Mukesh Kumar*
Department of Horticulture, SVPUAT, Meerut, UP, India
Email: k.mukesh123@yahoo.com
Received-27.02.2015, Revised-18.03.2015
Abstract : An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of pulsing solutions on postharvest life of gladiolus cv. Peater Pears cut spikes. Among all the pulsing treatments , treatment, T4 (20% Sugar + 200ppm STS + 200 ppm GA3) gave maximum vase life, floret size, minimum days to open basal floret, maximum floret longevity, floret opening percentage while treatment T7 (20% sucrose + 300 ppm Al2SO4 + 200 ppm GA3) attained maximum number of floret, floret weight and floret open at a time during the study.
Keywords : Gladiolus, Pulsing, Spike, Vase life
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