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Effects of Active and Passive Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Vase Life and Quality of Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta L.) ‘Shahla’ Cut Flowers

Farid Moradinezhad
Farid Moradinezhad
, 
Hassan Bayat
Hassan Bayat
 and 
Maryam Dorostkar
Maryam Dorostkar
   | Dec 11, 2023
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Published Online: Dec 11, 2023
Page range: 45 - 54
Received: Jun 01, 2023
Accepted: Sep 01, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2023-0028
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Figure 1.

The vase life (A) and total life (B) of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)Symbols with the same letter are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.01, LSD test); Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
The vase life (A) and total life (B) of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)Symbols with the same letter are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.01, LSD test); Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 2.

Relative fresh weight of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Relative fresh weight of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 3.

Water uptake of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Water uptake of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 4.

Appearance quality of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Appearance quality of narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments for 6 days of storage at 2 °C and then at room temperature (20 °C)* and ** indicate significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Figure 5.

Total sugar content in narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments during 12 days of storage at room temperature (20 °C)Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2
Total sugar content in narcissus cut flowers under different MAP pretreatments during 12 days of storage at room temperature (20 °C)Error bars represent the error deviation; MAP1 – passive-MAP, MAP2 – vacuum, MAP3 – 40% CO2 + 21% O2, MAP4 – 20% CO2 + 10% O2, MAP5 – 40% CO2 + 40% O2, and MAP6 – 0.03% CO2 + 40% O2

Treatments with gas compositions applied to cut flowers of Narcissus tazetta ‘Shahla’ for six days of cold storage (2 ± 1 °C)

Treatment Explanation
MAP1 passive-MAP (0.03% CO2 and 21% O2)
MAP2 vacuum packaging (VP) (0.0% CO2 and 1% O2)
MAP3 high carbon dioxide + air oxygen (40% CO2 and 21% O2)
MAP4 high carbon dioxide + low oxygen (20% CO2 and 10% O2)
MAP5 high carbon dioxide + high oxygen (40% CO2 and 40% O2)
MAP6 air carbon dioxide + high oxygen (0.03% CO2 and 40% O2)
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