Abstract
Abstract The experiment was carried out in the Botanical Garden and Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Kurukshetra University (India) to identify the effect of postharvest treatments on qualitative traits of control (untreated) and GA 3 pretreated (100 ppm) corms of ‘White Prosperity’ gladiolus to enhance flower quality and prolong longevity. Different concentrations of sucrose alone and in combinations with citric acid and 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) [T 0 – control (DDW); T 1 – 8% sucrose; T 2 – sucrose (8%) + citric acid (200 ppm); T 3 – sucrose (8%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm); T 4 – citric acid (200 ppm); T 5 – sucrose (4%); T 6 – sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm); T 7 – sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm)] were used as postharvest treatments under completely randomized design with ten replicates per treatment. The moisture content and the fresh weight were higher in spikes obtained from GA 3 pretreated corms placed in sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) solution as postharvest treatment followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) in gladiolus. The combination of sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) also demonstrated the best outcomes in terms of improving water uptake and vase life, which increased by ten days. These best preservative treatments are suitable for delaying flower senescence, prolonging the vase life, and enhancing the postharvest quality of gladioli. Further, this method can also help in testing new gladiolus hybrid selections.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
GA 3 pretreated corm spikes in sucrose and 8-HQ had higher moisture content.
- Material
- ‘White Prosperity’t0
- Treatment
- GA 3 pretreated corms placed in sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) solutione0
- Outcome
- moisture contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm)e0
GladiolusOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The moisture content and the fresh weight were higher in spikes obtained from GA 3 pretreated corms placed in sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) solution as postharvest treatment followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) in gladiolus”
t0“‘White Prosperity’”
Claim · model-written summary
The same treatment gave higher spike fresh weight.
- Treatment
- GA 3 pretreated corms placed in sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) solutione0
- Outcome
- fresh weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The moisture content and the fresh weight were higher in spikes obtained from GA 3 pretreated corms placed in sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) solution as postharvest treatment followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) in gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
Sucrose plus 8-HQ gave the best water uptake, followed by sucrose plus citric acid.
- Treatment
- sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- water uptakee0
- Direction
- improvinge0
- Comparator
- sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combination of sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) also demonstrated the best outcomes in terms of improving water uptake”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
The best preservative combination increased vase life by ten days.
- Treatment
- sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- vase lifee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- ten dayse0
- Comparator
- sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combination of sucrose (4%) + 8-HQ (400 ppm) followed by sucrose (4%) + citric acid (200 ppm) also demonstrated the best outcomes in terms of improving water uptake and vase life, which increased by ten days”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend these preservatives to delay senescence and improve postharvest quality.
Verbatim
e0“These best preservative treatments are suitable for delaying flower senescence, prolonging the vase life, and enhancing the postharvest quality of gladioli”
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