A study on the effect of silver nitrate and 8-hydroxyquinoline citrate pulsing solutions on Lilium cut flowers
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Lilium is one of the most important cut flowers in commercial markets, giving customers ornamental value. Fresh flowers, a highly perishable item, need more care and proper treatment for their longer post-harvest life and due to this, the end users face the post-harvest losses of cut flowers. Such losses can be minimized by using preservative chemical, which plays an important role in increasing the vase life of flowers. To increase the post-harvest life of lilium cut flowers cv. ‘Pavia’, the present investigation was aimed to study the effect of different combinations and concentrations of silver nitrate at 50, 75 and 100 ppm and 8-hydroquinoline citrate at 100, 150 and 200 ppm pulsing solutions with 20 % sucrose. Three replications were completely randomised with 16 treatments and one control. Silver nitrate showed better results in flower bud opening, flower bud opening to complete flowering, flower size, bloom life, dry weight and dry matter percentage. Among the treatment concentrations, AgNO3 at 50 ppm with 20% sucrose showed the most effective result on enhancing the selected parameters and improved flower quality during post-harvest life. Among the treatment combinations, 8-HQC at 100 ppm + AgNO3 at 75 ppm with 20 % sucrose showed better results. These findings will be useful to researchers, farmers, and end users to retain the ornamental value of lilium cut flowers for longer than usual.
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Lilium cut flower, vase life, AgNO3, 8-HQC, Sucrose
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Bakhsh, A., Khan, M. A., Ayyub, C.M., Shah, M. A. & Afzal, M. (1999). Effect of Various Chemicals on Vase Life and Quality of Cut Tuberose Flowers. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2 (3), 914-916.
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Kazemi M., Hadvi E. & Hekmati J. (2011). Role of salicylic acid in decreasing membrane senescence in cut carnation flowers. Am. J. Plant Physiol, 6, 106-112.
Kombo, O. & Sahare, H. A. (2021). Influences of different pulsing treatments on the vase life of oriental hybrid cut lily. The Pharma Innovation Journal, 10(5), 824-826.
Kshirsagar, S., Kumar, A., Singh, O., Gallani, R. & Parmar, R. (2021). Effect of post-harvest preservatives on vase life of cut rose (Rosa hybrida L.) cv. Top Secret. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 10 (1), 1056-1061.
Kumar, M., Kumar, J., Dev, P., Choudhary, K., Agnihotri, K. M. & Kumar, A. (2020). Effect of Aluminum Sulphate and Silver Nitrate on Vase Life of Cut Rose cv. First Red. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., Special Issue 11, 3714-3718.
Kumari, K., Kumar, S. & Singh, C.P. (2018). Effect of Post Harvest Treatments on Keeping Quality and Vase Life of Asiatic Hybrid Lily cv. Arcachon. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 7(12), 999-1004.
Lima, P.C.C., Ribeiro, W.S., Oliveira, M.M.T.D., Costa, L.C.D. & Finger, F.L. (2017). Ethylene, 1-methylcy clopropene and silver thiosulfate on the post-production of ornamental pepper. Ciência Rural, 47 (2), 1-8.
Liu, J., Zhang, Z., Li, H., Lin, X., Lin, S., Joyce, D.C. & He, S. (2018). Alleviation of effects of exogenous ethylene on cut ‘Master’ carnation flowers with nano silver and silver thiosulfate. Post-harvest Biology and Technology, 143, 86-91.
Marandi, J. R., A. Hassani, A. Abdollahi & S. Hanafi (2011). Improvement of the vase life of cut gladiolus flowers by essential oils, salicylic acid and silver thiosulfate. J. Medicinal Plants Res., 5, 5039–5043.
Marcelo, R.K., Mirelle Nayana de Sousa Santos, Karoliny Ferreira Moreira, Márcia Martins Tolentino & Ana Maria Mapeli (2021). Extension of the vase life of Lilium pumilum cut flowers by pulsing solution containing sucrose, citric acid and silver thiosulfate. Ornamental Horticulture, 27 (3), 344-350.
Menegaes, J.F., Lidorio, H.F., Belle, R.A., Lopes, S.J., Backes, F.A.A.L. & Nunes, U.R. (2019). Post-harvest of safflower flower stems harvested at different times and submitted to different preservative solutions. Ornamental Horticulture, 25 (1), 87-96.
Mwangi, M., Chatterjee, S.R. & Bhattacharjee S.K. (2003). Effects of pre cooling and pulsing on the biochemical changes during senescence in ‘Gloden Gate’ cut rose petals. Indian J. Hort., 60 (4), 394-398.
Nair, S.A., Singh, V. & Sharma, T.V. (2003). Effects of chemical preservatives on enhancing vase life of gerbera flowers. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 41, 56-58.
Pizano, M. (2009). Research shows the way for post-harvest treatment roses. Flower Tech., 12 (6), 1-13.
Sant’anna, H.L.S., Santos, O.S.N., Santos, C.R.S., Martins, C.Y., Santos, M.B., Almeida, M.A., Silva, F., Martins, G.N. & Ledo, C.A.S. (2010). Longevidadepós-colheita de alpinia (Alpiniapurpurata (Vieill) K. Schum) tratada com soluções de sacarose e extratosaquososnaturais. Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 12 (3), 269-277.
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Shiva, K.N. & Bhattacharjee, S.K. (2003). Effect of chemical preservatives on vase life of cut rose. South Indian Hort., 51 (1/6), 232-236.
Sidhdharth, G. & Nivethaa, P.J. (2020). Ethylene, water and sugar-an influence in vase life of cut flowers. Biotica Research Today, 2 (12), 1265-1267.
Verma, V. K., Sharma, Y. D. & Gupta, Y. C. (2002). Effect of holding solutions under different planting dates and nitrogen levels on vase life of cut carnations’. Floriculture research trend in India. Proceedings of the national symposium on Indian floriculture in the new millennium, Lal-Bagh, Bangalore, 25-27 February: pp. 169-172.
Vilas, R., Karhana, P. K., Meena, R. K. & Singh, S. (2017). Effect of Biocides {AgNO3, Al2(SO4)3, 8-HQC and Sucrose} on the Post Harvest Life of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Int. J. Pure App. Biosci., 5 (5), 1599-1602.
Wani, S.A., Siddique, M.A.A., Khan, F.U., Qadri, Z.A., Khan, F.A., Dar, Q.A. & Ali, S. (2009). Effect of pulsing treatments for enhancing shelf-life of cut Asiatic lilium cv. Elite. J. Hortl. Sci., 4 (2), 138-142.
Zhao, D., Cheng, M., Tang, W., Liu, D., Zhou, S., Meng, J. & Tao, J. (2018). Nano-silver modifies the vase life of cut herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) flowers. Protoplasma, 255 (4), 1001-1013.
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A study on the effect of silver nitrate and 8-hydroxyquinoline citrate pulsing solutions on Lilium cut flowers. (2023). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 15(2), 811-817. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v15i2.4608
