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Effects of Active and Passive Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Vase Life and Quality of Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta L.) ‘Shahla’ Cut Flowers Cover

Effects of Active and Passive Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Vase Life and Quality of Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta L.) ‘Shahla’ Cut Flowers

Journal of Horticultural Research
Volume 31 (2023): Issue 2 (December 2023)
By: Farid Moradinezhad,  Hassan Bayat and  Maryam Dorostkar  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

The vase life (A) and total life (B) of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)Symbols with the same letter are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.01, LSD test); Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
The vase life (A) and total life (B) of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)Symbols with the same letter are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.01, LSD test); Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 2.

Relative fresh weight of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Relative fresh weight of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 3.

Water uptake of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Water uptake of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 4.

Appearance quality of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Appearance quality of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 5.

Total sugar content in narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments during 12 days of storage at room temperature (20 °C)Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Total sugar content in narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments during 12 days of storage at room temperature (20 °C)Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Treatments with gas compositions applied to cut flowers of Narcissus tazetta ‘Shahla’ for six days of cold storage (2 ± 1 °C)

TreatmentExplanation
MAP1passive-MAP (0.03% CO2 and 21% O2)
MAP2vacuum packaging (VP) (0.0% CO2 and 1% O2)
MAP3high carbon dioxide + air oxygen (40% CO2 and 21% O2)
MAP4high carbon dioxide + low oxygen (20% CO2 and 10% O2)
MAP5high carbon dioxide + high oxygen (40% CO2 and 40% O2)
MAP6air carbon dioxide + high oxygen (0.03% CO2 and 40% O2)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2023-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3978 | Journal ISSN: 2300-5009
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Language: English
Page range: 45 - 54
Submitted on: Jun 1, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2023
Published on: Dec 11, 2023
Published by: National Institute of Horticultural Research
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
active packaging,
high carbon dioxide,
relative fresh weight,
water uptake
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Biotechnology,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2023 Farid Moradinezhad, Hassan Bayat, Maryam Dorostkar, published by National Institute of Horticultural Research
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