Abstract
Water deficit is a main cause for early wilting of cut flowers during vase life.
To prevent water deficit, water uptake from the vase should compensate
transpiration. Our goal is to identify parameters characterizing water balance that
explain genotypic differences in vase life. This allows more precise phenotyping of
vase life related traits. In two independent experiments 19 chrysanthemum
genotypes were characterized for three water balance parameters during their vase
life: the maximum weight gain (MWG; maximum weight increase after placement in
water) and weight loss rate (WLR; % of weight loss per time unit after MWG is
reached), which together explain time to negative water balance (tWB
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 25th International Eucarpia Symposium Section Ornamentals: Crossing Borders |
| Editors | J van Huylenbroeck, E. Dhooghe |
| Pages | 149-154 |
| Volume | 1087 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 25th International Eucarpia Symposium Section Ornamentals, Melle, Belgium - Duration: 28 Jun 2015 → 2 Jul 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 25th International Eucarpia Symposium Section Ornamentals, Melle, Belgium |
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| Period | 28/06/15 → 2/07/15 |
Keywords
- Chrysanthemum × morifolium
- Environment
- Petal wilting
- Postharvest quality
- Water deficit