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Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

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control water and a solution developed by ownrecipes (sucrose and chlorine). The differentsolutions in the vases were carefully labeled.Floral preservatives used in the experiment:- Chrysal Clear Rosa-Dutch liquid product,- Chrysal Clear Lilium & Alstroemeria-Dutchgranular product,- Floralife Fresh Oasis-Dutch granularproduct-contains 94% sugar (dextrose),3,8% citric acid, 1,7% of different salts and0,5% preservation solution,- Bioplant-Hungarian product in granularform containing mineral salts anddisinfectant agents against decay.Content of the other two vases:- Sapientia-own recipe containing 50 ml ofchloride and 30 g of sugar- Control-tap water.The equipment used.1. Phyto-monitoring (PhyTech) system is amodern observation tool which recorded thefollowing data throughout the experiment: airhumidity (%) – Inp9 – RHS-2, airtemperature (C°) – Inp8 – AT1, temperature ofthe water in the vase (C°) – Inp7 – ST-22.We chose a leaf from each vase, put a plasticsensor on them for 9 minutes/day which helpedus measure the temperature of the leaf, so werecieved data in every 3 minutes for each givensolution. (C°) – Inp1 – LT1.We used the same procedure for measuring thequantity of water flowing through the strain:using a device attached to the strain wemeasured this quantity (units) Inp12 – SF-5.2. Digital caliper (Mitutoyo). Diametermeasurement was carried out daily with adigital caliper (Mitutoyo) taking into accountthe influence of preservatives (in mm) onblooming. In case of the hydrangea we choseone flower from each vase and measured 3flowers every day. From the Alstroemeria wemeasured one thread from each vase with allthe flowers on it (5 paces).3. Hansatech Fluorescence Monitoring System.Currently this is one of the most modernprocedures for real time monitoring which doesnot affect or destroy the plant; the procedurecan be applied on the plant in its naturalenvironment with a test-retest reliability withina short period of time and high sensitivitychanges in photosynthesis.334The method shows high sensitivity tofunctional changes of the photosynthetic deviceas well as how and where the different physicaland chemical factors act (Fodorpataki, 2010).We selected a leaf from each vase, applied theclips and allowed them to stay in dark for 15minutes. Meanwhile the process ofphotosynthesis in the selected samples stopped,they had become dark-adapted. After applyingthe measuring device on the clips we read thedata on the display.F o – minimal level of fluorescenceF m – temporary maximum fluorescenceF v /F m – maximum or potential quantumperformanceF s – steady state chloro-fluorescenceF m ’ – modulated maximum fluorescencePS II – actual or effective quantum performance4. GTH 2 device. These parameters weremeasured twice a day: in the morning at thebeginning of the program and in the afternoonat to end of it. We used the GTH 2 device,which makes it possible to measure the threeparameters simultaneously.5. Ciras 2 – Measuring stomatal conductance.Ciras 2 is a system which measures leaf gasexchange, evaporation (E) and stomatalconductance (GS).Evaporation is a phase transition from liquid togas (water vapors) usually occurring on thesurface. In case of the living organisms thisphenomenon is called evaporation, transpiration.A gas analyzer consists of a digitalmonitoring unit and a unit of measurement. Themost important part of the unit of measurementis a particle which can be sealed and measuresthe evaporation on the leaf surface. This part ofthe analyzer contains sensors which measuretemperature, humidity inside as well as photonflux density on the leaf surface (light intensity).So we chose an adequate leaf from each vase,placed the particle sensors on the leaf and readthe data on the display after the values werestabilized: E (Transpiration Rate) refers toevaporation, GS refers to stomata conductance(Fodorpataki, 2010).6. Video camera. Using the Sony Steady ShotCamera DCR VX 2000 PAL we could recorddaily, hour by hour the changes occurring inalstroemeria the data being processed later. Thevideo camera is an important part of the

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