Obtaining cut flowers is one of the main fields in the horticulture. In Slovenia, the production of cut flowers is not massive, that is why most of the cut flowers are imported from abroad. It is very important that the quality of the flowers is not affected and that no damages occur during the transportation and storage. Florists and consumers wish that the cut flowers are durable, fresh, beautiful and that senescence is prolonged. There are many techniques to prolong the life span of cut flowers and they are specific for individual breeds and varieties of flowers, so I decided to focus mostly on the rose in my thesis. A rose is one of the most important ornamental plants for cut flowers. We have a lot of different techniques to prolong the life span of cut flowers (during transportation, during storage and in the vase), like controlling the temperature and relative air humidity, reduction of ethylene levels, preventing infection with pathogenic organisms, adding various nutrients to the water into which we place the cut flowers, the type of packing material we choose, and more. All these procedures can help us keep the quality, firmness, intensity of the color and it can prolong the life span of roses for the purpose of cut flowers.
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