gladiolus is one of the flowers that used on cut flower and garden plants. an experiment was conducted to study the effects of chemical treatments on the vase life of gladiolus cut flower cv. ‘rose supreme’ with ten chemical treatment using complete randomize design with 3 replications. gladiolus cut flower was harvested when the 2-3 lowest bud had start showing color then cut flower were treat...

the effect of plant growth regulator short time treatments ( ga3 and tdz) on the increase of vase life and qualitative traits of alstroemeria cultivars ‘odessa’ and ‘sacramento’ were investigated. cut flowers were treated with 24h pulse treatments which included different concentrations of ga3 and tdz. cut flowers were later held in preservative solution (sucrose 2% +nanosid 2ppm) and then thei...

gerbera one of 10 important cut flowers in the world and iran. one of the most problems is low-life after harvest and neck bending. producers want to increase longevity of these flowers with using chemical solutions. with the aim of achieving the best chemical treatments to increase flower vase life gerbera goodtimming, nano silver (5 mg l-1), humic acid (50 mg l-1), gibberellic acid (2.5 mg l-...

In order to evaluate the effect of medium and spraying calcium nano-fertilizer on quality of cut gerbera flowers, an experiment was conducted as factorial in completely randomized design with 7 media and 3 calcium nano-fertilizer concentrations with 3 replications. The media included cocopeat + perlite (1:1), peat moss + perlite (1:1), mushroom compost + perlite (1:1), peat moss + cocopeat + pe...

the effects of sodium chloride (nacl) salinity (control; canal water with 0.4 ds m-1), 2.5 dsm-1, 5.0 ds m-1, 7.5 ds m-1 and 10.0 ds m-1, respectively) developed after 6 weeks of pruning (beginning of study) on plant growth, flowering and quality of three cut rose (rosa hybrida l.) cultivars viz. ‘kardinal’, ‘angelique’ and ‘gold medal’ were studied to achieve better management, quality product...

The present investigation was laid out in Completely Randomized design (CRD) with 10 treatments and each replicated thrice. treatment T7 ‘Sucrose 2% + Aluminium sulphate @ 200 ppm reported significantly better performance compared to other treatments, terms of water uptake (6.79g/stem), flower diameter (6.00 cm), weight spikes (42.50 g), spike length (11.50 (2.33 mm), total solution consumption...

Strawberry fruit, western flower thrips and two-spotted spider mites were exposed to a range of ethyl formate (EF) concentrations from 0.8 to 2.4%. Ethyl formate treatments included both single and multiple applications of EF, the multiple applications having a venting period between each application. Additionally, target pests were exposed to EF and elevated levels of CO2 from 5 to 95 kPa, bal...

zinnia elegans, an annual flowering plant of the genus zinnia, is one of the best known zinnias. present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different growing media on the growth and flowering of zinnia elegans. seven different growth media including coconut compost, silt, soil loam, leaf manure, (leaf manure + silt; 2:1), (coconut compost + soil loam; 1:1) and (leaf manure + soil loa...