The addition of 50 or
100 g/litre sucrose to the 24-h wetting-agent pulse treatment extended
flower bud opening to 16 days. However, the number of open flowers was greater
when the wetting-agent pulse treatment was followed by a 20 g/litre
sucrose vase-solution treatment.
Keywords Limonium hybrid; postharvest physiology;
preservative solution
H98011
Received 18 February 1998; accepted 27 April 1998
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