Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
G Jyothi, Dr. P Prashanth, Dr. A Girwani, Dr. P Saida naik and Dr. Srinivasa Chary

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different concentrations of sucrose on vase life of gypsophila flowers at Floricultural Research Station, SKLTSHU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. The results of the experiment revealed that, water uptake (g/f), transpirational loss of water (g/f), water balance (g/f), and vase life (days) differed significantly due to various concentrations of sucrose (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6% and distilled water (control). Among the different concentrations of sucrose, the treatment, (T₅) sucrose at 5% concentration recorded the best results for almost all the parameters studied and resulted with mean maximum water uptake (9.43 g/f), transpirational loss of water (14.60), water balance (3.82 g/f), and vase life (8.33 days) and is economical though (T₆) sucrose at 6% concentration also recorded higher values which are on par with each other.