Improvement vase life, protein content and postharvest quality of Dendranthema grandiflorum L. cv white by Artemisia oil

Mojtaba Samiee, Mohammad Zarch

Abstract

In this research effect of Artemisia oil on vase lifeand postharvest quality of cut chrysanthemum (Dendranthemagrandiflorum) were investigated. The experiment were conducted based on randomized completely design with 4 levels of Artemisia oil (0, 10, 30 and 50%) and 3 replications. Analysis of variance showed thateffect of Artemisia oil on vase life, brix in final day (p≤0.05), protein content and chlorophyll a(p≤0.01) was significant. Results showed that 30% Artemisia oil with 10 days vase life, 32.76% protein content, 1.62 chlorophyll a and 3.16 °brix was the best treatment compared to other levels of Artemisia oil.

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