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A dynamic computer model predicting the longevity of eight cut flower species.

Doorn, W. G. van and Tijskens, L. M. M.

Acta Horticulturae Year: 1991 Issue: No. 298 Pages: 189-193 Ref: 2 ref.

1991

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A dynamic computer model predicting the longevity of eight cut flower species.

A mathematical model was formulated to predict the vase life of cut flowers, using data from gerberas, roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, lilies, irises, freesias and daffodils. Postharvest conditions, such as ambient temperature, humidity, ethylene and pretreatment with ethylene antagonists, the presence of fungal spores in the air and of bacteria in the water, transport in water or dry, recutting of the stems and the inclusion of a flower preservative in the vase water were included in the model. The model calculates the response in days to these environmental factors and subtracts this from the maximum vase life. Some aspects of the model were inherently weak due to lack of experimental data; however, when tested using rose and gerbera flowers, it gave a prediction similar to the empirically determined vase life.