Research Article
Antimicrobial Compounds from Leaf Extracts of Jatropha curcas, Psidium guajava, and Andrographis paniculata
Table 4
Vase life of cut Mokara Red orchid flower and pH (final) of the flower preservative solutions as affected by Jatropha curcas, Psidium guajava, and Andrographis paniculata leaf extracts, tap water, and 8-hydroxyquinoline citrate (8-HQC).
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2% sucrose and 3% citric acid were added to each flower preservative solution. Vase life ended when 30% of flowers appeared unattractive due to bud that remains closed and wilted, petal discoloration and wilting, floret epinasty and drop, and stem yellowing. Data are means ± SE; . zMeans followed by the same letter within each column are not significantly different by DMRT (). |