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Hawaii Studies on Post-Harvest Physiology of Hawaiian-Gro>m Fruits. 

 Vegetables and Ornamentals as Applied to Quality. Storage Life 

 and Marketability . Investigate basic requirements of harvesting, 

 transporting, handling, and storage necessary to assure high 

 quality and marketability of various plant commodities from 

 various areas. 



PI. Physiol. 663 



Iowa Packaging of Nursery Stock for Shipping and Retail Markets . 



To (l) reduce weight of shipping containers and provide better 

 preservation of plant material in distribution of nursery stock; 

 and (2) develop containers for retail store display sales which 

 will preserve the plant for a period of time under unfavorable 

 temperatures and humidities common to sales outlets in which 

 stock is held. 



Hort. 1214, ES 175 



Mass . Factors Affecting the Rates of Respiration. Water Absorption 



and Transpiration of Cut Flowers . To determine effect of various 

 factors on (1) respiration rate of cut flowers, and (2) rates of 

 water absorption and transpiration of cut flowers. 

 Hort. 62 



Mass. Low Temperature Storage of Cut Flowers and Cuttings , To 



determine (1) effect of growing temperatures on production of 

 carnation cuttings in "Mother Blocks" and on storage of these 

 cuttings at 31°F.; (2) various factors in storage of chrysanthemum 

 cuttings; (3) use of various materials for storage containers; 

 (4) effect of pre-storage foliar sprajrs on storage of rooted and 

 unrotted carnation cuttings; and (5) effect of different con- 

 centrations of carbon dioxide and oxygen on storage of cut flowers 

 and cuttings at 31°F. 

 Hort. 63 



N. J. Low- Temperature Storage of Rooted and Unrooted Cuttings 



of Ornamental Plants . To study (1) possibility of rooting 

 cuttings of narrow-leaved evergreens twice during fall-winter- 

 spring period; (2) rooting response of low temperature stored 

 cuttings with cuttings not stored; (3) growth in field of 

 stored cuttings with those handled by established methods; (4) 

 storage requirements as temperature, treatment to prevent disease, 

 measures for reducing water loss, respiration, etc. for best 

 maintenance; (5) changes in food reserves during rooting and 

 storage. 



Hort. 347 



