Betterment vase life and keeping quality of cut Gerbera flowers by post-harvest nano silver treatments
Journal Title: International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Gerbera or Transvaal daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) is one of most important cut flowers in the world. One of the most problems faced the flowers is the short-life after harvest and neck bending. Producers want to increase longevity of these flowers with using chemical solutions. In this study, effects of various postharvest treatments on postharvest quality and quantity parameters of Gerbera were evaluated. The present study was carried out in Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch. Flowers were kept in preservation solutions containing with different levels of preservatives, including, Nano-Silver ( , , ppm). Completely Randomized Factorial Designs was applied to test the significance of treatments and means were compared using Duncan's multiple range test at P = . Results showed that using postharvest treatments significantly affected vase life, stem and flower diameter, related fresh weight and carotenoids total contents. However, the effects of treatments on leaf longevity, PH and water content percentage of florets were not significant. About of using Nano-Silver the best dosage of each material was ppm. In conclusion, the best treatment to enhance postharvest factors of Gerbera, was the exact ppm Silver Nano particles. This treatment can be proposed as additional substance for Gerbera postharvest quality increasment.
Authors and Affiliations
Safar Mohammadiju, Mehrdad Jafararpoor and Abdolrahman Mohammadkhani
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