El-Shoura, H. A. S. <br/><br/>
Prolonging the marketing period of rose plants through waxing and cold storage  [electronic resource]. 
 إطالة الفترة التسويقية لشتلات الورد عن طريق التشميع والتخزين البارد. 

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<br/><br/>Includes reference. 
<br/><br/> The bare - rooted one year old roses were treated with hot paraffin wax or polyethylene emulsion, packaged with polyethylene pags and later with cardbord poxes and placed in cold storage at O°C. RH95%. Afler 4, 8. 12 or 16 weeks in cold storage the bare - rooted roses were planted in pots containing clay +sand 2:l under saran house. Plants were tested for water loss, survival plants, and numbers of buds, number of flowers and stem length. 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in Arabic. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cold storage.<br/>Paraffin wax.<br/>Roses--Storage.<br/>Cut flowers--Postharvest technology.<br/>Cut flowers--Preservation.