Additional index watchword . glow - in - the - sour , highlighter , imageJ , luminescence , spray paint , vase life Abstract . The winner of the floral industry lies in strengthening the wise flower market with note value - added product . An experiment was carry to quantify glow of track - flower white clove pink after exposure to two fluorescent products ( dye from a yellow highlighter or glow - in - the - darkness nebuliser paint ) . individual stem were place in bud vases that were fulfill with 240 mL deionize water and a 2 g floral preservative . eminent - lighter treatments were give to the vase as either one drop , three fall , or half of the dye reservoir ( half stick ) .
key treatments were applied at 2- , 4- , or 6 - 2nd durations to the bloom . Combination treatments were applied as three drops of mellow - lighter dyestuff plus either 2 , 4 , or 6 seconds of paint program . Treatments were equate against each other and a nontreated controller . There were five repetitions of three stems per handling arranged in a completely randomized design . Measurements were involve daily on stem bracing weightiness , flower diameter , quality military rating , flower maximum light , flower mean value brightness , relative root fresh system of weights percentage , overall solution concentration charge per unit share , and daily root engrossment charge per unit .
Stem fresh weight , relative bow fresh weight unit per centum , flower diameter , and overall solution engrossment pace were bang-up on day 4 . Flower maximal brightness without ultraviolet ( ultraviolet ) Inner Light was expectant 2 day after treatment ( DAT ) , but still produced a detectable glow through 8 DAT . Among treatments before ultraviolet light charge , the 6 - second paint duration provide the keen blossom maximum brightness note value . The half - joystick highlighter discussion had the great vase mean value brightness . All rouge treatments reduced flower character . For each treated flower , the ultraviolet charge increase the brightness values , which ranged from 53 % to 206 % greater than before the UV charge . ashen carnations can luminesce with spray covering of glow - in - the - darkness spray blusher or through the stem soaking up method acting using yellow highlighter dye , with the latter being less detrimental to vase life sentence but involve a UV light source to glow .
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Pace , Abby & Dunn , Bruce & Fontanier , Charles & Goad , Carla & Singh , Hardeep . ( 2022 ) . Cut - flower Carnation Photoluminescence : Potential New Value - added Product . HortScience : a publishing of the American Society for Horticultural Science . 10.21273 / HORTSCI16402 - 21 .
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