To Study the Effect of Different Preservatives on Vase Life of Rose

Author: Meghnath Patel, Alka, Pooja Gupta and Vijay Kumar

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Abstract

A field experiment entitled “Studies on Evaluation of different Dutch Rose varieties under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse condition” was conducted during two consecutive years 2021 - 22 and 2022 - 23 in Rabi season at village –Mohandi, District – Mahasamund and Laboratory work done at Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishak Nagar Raipur (C.G.). The present experiment with 9 treatment combinations with 3 preservative solutions along with 3 varieties with three replications, the experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD). Preservative having P1 Al2 (SO4)3 400 ppm + Sucrose 4 %, P2 Chitosan 50 ppm + Sucrose 4 %, P3 Control. Varieties V1 Top Secret, V2 Jumilia and V3 Avalanche. The interaction of preservatives & varieties of maximum fresh weight (48.45,45.53,40.32,24.34 g), Maximum solution uptake (37.95, 30.04, 23.71, 13.82 ml), Maximum petal membrane stability index (42.95,34.78,24.61 %), Maximum relative water content of leaf (89.32 %) Maximum vase life (13.70 days) were recorded in Top Secret+ Al2 (SO4)3 400 ppm + Sucrose 4% (T1). The results of study revealed that interaction of preservatives & varieties of minimum fresh weight (35.23,31.34,28.38,11.12 g), minimum solution uptake (21.91, 17.82, 14.45, 5.29 ml), minimum petal membrane stability index (32.16,21.01,11.85 %), minimum relative water content of leaf (77.71 %) minimum vase life (9.49 days) were recorded in Avalanche+ Control (T9). Based on the present findings it can be concluded that varieties Top secret (T1) performed best followed by Jumelia (T2) and Avalanche (T3) in terms of bud length, bud diameter, flower stalk length, flower diameter and stem girth while Peach Avalanche recorded minimum floral character, under Chhattisgarh plain condition. The maximum vase life (13.70 days) of rose cut flowers was observed in the preservative solution containing aluminiumsulphate at 400 ppm. concentration followed by (T2) and (T3) increased the solution uptake, solution loss of cut roses and gained more fresh weight

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Dutch Rose, Top Secret, preservatives, vase life and varieties

Conclusion

From the present investigation, it can be concluded that the interaction of preservatives & varieties of maximum fresh weight (48.45,45.53,40.32,24.34 g), Maximum solution uptake (37.95, 30.04, 23.71, 13.82 ml), Maximum petal membrane stability index (42.95,34.78,24.61 %), Maximum relative water content of leaf (89.32 %) Maximum vase life (13.70 days) were recorded in Top Secret+ Al2 (SO4)3 400 ppm + Sucrose 4% (T1)

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Meghnath Patel, Alka, Pooja Gupta and Vijay Kumar (2024). To Study the Effect of Different Preservatives on Vase Life of Rose. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(11): 39-46