Maintaining freshness and vase life of cut carnation flowers transportedwet with their stems in a pickle with silver thiosulfate (STS) solution[Japanese]

摘要

Cut carnations were subjected to simulated wet transport with their stem bases in a pickle containing a gelling agent with 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 mM silver thiosulfate (STS) solution for 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hr at 25 degrees C in the dark to examine the retention of freshness and prolongation of vase life.