TY  - SER
AU  - El-Shoura,H.A.S.
AU  - Zaki,Amal  A.
TI  - Prolonging the marketing period of rose plants through waxing and cold storage
KW  - Cold storage
KW  - Paraffin wax
KW  - Roses
KW  - Storage
KW  - Cut flowers
KW  - Postharvest technology
KW  - Preservation
N1  - Includes reference
N2  - 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
UR  - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2008/MUJAS/3308/5/3609.pdf
ER  -