- Title
- Extending the postharvest life of carnations with nitric oxide - comparison of fumigation and in vivo delivery
- Creator
- Bowyer, M. C.; Wills, R. B.; Badiyan, D.; Ku, V. V. V.
- Relation
- Postharvest Biology and Technology Vol. 30, Issue 3, p. 281-286
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00114-5
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2003
- Description
- The ability of nitric oxide (NO) to extend the postharvest life at 20°C of carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus L.cv. White-Sim) was investigated using delivery by gas-based fumigation and in vivo release via a solution containing the NO donor compound 2,2´-(hydroxynitrosohydrazino)-bisethanamine (DETA/NO). Treatment with NO gas in air at 1 and 5 μll⁻¹ produced about a 30% increase in postharvest life while DETA/NO applied in solution at 10 mg l⁻¹ extended postharvest life by about 50% when dissolved in water. For flowers, use of solid delivery appears to offer a more convenient and more effective method of NO treatment than gaseous fumigation to extend postharvest life.
- Subject
- nitric oxide; carnation flowers; diazeniumdiolate; postharvest life
- Identifier
- uon:5815
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/44550
- Identifier
- ISSN:0925-5214
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