Browsing Department of Horticulture & Landscape Gardening by Subject "longevity"

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Character isation of xylem conduits and their possible role in limiting the vase life of cut Acacia holosericea (Mimos aceae) foliage stems

Damunupola, Jilushi W.; Ratnayake, Kamani; Joyce, Daryl C.; Irving, Donald E. (CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2011)

EarlydesiccationlimitsthevaselifeofAcaciacutﬂowersandfoliageandmaybeattributabletopoorhydraulic conductivity(K h)ofthecutstems.AcaciaholosericeaA.Cunn.exG.Donhasbeenadoptedasthetestspeciestoinvestigate the postharvest ...
Characterisation of xylem conduits and their possible role in limiting the vase life of cut Acacia holosericea (Mimosaceae) foliage stems

Jilushi W. Damunupola; Kamani Ratnayake; Daryl C. Joyce; Donald E. Irving (Functional Plant Biology, 2011)

Early desiccation limits the vase life of Acacia cut flowers and foliage and may be attributable to poor hydraulic conductivity (Kh) of the cut stems. Acacia holosericea A.Cunn. ex G.Don has been adopted as the test species ...
Performance of selected cut flower and cut foliage species as affected by silicon-based postharvest treatments

D.M.P.S. Dissanayake; K.C.S. Kulathilaka; R.H.M.K. Ratnayake; A.A.T.B. Amarasinghe (Proc. IV International Conference on Postharvest and Quality Management of Horticultural Products of Interest for Tropical Regions, 2020)

Cut flowers’ longevity is an important determinant of their quality. Lack of postharvest treatments during handling has limited the end-user vase life of cut flowers and cut foliage in Sri Lanka. Pre- and postharvest ...

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