Fig. 5. Fresh weight of the total flower during the vase life of cut Gerbera cv. Tamara
flowers. Stems had bent on day 7 (open circles) or had not bent by that time (closed
circles). On day 7 about 60% of the flowers showed stem bending. The experiment
was carried out in summer. Data are means of 20 flowers
±
SD.
Table 3
Fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), and their ratio, along the stem of Gerbera cv.
Tamara, on day 9 of vase life at 20 ◦C. Data include bent and non-bent stems. The
experiment was carried out in summer.