Factors Affecting Export Flower Quality and Strategies for Prolonging Flowers Vase Life
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 34829
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Interests: functional substances analysis of major cut flowers; asters; chrysanthemum; roses
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the cut flower market appears to be generating a large amount of export revenue in the world flower market trade. Interestingly, large cut flower exports have seen impressive increases in their goods and qualified production in numerous countries. However, each of the flower species has a varied vase life and is subject to different export environmental controls under postharvest conditions. The effective factors have been classified into two categories: the internal (the facial product characteristics and the typical company features) and the external factors (flower condition and export environment, market chances, and flower industry). Thus, methods for prolonging flower vase life need to be studied, and the tools for postharvest treatment in the floral industry need to be optimized. Recent developmental methods in nanotechnology, thermal image analysis, UV-light application, and other technologies are realizing promising methods that could be applied for prolonging flower vase life. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present new factors, important techniques, and potential technologies for improving the postharvest quality of flowers, and new ideas or recommendations for handling postharvest mechanization in the flower industry.
Dr. Jin Hee Lim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cut flowers
- flower industry
- flower export
- postharvest quality
- postharvest technique
- preservative solution
- vase life
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