ISHS Acta Horticulturae 148: III International Symposium on Energy in Protected Cultivation
ENERGY SAVING AT IRIS FORCING BY SMOKE-TREATED BULBS |
| Author: | J.A. Schipper |
| Abstract:
The standard recommendation for the early forcing of Iris bulbs has been storage for 2 weeks at 35°C followed by 3 days at 40°C. Despite this treatment, however, flower losses are incurred due to 3-leaved plants and flower-bud blasting. The present study has shown that losses due to 3-leaved plants can be prevented and those due to flower-bud blasting can be reduced by giving the bulbs a treatment with smoke of burning wet straw during storage at 30°C or even, possibly, a treatment with ethylene. | |
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