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Evaluation of cool storage and preservative solution treatments on the display life of Limonium perigrinum inflorescences

Lewis, D. H. and Borst, N. K.

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science Year: 1993 Vol: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 359-365.

1993

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Evaluation of cool storage and preservative solution treatments on the display life of Limonium perigrinum inflorescences.

The postharvest response of L. perigrinum [L. peregrinum] cv. Ballerina Rose inflorescences to cool storage and preservative solutions was examined as part of the development of a new cut flower crop. The inflorescence is comprised of many individual flowers, whose sepals remain open and have decorative value long after the petals have deteriorated. This results in a long natural vase life of 30-40 days immediately after the inflorescence has been harvested. Sugar or Chrysal preservative solutions increased the number of flower buds that opened and the length of time that flowers with open petals were present on an inflorescence after harvest but reduced vase life to 10-20 days. If inflorescences were stored for 72 h after harvest, display life was reduced to 20-25 days. Cool storage (5 deg C) and rehydration of inflorescences after storage in a sugar solution increased the time that flowers with open petals were present but did not increase overall vase life. It was concluded that the use of pr

eservative solutions may not be appropriate given the length of the normal display life.