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ALTHOUGH it has been well established that ethylene is produced in floral metabolism it is only recently that precise measurements have been made1. The rate of production by cut flowers is sufficient under conditions of limited ventilation to raise the concentration, to levels which can have harmful effects. We have observed concentrations as high as 0.06 p.p.m. in cardboard boxes close-packed in the hold of the R.M.S. Scillonian carrying daffodils from the Isles of Scilly to the mainland. Concentrations of this order have been shown in this laboratory to reduce the life of the flowers if they are subjected to them for a period of several hours at room temperature.
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SMITH, W., MEIGH, D. & PARKER, J. Effect of Damage and Fungal Infection on the Production of Ethylene by Carnations. Nature 204, 92–93 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204092a0
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