Temperature -- Energy is produced through ‘combustion’ of sugars, which produces CO2 -- Respiration -- Temperature -why is it important? -- Temperature effects on flower life -- The Effects of Q10 -- Example: Carnations -- Temperature also affects other factors that affect product life -- What about the real world? -- History of an average rose -- Our track record is poor -- Storage experiments -- Narcissus Temperature & respiration -- Flowers lose vaselife even under good temperature management -- More vaselife is lost when temperatures are bad -- Wet storage experiment -- Pre-cooling is important -- Precooling –forced air is effective and inexpensive -- Good packing = good cooling -- Precooling –watch the details -- Cooling Proconas -- Preccoling Proconas -- Works wonderfully -- Time-temperature indicators -- Radio Frequency ID -- Passive Tag RFID Operation -- Passive RFID tags -- Active (battery-assisted) RFID Tag.