Dataset on the combination effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and salicylic acid on postharvest quality of cut roses 'Peach Avalanche' and 'Sexy Red'.

Cut roses is one of the important ornamental cut flowers. Many factors affect the loss of postharvest life quality of cut flower, such as temperature, humidity and the presence of ethylene during postharvest storage. In ethylene sensitive roses, ethylene enhances petal discoloration, chlorophyll degradation, petal efflorescence and increase in petal diameter which generating in flower senescence.