• Ajish Muraleedharan

Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) is an internationally important cut flower, which are contributing largely to the floricultural industry and flower arrangements due to its beauty and increased postharvest life. Pulsing is a postharvest treatment in harvested flowers in which vase life is enhanced using sucrose solution. During export of flowers pulsing is carried out to reduce the wilt and enhance the vase life. Pulsing in holding solutions are one such operations which is helpful to hold the flowers for a longer duration. The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of pulsing treatments with different sucrose concentrations on the vase life of cut spikes in Anthurium andreanum cv. Tropical. The experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design with with six treatments for pulsing with sucrose and replicated thrice. Pulsing solution with sucrose 10% enhanced water uptake (ml) in cut flowers, reduced wilting and quality of flower remain longer by lowering spadix blackening, spathe blueing and loss of glossiness of spathe (days). vase life (days) has been increased during the postharvest life as the result of using 10% sucrose.

Anthurium, Sucrose, vase life

"EXTENDING POSTHARVEST LIFE OF Anthurium andreanum cv. TROPICAL CUT FLOWERS ON PULSING WITH SUCROSE CONCENTRATIONS. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 1, page no.603-606, January-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701493.pdf

"EXTENDING POSTHARVEST LIFE OF Anthurium andreanum cv. TROPICAL CUT FLOWERS ON PULSING WITH SUCROSE CONCENTRATIONS. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 1, page no. pp603-606, January-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701493.pdf