Vase life and flower quality of different chrysanthemum cultivars were significantly influenced by vase solutions

A study was conducted to examine the efficacy of vase solutions on postharvest life of spray chrysanthemum cultivars Terry, White Dolly, Yellow Spoon, Red Stone, Star Pink, Bronze Spoon, Paper White, Kelvin Victory and Indiana. The stems were harvested with help of sharp secateurs at 8:00 am in the morning when 50 per cent of flowers were about ? th open. The stems lengths of all flowers were uniformly maintained i.e 35 cm. The cut stems were kept in two different solutions S1 ? distilled water and S2 ? sucrose (2 %) + 8HQC (500 ppm).C correspond to different cultivars (see the origina paper, available below).Vase life and flower quality were significantly influenced by vase solutions. The maximum vase life (7.50 days) was observed in S2 and its interaction S2 C4 recorded maximum vase life (9.50 days). C9 recorded maximum fresh weight of flower (104.0 g) and as far as interaction is concerned, S1 C9 recorded maximum fresh weight of flower (106.7 g). The minimum water loss (4.19 g) was recorded on day 4-5 in S1, as far as interaction is concerned S1 C8 recorded minimum water loss (3.20 g). The maximum water uptake (8.30 days) was recorded on day 0-1 in S1 and interaction S1 C4 recorded maximum water uptake (11.81 g). SourcesVase life of spray chrysanthemum cultivars?(Dendrathema grandiflora Tzvelev.) cultivated in?polyhouse conditionsAsma Siddiqua, K Swarajya Lakshmi, R Nagaraju and D SrinivasaInternational Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(1): 127-129http://www.chemijournal.com/archives/2019/vol7issue1/PartC/7-1-23-312.pdf Picture by?Ornamentalis