ABSTRACT
Life of Flowers .............................................. 135 3.4.17 Storage Methods ............................................................. 135 3.4.17.1 Refrigeration with Wet or Dry Storage ......... 135 3.4.17.2 Refrigerated Storage ...................................... 136 3.4.17.3 Dry Storage ................................................... 137 3.4.17.4 Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Storage ........... 141 3.4.17.5 Modified Atmosphere (MA) Storage ............ 142 3.4.17.6 Low Pressure Storage (LPS) ......................... 142 Keywords .............................................................................................. 144 References ............................................................................................. 144
3.1 INTRODUCTION
A fresh flower is a living specimen even though it has been cut from the plant. Its maximum potential vase life is very short. Whether we grow
fresh flowers for the local farmers’ market and retail florist or have a large operation that sells truckloads to the national wholesale market, growers need to move product from the field to the consumers in a manner that ensures a high quality product. Many impinging forces can interact to reduce vase life of cut-flowers and requires successful postharvest management for preserving the potential life of fresh flowers (Siddiqui, 2015). There are various reasons and factors, which influence the postharvest life of cut flowers.
