Postharvest handling of floral rods (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.)
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of acid citric solutions in different concentrations on maintaining of postharvest quality of cut gladiolus under cold or room storage conditions. The flowers were harvested in the morning, at the point of commercial harvest and transported to postharvest laboratory and kept the 10°C during tree days, wich than were stored under room conditions (24 ± 2°C e 85 ± 2% UR), using the following treatments: distilled water (control) and in 30, 60, 90 and 120 mg. L-1 citric acid solutions substituited to each tree days. The longevity was evaluated through the grouping of stem quality on the storage periods ranging in scale from 0 to 5 taking by reference to the number of days from the harvest where flowers no presented abscision or petals death and general appearance, in qualitative scale, ranging 1 to 7. The use of acid citric solutions was not effective in maintaining the floral quality of gladiolus under cold or room conditions to the 5% significance level.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Palmira
2008
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/1353 |
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