INFLUENCE OF SOME ANTI-TRANSPIRANTS ON THE LONGEVITY, QUALITY AND COLD DRY TRANSPORTATION OF THAUMATOPHYLLUM BIPINNATIFIDUM (SELLOUM) CUT LEAVES | ||
| Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants | ||
| Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 115-132 PDF (1.23 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjfop.2022.251807 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Magd El-Din F. Rida* ; Hoda El-Gedawey | ||
| Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Speed desiccation after detaching cut foliage from mother plants is one of the main problems that faces cut foliage producers. Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum (selloum) leaves have a large surface area, allowing for much water loss through transpiration and that can be reduced by using anti-transpiration agents. Inferior temperature during shipment of cut flowers and foliage causes a negative effect on their vase life. Two experiments were carried out. The first one was to investigate the effect of spraying the cut selloum leaves with Na2CO3 at 5 and 10%, Aloe vera extract at 5 and 10%, sweet almond oil at 5 and 10%, glycerol at 5 and 10% and tap water as a control on its longevity and quality. The second one was to study the effects of Aloe vera extract at 10%, sweet almond oil at 5% and glycerol at 5% on the quality of selloum cut leaves during cold dry storage.In the first experiment, the highest increase in vase life was obtained after the application of glycerol at 5% and Aloe vera extract at 10%. In the second experiment, the results showed that all treatments caused a significant increase in survival rate and vase life after storage as compared to control without significant differences in between. Cooling conditions caused a significant increase in all studied parameters. Using Aloe vera extract at 10% or sweet almond oil at 5% under cooling conditions caused the highest significant increase in chlorophyll content as compared to other treatments | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum; selloum leaves; anti- transpiration; dry transportation; cooling conditions | ||
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