Increasing the Vase Life of Chrysanthemum Cut Flowers by Using Silver and Zinc Nanoparticles

Table 4

Total bacteria in chrysanthemum cut flowers.

Treatment	Total bacteria (CFU/ml)						Average per days
	Day 4	Day 7	Day 19	Day 20	Day 22	Day 23
C	455	—	—	—	—	—	113^c
NAg5	—	—	—	5200	—	—	260^c
NAg10	—	—	—	—	15500	—	704^bc
NAg20	—	—	—	—	—	6050	263^c
Ag25	—	—	5550	—	—	—	292^c
NZn5	7300	—	—	—	—	—	1820^ab
NZn10	10800	—	—	—	—	—	2730^a
NZn20	5500	—	—	—	—	—	1370^abc
Zn20	—	6250	—	—	—	—	892^bc

Notes. The numbers followed by the same letter in the same column indicate no significant difference by the Duncan extension multiple range test ().