The Behaviour of Some Rose Cultivars of Different Origin as Cut Flowers in Nutritive Solutions

  • Vasile LAZÄ‚R University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
  • Rodica SIMA University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
  • Tincuta GOCAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
  • Ilona ORBAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Keywords: characteristics, cultivar, preservative solution, roses, vase life

Abstract

The researches done between the years 2012-2013 at Horticultural products technology Department of Horticulture Faculty of UASVM Cluj-Napoca followed the influence of preservative solution on the decorative period in vase of four indigenous and four non-indigenous (Dutch origin) rose cultivars. The obtained results shown that the interaction of preservative solution with cultivar pointed out the Avalance and Samba Romanian cultivars which in Chrysal preservative solution recorded very significant positive differences in comparison with control (Merci cultivar), for all the three studied characteristics (diameter of floral bud, the aspect of floral bud and the aspect of leaves on the floral stem).

Published
2014-12-01