EFFECT OF CITRIC ACID, SUGAR AND WATER ON POST HARVEST PERFORMANCES OF CUT FLOWERS

Khan,  S.A.K.U; S.S. Hasan; M.N  Islam; C.  Basu

doi:10.53808/KUS.2003.5.2.0346-L

Authors

Khan, S.A.K.U Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
S.S. Hasan Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
M.N Islam Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
C. Basu Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2003.5.2.0346-L

Keywords:

Postharvest, preservation, tuberose, gladiolus, citric acid, sugar and water.

Abstract

To observe the effect of different concentrations of citric acid, sugar and water on the postharvest performance i.e. vase life, neck bending and number of open florets of tuberose and gladiolus, freshly harvested cut flowers were collected and pretreated for 24 hours with the preservative solutions prepared with different concentrations of citric acid and different levels of sugar. The pretreated flowers were kept in distilled water. Water from different sources (tap water, natural water and distilled water) was used to preserve untreated sticks of tuberose and gladiolus. Flowers pretreated with 2 g L^-1 citric acid and 40 g L^-1 sugar performed better. Water sources had no significant effect on postharvest performances of the cut flowers.

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