Effect of Artemisia Oil on Vase Life, Flower Opening Index and Fresh WeightLoss of Cut Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflorum L. cv. a??Whitea??)

摘要

In present study effect of Artemisia oil on vase life, flower opening index and fresh weight loss were investigated. Experiment carried out based on completely randomized design with 4 treatments of (Artemisia oil in four levels of 0, 10, 30 and 50%) in 3 replications and 12 plots. Meant comparison showed that longest vase life and lowest fresh weight loss was achieved in 30% Artemisia oil with 10 days and 4.09 g respectively p≤0.05. Also 50% essential oil had longest flower opening index with 0.99.