EFFECT OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVE SOLUTIONS ON VASE LIFE AND POSTHARVEST CHARACTERISTICS OF CARNATION Dianthus caryophyllus cv. Felice CUT FLOWERS

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• M. A. Darwish ¹
• F. E.M. El-Quesni ²
• E. A. El- Shereef ²

¹ Ornamental Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

² Ornamental Plants and Woody Trees Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Keywords

• Dianthus caryophyllus
• keeping quality
• 8-HQS
• STS
• Al2(SO4)3
• sucrose
• vase life