Effect
Increased produce quality
Biorend treated Gladiolus glandiflorum, var. Blanca Borrego, grown in optimal conditions needed 28 % less days before corm emergence, 3.8 % less days before initiation of floral spikes (ns), had 3.4 % more leaves (ns), 206 % more flowers per spike, a 132 % longer vase life and 91.3 % more cormlets compared to the untreated control corms. The immersion time (30, 60 or 120 minutes) didn't have significant effects on the parameters, only there was a significant interaction between the immersion time and chitosan for the number of leaves and number of flowers per spike parameters.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, perlite:coconut fiber: vermiculite:lombricompost substrate (33.3:33.3:25:8.4), optimal conditions
Mexico
Crop
Gladiolus
Trial application
Method
Corm treatment by dipping for 30 min
Timing
First treatment after peeling the corm/before planting, followed by 0 treatments
Rate
1.5 % solution
2009
Response of gladiolus (Gladiolus spp.) plants after exposure corms to chitosan and hot water treatments
Scientia Horticulturae
121
480-484
Crop group
