Abstract
Collections of lily genotypes are usually maintained by yearly planting, harvesting and storage of the bulbs. To facilitate this maintenance, a storage method has been developed for a collection of lily genotypes, including Asiatic hybrids, Oriental hybrids, Lilium longiflorum and L. henryi. Scale bulblets were stored either dry, sealed air-tight in polyethylene bags, or in moist vermiculite in open polyethylene bags for a period of 2 yr. The decrease in mass, sprouting proportion and ion leakage or sprouting proportion alone were determined for treatments carried out at -2°C, 0°C and 17°C. Sealing scale bulblets in polyethylene bags at -2°C resulted in the smallest decrease in mass, the least ion leakage and the highest sprouting proportion after 2 yr of storage.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-169 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Annals of Applied Biology |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug-1996 |
Keywords
- germplasm collection
- storage
- temperature
- modified atmosphere
- lily
- Lilium
- ion leakage
- conductivity