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EFFECT OF A POST-HARVEST TREATMENT AT THE GROWERS ON BULB FLOWER QUALITY
Article number
181_61
Pages
435 – 438
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Abstract
A long period of dry storage can be harmful to the quality and the vase life of bulb flowers.
Harvesting the flowers at a defined stage of maturity and watering the flowers before storage may prevent these negative effects.
Moreover, some iris cultivars fail to open after dry storage.
A post-harvest treatment with growth-substances at the growers may induce flower opening at the customers.
For dahlia flowers the damage evoked during transportation can be reduced by giving them a post-harvest treatment with flower nutrient.
Authors
A. Swart
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