%0 Journal Article %T Sensibilidade da rosa 'Osiana' ao etileno %A Cordeiro %A Delaine Cristina %A Finger %A Fernando Luiz %A Santos %A Joice Simone dos %A Karsten %A Juliane %A Barbosa %A Jos¨¦ Geraldo %J Bragantia %D 2011 %I Instituto Agron?mico de Campinas %R 10.1590/S0006-87052011000300025 %X the aim of this experiment was to determine the sensitivity and responses of the 'osiana' (rosa ¡Á hybrida ) rose to the presence of ethylene through postharvest life. the flower stems were placed in closed chambers and immediately treated with 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, 10, 100 and 1000 ¦Ìl l-1ethylene for 24 h. the postharvest life of the flower was reduced when exposed to 10 ¦Ìl l-1ethylene or higher, with flowers developing necrosis, wilting and the petals prematurely abscising. ethylene concentrations of 0.1 and 1.0 ¦Ìl l-1hastened the opening of flower buds within the 24 h of ethylene treatment, with no subsequent reduction of postharvest life. the flowers of rose 'osiana' can be classified as sensitive to ethylene with the concentration influencing the stimulated processes. %K postharvest %K cut flower %K vase life. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0006-87052011000300025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en