• Dr. Parag Babaji Jadhav
• Nikhil Pradip Gurav
• Dattatraya B. More

An investigation to evaluate the storage-life of Marigold flowers cv. ‘Calcutta Jambo’ at room conditions and inside cold storage was undertaken by Ecofrost Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tathawade, Pune, Maharashtra, India during September 2018. Best flowers from a farmer’s field at two locations (Yavat, Pune and Kanhoor Pathar (Ahemadnagar), India) were selected based on quality. The effect of cold storage (4°C and 95% RH) on the storage and post-storage life of these flowers was studied. Weight loss increased with increase in storage period. Flowers stored inside cold storage had a storage life of 6 days along with 1.5 days post storage life as compared to 3.0 days for flowers kept in room conditions. Post-storage life was recorded to be 1 day at room conditions for inorganic and organic flowers when taken out from cold room at the end of day 8 and day 7, respectively.

Marigold; Calcutta Jambo; Ecofrost; Cold storage; Temperature; Humidity.

"Extending the Storage-life of Marigold flowers cv. ‘Calcutta Jambo’ using Cold Storage", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.697-702, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812399.pdf

"Extending the Storage-life of Marigold flowers cv. ‘Calcutta Jambo’ using Cold Storage", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp697-702, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812399.pdf