Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Subhadarsini Pradhan and Dr. Sashikala Beura

Abstract:
Cerbera fruticosa, is a compact bushy shrub with pinkish-white colour flower and flowers throughout the year. Because of the beauty the loose flowers are predominantly used for religious offerings at various shrines and temple, marriage ceremony and other rituals and even for hair adornments. The experiment was carried out at Biotechnology and Tissue Culture Centre (BTCC) Lab, Baramunda, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha during the year 2018-2019. The study was conducted to investigate the effect of different floral preservative on shelf- life of loose flowers of Cerbera fruticosa in the form of laboratory experiment with 10 treatments comprising of different floral preservatives and 3 replications. From the experiment conducted, T₄ with holding solution 50 ppm of Al₂ (SO₄)₃ significantly enhanced the gain in weight percentage (49.98%), solution uptake (295.33 ml) & shelf life (4.63 days) of the flowers, and reduced the wilting percentage (62.22%), on the fifth day of experiment.