African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12488

Review

Physiological blockage in plants in response to postharvest stress

Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira1*, Caio Marcio Guimarães Santos2, Angela Vacaro de Souza2, Reinaldo de Alencar Paes3 and Luzia Ferreira da Silva1
  1Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, CEP: 59909-460, Serra Talhada, PE, Brasil. 2Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. 3Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Centro de Ciências Agrárias-CECA, Maceio, AL, Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 01 February 2013
  •  Published: 13 March 2013

Abstract

 

Flowers have been designed primarily for cutting because of the diversity of shapes, colors and also durability. However, ornamental plants are used in floral arrangementsin vases and have limited shelf-life. Thus, this study showed that one of the factors contributing to this limitation is the physiological blockage that occurs in plants in response to stress imposed by harvest.

 

Key words: Flowers, stress, physiological blockage, harvest.

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