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Ethylene concentration greater than 1 ppm added to ornamental lime plants (Citrus latifolia Tan. cv. Persian), held in air-tight containers caused serious defoliation of intact plants. No C2H4 was detectable in cartons of lime plants shipped from Florida to Ohio although defoliation occurred.
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Normal refrigeration (NR), low pressure (LP, 10 to 35 mm Hg), and low oxygen (0.5% to 8%) storage trials were conducted using cut flowers of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) and rose (Rosa sp.). Variables studied were storage time, gas partial pressures, vapor barriers, chemical pretreatments, grower source, cultivars, and stem recutting methods. Low oxygen storage was not beneficial regardless of variables tested. In general, carnations could be stored for 6 weeks under NR and 8 weeks under LP conditions if the flowers were pretreated with silver thiosulfate (STS) and vapor barriers were utilized during NR storage. Roses could be stored up to 2 weeks under NR and up to 4 weeks under LP conditions and still exhibit at least 61% of their nonstored, original vase-life if LP-induced leaf disorders were not considered. Rose vase-life after NR storage was enhanced by utilizing vapor barriers during storage, and visual appearance improved if stems were recut under water upon removal from storage. LP-stored roses did not benefit by these treatments. However, the same cultivars from different growers did not respond equally and great variability was noted among rose cultivars tested regardless of storage method. Of special concern were the LP-induced leaf disorders noted on ‘Forever Yours’, ‘Royalty’, ‘Town Crier’, and ‘Spanish Sun’ roses.
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‘La Festival’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] was released to provide a yellow flesh cultivar with a good quality fruit requiring 400 to 500 hr chilling. ‘La Festival’ produces a heavy crop of medium to large freestone fruit that ripen about 25 June, or about 20 days before ‘Elberta’ in southern Louisinna
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‘La Pecher’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] was released to provide a good quality yellow flesh cultivar with a 400 to 500 hr chilling requirement. ‘La Pecher’ produces a heavy crop of medium to large semifreestone fruit that ripen 39 days before ‘Elberta’ or about 6 June in southern Louisiana.
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‘La White’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] was released to provide a 600-700 hr chilling requirement, low acid, white flesh cultivar adapted to conditions in southeastern Louisiana. ‘La White’ produces a heavy crop of medium to large semi-freestone fruit that ripen 27 days before ‘Elberta’ or about 18 June in southeastern Louisiana.
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‘Idlewild’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] was released by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station to provide a 500- to 600-hr chilling-requirement cultivar which produces a good quality fruit. ‘Idlewild’ produces a heavy crop of medium to large semi-freestone fruit that ripen 36 days before ‘Elberta’ or about June 9 in southeastern Louisiana. ‘Idlewild’ has exhibited good resistance to bacterial leaf spot [Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni (Smith 1903) Dye 1978] when grown under southeastern Louisiana conditions.