Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Effect of pulsing, packaging and storage on enhancing postharvest quality of gladiolus cv white prosperity
Author(s): Satish Chand, Pankaj Panwar, Annand S Rawat, Ranjan Srivastava, B D Bhuj and Rajat Sharma
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out at Model Floriculture Centre, GovindBallabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar; district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand.. Investigation was laid out in factorial completely randomized block design (FCRD) with three replications to study the effect of three pulsing condition viz., no pulsing (P0) sucrose 20% for 12 h (P1), Sucrose 20% for 24 h (P2), seven packaging material viz., no wrapping (T0) PP-100 gauge (T1), PP-200 gauge (T2) LDPE-100 gauge (T3), LDPE-200 gauge (T4), cellophane (T5), hessian cloth (T6) and four storage durations viz., 0 day (D0), 7day (D1), 14 day (D2), and 21 day (D3) on post-harvest quality of gladiolus cv. White Prosperity spikes harvested at 4-5 florets showing colour stage. The results showed a significant effect of pulsing, packaging and storage condition on the cut spikes of gladiolus cv. White Prosperity. During storage, minimum number of florets was opened in spikes pulsed for 12 h, wrapped with cellophane and stored for 7 day. Maximum vase life (11.67 day) was recorded in spikes which were pulsed for 24 h, unwrapped and stored for 0 day duration. The diameter of second floret of the spikes pulsed for 12 h, wrapped with cellophane and stored for 14 day was 12.17 cm. The percentage opening of florets decreased with increase in storage duration and also the post-harvest quality deteriorated with increase in storage duration.
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Satish Chand, Pankaj Panwar, Annand S Rawat, Ranjan Srivastava, B D Bhuj, Rajat Sharma. Effect of pulsing, packaging and storage on enhancing postharvest quality of gladiolus cv white prosperity. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):3148-3151.
