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1 Division of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Campus-191121, Srinagar (J&K), IN
2 Division of Post Harvest Technology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Campus-191121, Srinagar (J&K), IN
Source
Journal of Horticultural Sciences, Vol 4, No 2 (2009), Pagination: 138-142
Abstract
Studies were conducted on cut Asiatic Lilium cv. Elite to assess the effectiveness of various floral preservatives as pulsing treatments for delaying senescence and prolonging vase life. Uniform spikes of lilium at bud colour break stage were brought to the laboratory in the morning and placed in 8 different pulsing solutions consisting of sucrose (Suc) 5%, aluminium sulphate (AS) 400 ppm, silver thio-sulphate (STS) 2.0 mM and citric acid (CA) 1000 ppm alone and in combination with sucrose. Distilled water without any chemical served as the control. Among individual treatments, STS 2.0 mM maintained better water relations and flower quality compared to others. STS also showed superiority over other treatments when combined with Suc 5% by providing largest flower size (16.74 cm) with maximum vase life (17.29 days) owing to most-favourable water relations parameters.
Keywords
Lilium, Pulsing Treatment, Vase Life.
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