Studies on vase life of different cut flowers. Effect of floral preservatives on vase life of Rose, Gerbera and Golden rod flowers

      Аннотация: The keeping quality and vase life of cut flowers is affected by many factors. Thus, it is need to standardize floral preservatives for cut flowers. The use of floral preservatives to promote the quality and to extend the vase life of cut flowers. So certain chemicals (Floral preservatives) like sugar, 8-HQC (Hydroxy Quinoline Sulphate), Aluminum sulphate, Silver nitrate, Cobalt nitrate etc. should be studied. Also stage of harvesting and length of stalk is an important factor for better quality of cut flowers. Keeping the above view in consideration, the present study planned to undertake for generating information.

Ключевые слова: Cut flowers, floral preservative, Gerbera, golden rod, Rose, Vase life