Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid

Effect of salicylic acid (SA) combined with citric acid (CA) on gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) cut flowers was studied. The study was conducted in a factorial arrangement, carried out in a complete randomized design. The factors were SA (0.5,1.5 and 3 mM) and CA (1.5 and 3 mM). The effects of treatment...

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Main Authors: H. Heidarnezhadian, B. Eghbali, M. Kazemi
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Language:English
Published: Trakia University 2017-03-01
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M. Kazemi
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description Effect of salicylic acid (SA) combined with citric acid (CA) on gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) cut flowers was studied. The study was conducted in a factorial arrangement, carried out in a complete randomized design. The factors were SA (0.5,1.5 and 3 mM) and CA (1.5 and 3 mM). The effects of treatments on the total chlorophyll content, anthocyanin leakage and malondialdehyde content of cut flowers of gerbera were investigated. The results showed that the vase solution containing 1.5 mM SA significantly increased vase life compared to the control. In addition, the malondialdehyde accumulation reduced in the same solution while membrane stability was improved. Results suggest that SA increases vase life by affecting many of the age-related changes associated with Gerbera petal senescence.
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spelling doaj-art-62d2c464807a4af987d22fc18bd0948b2025-08-20T02:54:53ZengTrakia UniversityTrakia Journal of Sciences1312-17231313-35512017-03-01151272910.15547/tjs.2017.01.005Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acidH. HeidarnezhadianB. EghbaliM. KazemiEffect of salicylic acid (SA) combined with citric acid (CA) on gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) cut flowers was studied. The study was conducted in a factorial arrangement, carried out in a complete randomized design. The factors were SA (0.5,1.5 and 3 mM) and CA (1.5 and 3 mM). The effects of treatments on the total chlorophyll content, anthocyanin leakage and malondialdehyde content of cut flowers of gerbera were investigated. The results showed that the vase solution containing 1.5 mM SA significantly increased vase life compared to the control. In addition, the malondialdehyde accumulation reduced in the same solution while membrane stability was improved. Results suggest that SA increases vase life by affecting many of the age-related changes associated with Gerbera petal senescence.http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/Vol15_N1_2017/H.%20Heidarnezhadian.pdfCut flowerGerberaSalicylic acidCitric acidVase life
spellingShingle H. Heidarnezhadian
B. Eghbali
M. Kazemi
Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
Trakia Journal of Sciences
Cut flower
Gerbera
Salicylic acid
Citric acid
Vase life
title Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
title_full Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
title_fullStr Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
title_full_unstemmed Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
title_short Postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
title_sort postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by salicylic acid and citric acid
topic Cut flower
Gerbera
Salicylic acid
Citric acid
Vase life
url http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/Vol15_N1_2017/H.%20Heidarnezhadian.pdf
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