African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12481

Review

Effect of refrigeration on post-harvest flowers

Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira1*, Damiana Cleuma de Medeiros5,Paula Nepomuceno Costa1, Caio Marcio Guimarães Santos1, Reinaldo de Alencar Paes2, Luiza Maria de Sousa Fernandez1, Nelson Geraldo de Oliveira1, Arthur Allan3 and Flavio Silva4
1Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, CEP: 18601-060, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. 2Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Centro de Ciências Agrárias-CECA, Maceio, AL, Brasil. 3Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Departamento de Ciências Vegetais, Mossoró, RN, Brasil. 4Serviços Ambientais, Conj. Brasil Novo, Muribeca/Jaboatão, PE, Brasil. 5Instituição: UFRN – Unidade Acadêmica Especializada em Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Agropecuária, Macaíba, RN, Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 08 August 2012
  •  Published: 21 August 2012

Abstract

Cut flowers have a very limited life after they have been cut off from the mother plant, as survival on their own reserves is generally low due to the special morphological and physiological characteristics of their tissues. The use of refrigeration for storage of flower cuttings is very important because it reduces water loss, senescence, infections caused by bacteria and fungi, thus extending the shelf-life of flowers during the storage period. Therefore, the aim of the present work is to show differences between requirements of various species of flowers during refrigerated storage.

 

Key words: Cooling, post-harvest, conservation, flowers, cold injury.

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