Usage of Waste Material as Floral Preservative Solutions for Cut Carnation cv. 'Baltico'

In carnation, vase life is shortened due to ethylene and water stress, resulting in petal curling, browning, wilting symptoms. Preservative solutions are used prolong the of cut flowers world, natural substances with antimicrobial properties have been preferred as preservatives recent years. It thought that benefiting from plant wastes will be beneficial for both flower industry waste management because they natural. This research was carried out determine effect grape marc extract (GME) on carnation. D. caryophyllus cv. 'Baltico' a material. The plants were placed vases containing two different concentrations GME (100 µL L-1, 200 L-1). life, relative fresh weight (RFW), daily solution uptake (DSU), lipid peroxidation, proline content, antioxidant enzyme activities measured during at end experiment. study, it determined effective carnation L-1 concentration (22.67 days) extended by 6.50 days 40.2% compared control (16.17 days), (distilled water). At same time, found post-harvest stress mechanisms flowers. improved increasing DSU, activities, reducing RFW loss. also reduced accumulation MDA proline.