New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts

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Cold storage of Alstroemeria pelegrina ‘Ostara’

Murat Zencirkiran
Ahmet Mengüç

Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
Uludaçg University
16059 Bursa, Turkey
email: muratzencirkiran@hotmail.com

Abstract  In this study, cut flowers of Alstroemeria ‘Ostara’ were harvested at three harvest maturities (tight bud, first bud showing colour, fully open flowers) and stored at 0-0.5°C for 0, 15, 30, and 45 days. The flowers harvested at different harvest maturities responded differently according to storage duration. The flowers at different harvest maturities could be stored for 45 days, however, the stems that were harvested with fully open flowers had a shorter vase life after 45 days of storage (5 days) compared to flowers harvested in bud or at a stage when the buds were first showing colour (9 days).

Keywords  cold storage; harvest maturity; Alstroemeria ‘Ostara’

H02067 Received 4 September 2002; accepted 7 March 2003; published 8 August 2003
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2003, Vol. 31: 255-259
0014-0671/03/3102-0255 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2003

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