ISHS Acta Horticulturae 405: VI International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology of Ornamental Plants
POSTPRODUCTION QUALITY OF POTTED PATIOHIT® ROSES |
| Authors: | M. H. Williams, L. Andersen, L. Høyer |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.1995.405.3 |
| Abstract:
In order to establish a standard keeping quality test aimed at assessing the postproduction quality of roses from different growers, nine cultivars of PatioHit® roses were evaluated over a 21 day period. One of the important criteria in postproduction quality is the developmental stage at the time of sale, therefore plants were obtained with either 1–2 or 3–4 flowers. All plants were placed in 4 days simulated transport and then held in an evaluation room for a further 17 days. It was found that the developmental stage at the time of simulated transport significantly influenced the total number of flowers and the number of good flowers during the postproduction evaluation period. Developmental stage had no effect on the percentage of damaged and wilted flowers and on a keeping quality value given to the plants. Cultivars Nova Hit®, Perfect Hit® and '3388' demonstrated superior postproduction characteristics compared with the other cultivars. | |
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