The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Chlorophyll a Fluorescence as a Tool in Evaluating the Effects of ABA Content and Ethylene Inhibitors on Quality of Flowering Potted Bougainvillea

Table 2

F 𝑚 measured from leaves of two Bougainvillea cultivars stored for 7 days (7S) at 14°C and transferred at 20°C for recovery evaluation after 3 and 7 days (3R and 7R).
Time (d) F 𝑚
cv. Don Mario
ControlAOA1-MCP
0 3 4 4 5 . 2 ± 7 3 . 5 1 3 4 4 5 . 0 ± 7 3 . 5 1 3 4 4 5 . 2 ± 7 3 . 0 0
7 S 3 1 8 0 . 7 ± 1 1 2 . 6 4 a 2 5 2 0 . 0 ± 3 7 0 . 7 2 b 2 7 4 8 . 1 ± 2 3 1 . 0 0 a b
3 R 3 9 1 3 . 3 ± 4 8 . 0 4 3 7 2 4 . 0 ± 4 5 . 6 3 3 7 7 2 . 1 ± 1 0 0 . 0 0
7 R 3 8 3 0 . 2 ± 9 1 . 4 5 3 9 0 2 . 0 ± 4 6 . 6 1 3 9 2 8 . 5 ± 5 9 . 0 0
Cv. Rosenka
0 2 9 5 2 . 7 ± 1 0 2 . 7 1 2 9 5 2 . 7 ± 1 0 2 . 7 1 2 9 5 2 . 7 ± 1 0 2 . 7 1
7 S 3 0 0 7 . 7 ± 8 3 . 6 9 2 9 9 5 . 1 ± 1 0 1 . 4 0 2 8 1 1 . 9 ± 2 4 3 . 8 4
3 R 3 4 6 2 . 1 ± 5 0 . 9 4 3 3 0 9 . 5 ± 7 6 . 3 2 3 3 0 5 . 5 ± 8 7 . 1 1
7 R 3 5 5 6 . 2 ± 5 3 . 4 5 3 2 9 9 . 0 ± 9 0 . 5 5 3 3 1 9 . 1 ± 5 7 . 7 7
Values are means with standard errors ( 𝑛 = 1 0 ). Data were subjected to one-way ANOVA, and different letter within row indicates values statistically different, ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).