Extending Vase Life of Rose (Rosa Hybrida L) cv Avalanche Ivory White through Chemical Preservatives Atal Heera Lal*, Debbarma Kunal, Srilakshmi Daripalli Department of Floriculture and LandscapingBidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur741252West Bengal, India *Email for correspondence: heera.atal93@gmail.com
Online Published on 12 September, 2022. Abstract A laboratory experiment was carried out to explore the best preservative solution for rose cultivar Avalanche Ivory White, the experiment repeated 2 times. The experiment was performed with 5 treatments viz T1 (Tap water), T2 (Sugar 5% + citric acid 100 ppm), T3 (Sugar 5% sugar + lemon juice 1 ml/l), T4 (Sugar 5% sugar + salicylic acid 100 ppm) and T5 (Citric acid 100 ppm + salicylic acid 100 ppm). Minimum physiological loss, maximum amount of uptake of water, highest increase in flower head diameter and vase life were recorded in T5 (Citric acid 100 ppm + salicylic acid 100 ppm) while T1 (Tap water) was last in the queue. Top Keywords Rose, Vase life, Chemical preservative, Lemon juice, Citric acid. Top |