Productivity and postharvest durability of Heliconiaceae grown in full sun in the Midwest region of Brazil

Botini, Auclar Felipe; França, Rozineide Pereira Alves de; Cordeiro, Maria Helena Menezes; Krause, Willian; Silva, Celice Alexandre

doi:10.1590/0034-737x202269060006

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“…Ten Days (97.0 cm) recorded longer inflorescence with more bract count per spike. Variation in number of bracts per plant might be due to its intrinsic factor (Kannan et al, 2019;Auclar et al, 2022).…”

Section: Flowering Charactersmentioning

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Evaluation of Heliconia for growth, flowering and flower yield

S A,

K G,

et al. 2023

J. Hortic. Sci.

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Heliconia is utilized as ornamental plants, usually being grown both as landscaping plants and as cut flowers, owing to colour and the longer durability of its floral bracts. Forty-one genotypes of Heliconia were evaluated for growth, flowering and flower yield. Significant variation was observed among genotypes for vegetative and floral characteristics. The results revealed that the maximum number of leaves per sucker was recorded in H. hirsuta followed by H. ‘Golden Torch Adrian’ and H. ‘GT Sunshine’, while, maximum plant height was recorded in varieties viz., H. caribea (459.33 cm) followed by H. ‘She’ (337.67 cm) and H. rauliniana upright (305.00 cm). However, maximum leaf length was observed in H. caribea (314.33 cm) followed by H. ‘She’ (203.67 cm) and Heliconia metallica (175.00 cm). Maximum sucker production was recorded in H. ‘Tropics’ followed by H. psittacorum ‘Petra’ and H. ‘Guyana’. Among the flowering traits, early flower initiation was recorded in Golden Torch (136.00 days) followed by Lady Di (152.00 days). The rachis length ranged from 72.67 cm (H. ‘Golden Torch’) to 10.00 cm (H. ‘Hirsuta’), however, longest spike was recorded in H. ‘rauliniana upright’ (131.33 cm) followed by H. rostrata ‘Parrots Beak’ (115.67 cm) and H. rostrata Ten Days (97.00 cm), whereas, shortest spike was recorded in H. bihai (9.33 cm).

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Section: Flowering Charactersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Heliconia for growth, flowering and flower yield

S A,

K G,

et al. 2023

J. Hortic. Sci.

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Meta-analysis of new technologies in post-harvest of tropical flowers

Cunha Neto,

Paiva,

Ponce

et al. 2023

Ornam. Hortic.

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The ornamental plant sector is growing due to the development of new species and technologies. The focus of research is to extend the shelf life of cut flowers to maintain quality and customer satisfaction. Techniques such as storage at low temperatures, use of preservative solutions, and new technologies such as nanotechnology can help maintain the quality of the floral stem. The present review aims to analyze various techniques used to extend the post-harvest shelf life of floral stems. For this purpose, a systematic search was conducted on major indexing platforms for studies published in 2023, which were subjected to a meta-analysis. The global effect size and moderator effects were calculated to assist in decision-making for future studies in floriculture. The results indicated that the addition of preservatives to solutions, variations in storage temperature, and the use of electromagnetic fields were the most effective techniques in extending the shelf life of cut flowers. However, techniques such as dry conditioning and the use of coating films did not show significant results in maintaining commercial quality. It was found that conservative solution research is still the main focus of research at major cut flower technology centers. The meta-analysis highlights the importance of further deepening and/or improving research on techniques that have shown less effective results, and developing new technologies to prolong the vase life of floral stems in order to improve post-harvest quality.

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Productivity and postharvest durability of Heliconiaceae grown in full sun in the Midwest region of Brazil

Cited by 2 publications

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Evaluation of Heliconia for growth, flowering and flower yield

Evaluation of Heliconia for growth, flowering and flower yield

Meta-analysis of new technologies in post-harvest of tropical flowers

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