Claim · model-written summary
6% sucrose best increased carnation flower diameter, peaking at 6.4 cm on day 10.
- Taxon
- carnation
Dianthus caryophylluse0 - Treatment
- 6% sucrosee0
- Outcome
- flower diametere0
- Direction
- increasinge0
- Value
- 6.4 cme0
- Qualifier
- 10th daye0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Fresh-keeping solution of 6% sucrose had the best effect on increasing the flower diameter of carnation and its peak appeared on the 10th day,being 6.4 cm”
Title
Fresh-keeping Effects of Different Fresh-keeping Solution on Cut Flowers of Carnation
Tong Bo-ying Anhui nongye kexue 2008
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect 0.02% boric acid raised cut-flower fresh weight early in vase holding.
- Intervention effect With 6% sucrose, carnation cut-flower fresh weight declined slowly.
- Intervention effect 0.02% boric acid ranked second for carnation flower diameter and peaked on day 9.
- Intervention effect 6% sucrose significantly delayed carnation vase life to 16 d.
- Intervention effect 0.02% boric acid significantly delayed carnation vase life to 16 d.
- Recommendation The authors conclude 6% sucrose improves carnation ornamental quality.
- Recommendation The authors conclude 0.02% boric acid improves carnation ornamental quality.