Use of organic and inorganic solutions for extending the vase life of cut <i>Heliconia</i> ‘Golden Torch’ flowers

Shokalu, A.O.; Akintoye, H. A.; Olatunji, M. T.; Adebayo, A. G.; James, I.E.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2019.1263.64

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“…Aloe vera (Aloe vera barbadensis) and moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) solutions were studied and compared with salicylic acid and calcium chloride solutions for prolonging vase life of cut Heliconia 'Golden Torch' flowers [123]. The combination solution of Aloe vera at 5.0% and sucrose 4% showed the best result in water uptake, provided a percentage of maximum increase in open bracts (67.4%), and gave the highest relative water content (RWC) (78.9%) [123].…”

Section: Eco-friendly Floral Preservative Solutionmentioning

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Do Eco-Friendly Floral Preservative Solutions Prolong Vase Life Better than Chemical Solutions?

Nguyen

Lim

2021

Horticulturae

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Cut flowers have become an export income in the global floriculture market. They have multiple uses, such as for home beautification, in ceremonies (including weddings and funerals), and as symbols of love, appreciation, respect, etc., in humane society. Each type of cut flower has a different vase life and the longevity of their freshness is linked to preharvest, harvest, and postharvest tools and conditions. The postharvest quality and vase life must be considered in order to obtain the desirable qualities of cut flowers, and factors that affect this are important in the floral industry. The use of floral preservative solutions is good practice for prolonging the vase life of cut flowers. Currently, the eco-friendly solutions, which are used as floral preservatives for extending cut flower vase life, have been discovered to be a low-cost and organic alternative as compared to chemical solutions. However, there are certain problems associated with the use of chemical and eco-friendly solutions. In this review, we summarize several potential approaches to improve flower vase life and discuss the best choices for holding-preservative-solution practices.

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Section: Eco-friendly Floral Preservative Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Eco-Friendly Floral Preservative Solutions Prolong Vase Life Better than Chemical Solutions?

Nguyen

Lim

2021

Horticulturae

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“…According to the quotes cited for the topic pulse solutions, the studies focused on the use of sucrose, silver nitrate, calcium chloride, gibberellic acid, citric acid, and organic aloe vera solutions (Aloe vera barbadensis) and moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam. ), as medium of preserving flower stems Malakar et al, 2019;Sardinha et al, 2019;Shokalu et al, 2019). The hardiness of this species has also been compared with rose stems in terms of resistance to moisture loss (Leyva-Ovalle et al, 2011).…”

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Global vision of heliconias research as cut flower: a review

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It is relevant to systematize the global knowledge generated about heliconia due to its economic importance in tropical floriculture and the cut flower market. The objective was to explore the results generated in scientific research related to the cultivation of heliconias as cut flower in terms of its methodological approach, research axes, and spatial distribution in terms of the contributions by country. A bibliographic search was conducted in Scopus, Web of science and SciELO based on the keywords “heliconia” and “tropical flowers”. Thereafter, a content analysis of the documents was conducted with the Nvivo software using a priori categories in terms of methodological approach, research axes, year, countries, and cultivars or varieties. The results indicate that the scientific contributions are mostly under a quantitative approach (98.1%). The investigations mainly address productive aspects (74.5%), post-harvest aspects (16.1%), market (6.7%) while industry-used products (2.5%) are scarcely addressed. The countries that make the most contributions are: Brazil (54.5%), Colombia (15.4%) and Mexico (10.9%). The most important species are: H. psittacorum, H. bihai, H. spathocircinata, H. rostrata and H. wagneriana. These results suggest conducting research to identify problems from the physiological, environmental, productive, and economic processes, as well as considering the strategies of farmers as a priority. This must be approached from paradigms where social actors (farmers), their development and the impacts of their social tasks on the cultivation of heliconias are considered the main axis.

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Extending vase life of carnation flowers by postharvest nano silver, humic acid and Aloe Vera gel treatments

El-Attar

Sakr

2022

Ornam. Hortic.

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Standard Carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus cv. Dover) were harvested at the paint brush stage in the early morning, pre-cooled at 4° C for 6-h then moved under dry conditions to the laboratory. Flowers were weighted and treated for 24-h with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) at 0, 5 or 10 ppm in plastic buckets. After pulsing treatments, cut flowers were transferred to 500 mL glass jars containing 300 mL of preservation solution treatments including, individually, humic acid at 200, 400 or 600 ppm and Aloe vera gel at 2.5%, 5.0% or 7.5% (w/v) till the end of the experiment (when flower color began to fade, petals began to roll). Distilled water was used for the control and to prepare the tested solutions. 2% sucrose was added to all treatments including the control. Addition of all preservatives to vase solutions significantly increased all the studied characteristics of cut flowers compared to control (distilled water, least values). Nanosilver treatments have the potential to be used as preservative solutions for improving postharvest vase life and quality of carnation flowers. An increment in vase life, relative fresh weight, vase solution uptake, flower diameter as well as total chlorophylls in leaves, total carbohydrates and total phenols in leaves and petals was observed, in addition to a decrease in bacterial counts in vase solution. Best results were obtained using 5 ppm AgNPs + 5.0% Aloe vera gel followed by 5 ppm AgNPs +7.5% Aloe vera gel solutions. Aloe vera gel, especially 5.0% level, showed better results than humic acid when used alone or combined with AgNPs. Nanosilver at 5 ppm recorded better results than 10 ppm when used as a single treatment.

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Use of organic and inorganic solutions for extending the vase life of cut Heliconia ‘Golden Torch’ flowers

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Do Eco-Friendly Floral Preservative Solutions Prolong Vase Life Better than Chemical Solutions?

Do Eco-Friendly Floral Preservative Solutions Prolong Vase Life Better than Chemical Solutions?

Global vision of heliconias research as cut flower: a review

Extending vase life of carnation flowers by postharvest nano silver, humic acid and Aloe Vera gel treatments

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