Claim · model-written summary
Nano silver effectively controlled microbial proliferation in the vase solution of cut roses.
- Taxon
- Rosese1
- Treatment
- nano silvere2
- Outcome
- microbial proliferation in vase solutione2
- Direction
- effectively controllede2
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Verbatim
e1“Roses (cv. Cherry Brandy) were treated in a completely randomized design with: colloid of NSP, citric acid, aluminum sulfate, hydroxyquinoline citrate (HQC), calcium hypochlorite, sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), tap water, or sterilized distilled water as vase water or solution”
e2“Since nano silver significantly improved vase life and effectively controlled microbial proliferation in vase solution, our results suggest that nano silver application could be considered as a biocidal preservative solution for rose cut flowers”
Title
M.M. Jowkar; N. Hassanzadeh; Mohsen Kafi; et al. Journal of Horticultural Science 2017. doi:10.22059/ijhst.2018.213028.146
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Nano silver particles gave the longest vase life of cut roses, ahead of aluminum sulphate and citric acid.
- Intervention effect Nano silver particles, HQC and calcium hypochlorite were the most effective treatments in controlling microbial population of cut roses.
- Intervention effect Aluminum sulfate was the second most effective treatment in controlling microbial population of cut roses.
- Intervention effect Nano silver particles, HQC and calcium hypochlorite completely inhibited microbial growth in the vase solution during the first six days.
- Intervention effect Aluminum sulfate retarded microbial growth, proliferation and growth rate more efficiently than the other treatments.
- Observation Two yeasts, six fungi and 26 bacterial colonies were isolated from the different vase solutions.
- Observation One isolated fungus was Trichoderma harzianum and the other five were Fusarium solani strains.
- Observation Bacillus was the most widespread microorganism in most vase-solution treatments.
- Intervention effect Nano silver significantly improved vase life of cut roses.
- Observation Each treatment allowed proliferation of a specific microbe.
- Observation Identified bacterial isolates from the vase solutions included Bacillus, Coccus, Streptomyces, Pectobacterium, Burkholderia and Pseudomonas species.
- Observation Identified Bacillus sp. isolates were B. polymexa, B. subtilis, B. megaterium and B. circulans.
- Recommendation The authors suggest nano silver could be considered a biocidal preservative solution for rose cut flowers.