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Long term lily scale bulblet storage: effects of temperature and storage in polyethylene bags
Author(s) -
BONNIER FRANS J M,
JANSEN RITSERT C,
TUYL JAAP M VAN
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1996.tb05740.x
Subject(s) - sprouting , lilium , biology , polyethylene , horticulture , hybrid , vermiculite , botany , sowing , ornamental plant , materials science , composite material
Summary. 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, °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.