Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Aafrin Parween and Dr. Pooja Gupta

Abstract:
The present experiment entitled “Study on postharvest life of cut gerbera flowers as affected by different organic and inorganic preservative solutions” was conducted to determine the best combination of preservative solutions for cut gerbera cv stanza during the season of Rabi at Indira Gandhi agriculture university Raipur (C.G).The statical design that was followed for the execution of this experiment was completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. The effect of essential oil with different chemical preservative was investigated. Data were recorded for solution uptake, capitulum diameter, petal water content, microbial count, membrane stability index, Vase-life and analysed statistically. Combination of Thymus oil 5mg/l+ citric acid 300 ppm + sucrose 4% were most effective treatments for enhancement of quality attributes of cut gerbera flowers.