Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Dr. Preeti Hatibarua, Dr. Madhumita Choudhury Talukdar, Dr. Sangita Mahanta, Dr. Ruby Sarmah, Kankana Deka and Jugabrata Das

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted in Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during 2018-19 to examine the effects of different wet packing methods on post-harvest quality of cut Anthurium cv 'Tropical Red'. The main aim of the work was to develop a cost-effective storage protocol to reduce the postharvest losses during transportation of cut flowers of Anthurium. The best flower turgidity without mechanical damages can be obtained under wet storage or a wet transportation method, i.e., when stem bases of flowers are stored in a container with water or with a floral preservative solution. In this study, cut anthurium flowers were wet transported with their stem bases kept in the holding solution (Aluminium sulphate 300 ppm) in nine different wet packing methods then packed in CFB boxes which were kept upright during the 10 hrs. transport period in AC van. The best results were found in cut anthurium flowers kept in the holding solution in rubber balloon tied with rubber band (T2) and Polythene tube tied with rubber band (T9) which showed delayed appearance of senescence symptoms (peduncle browning, loss of spathe glossiness, spadix blackening/necrosis and spathe discoloration/blueing) and longest vase life.