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Effects of adenosine triphosphate on the vase life of cut carnation flowers
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Song A B,
H.
Liu A B,
X.
Su A B,
Y.
You A B,
Y.
Jiang A C
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South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou LeYiJu 510650, The People’s Republic of China.
B
Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, The People’s Republic of China.
C
Corresponding author. Email: ymjiang@scib.ac.cn
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Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46(1) 137–139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EA05011
Submitted: 17 January 2005
Accepted: 23 May 2005
Published online: 9 February 2006
Abstract
The addition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to vase solutions at a concentration of 0.01-0.50 mmol/L markedly extended the vase life of cut carnation flowers at 25°C and 80-90% relative humidity. The most beneficial effect on vase life was observed at 0.1 mmol/L ATP, with a 28% extension over non-ATP-treated flowers. Furthermore, the addition of ATP at 0.1 mmol/L increased flower size by 12% by the end of the vase-holding period and significantly extended the time to maximum flower expansion by 1.7 days, compared with non-ATP-treated flowers held in distilled water. Our data suggest that exogenous ATP supply is an effective method to extend the vase life of cut carnation flowers.
Keywords:
energy, extension, handling, post-harvest.
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