Effect of sucrose on postharvest quality of cut Gloriosa superba l. 'Misato red' flowers
S. Fukai and S. Fujita
ISHS Acta Horticulturae 884:77-82.2011.
2011
บทคัดย่อ
Postharvest quality of cut Gloriosa superba L. ‘Misato Red’ flowers was investigated in relation to sucrose in a vase solution. All flower buds on stems opened with equivalently sized perianths and similar flower longevity, irrespective of the initial flower bud size when the cut flowers were kept in a vase solution containing 1% sucrose and germicide at 24°C. Smaller flower buds developed smaller flowers with pale color, indicating that flower buds required considerable energy to develop normally when flower buds were detached from cut flowers. However, sucrose in a vase solution had no effect on flower longevity of detached and fully opened flowers. Flower buds on stems developed larger flowers with bright flower color when the vase solution contained 3-10% sucrose. Pulsing of sucrose was not effective for maintaining flower quality and longevity.