• Ajish Muraleedharan
• J. L. Joshi

Gerbera is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae family and is also commonly known as the African daisy. Gerbera widely used as a decorative garden plant. Due to high temperatures and humidity, the post-harvest vase-life of gerbera is very less. Keeping quality is an important parameter for evaluation of cut flower quality so the addition of chemical preservatives to the holding solution is recommended to prolong the vase-life.Vase life is the period during which a cut flower or cut foliage retains its appearance in a vase. Chemical treatments that can extend the vase life in flowers and is a major component of floriculture research. The major reasons for less vase life of cut flowers may be due to nutrient deficiency, bacterial and fungal contaminations, water stress and vascular blockage. To increase the post harvest shelf life of gerbera flowers, the present experiment “Influence of floral preservatives on stem bending, floral, biochemical changes and post harvest vase life of cut gerbera (gerbera jamesonii.)” was conducted by using Preservative solutions. Among the treatment combination made with 10% sucrose. Stem bending, and petal shriveling were also found to be delay in the treatment combination of T8 8 HQC 100 ppm + 10% sucrose. Maximum vase life was also found in T8 treatment followed by T7. Treatment combination of T8 8 HQC 100 ppm + 10% sucrose can extend the vase life of harvested gerbera flowers by reducing the fungal infection, increase the solution uptake and by supplementing carbohydrate for harvested flowers.

preservatives, gerbera cut flower, sucrose

"VASE LIFE ANALYSIS OF GERBERA (Gerbera jamesonii.) CUT FLOWERS USING DIFFERENT VASE SOLUTIONS var. Arka krishika ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.113-118, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807A15.pdf

"VASE LIFE ANALYSIS OF GERBERA (Gerbera jamesonii.) CUT FLOWERS USING DIFFERENT VASE SOLUTIONS var. Arka krishika ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp113-118, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807A15.pdf