lting.
To evaluate sensitivity to ethylene, cut flowers were treated with 0 or 5 mM AVG (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) for 4 h at 23
◦
C, 70% RH under 10 mol m
−2
s
−1
PPFD, and the flowers were then transferred to 0 or 1% ethanol solution and placed in one of two 70 L transparent acrylic chambers held at 23
C under continuous light at 10 mol m
−2
s
−1
◦
PPFD. Pure ethylene (GL Sciences, Tokyo, Japan) was introduced through the septum to produce a concentration of 0.2 or 2 L L
−1
. Th