STANDARDIZATION OF PACKAGING MATERIAL, STORAGE DURATIONS AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON VASE LIFE OF SOFT SHIELD
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2020-09
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NAUNI,UHF
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The investigation entitled “Standardization of packaging material, storage
durations and chemical treatments on vase life of soft shield fern [Polystichum
squarrosum (D. Don)]’’ was carried out at the Experimental Farm Laboratory of Department
of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
Nauni-Solan during the year 2019-2020. The present study was conducted in two Seasons i.e.
August – September (2019) and March – April (2020). The experiment was laid out in
Completely Randomized Design (CRD) Factorial using 19 treatment modules with three
replications. It was observed that cut fronds sprayed with Glycerol (4%), wrapped in
cellophane sheets and stored for 3 days (M9)resulted in outstanding improvement for most of
the post harvest parameters such as appearance (4.67), minimum weight change (3.33 %),
vase life (19.14 days) and water uptake (13.95 ml/stem). As regards the effect of Seasons, the
cut fronds of season-II i.e. March – April (2020) gave excellent performance with respect to
appearance (3.36), chlorophyll content (0.45 mg/g), minimum weight change (15.35 %),
maximum vase life (13.33 days) and minimum water uptake (22.20 ml). The interaction, (M9
× S2) (spraying of cut fronds with glycerol (4 %) wrapped in cellophane sheets for three days
storage of season-II) enhanced all the post harvest parameters such as appearance (4.80),
minimum weight change (2.80 %), improved vase life (21.14 days) and minimum water
uptake (10.10 ml). Hence, it is concluded that spraying the cut fronds with glycerol (4 %)
wrapped in cellophane sheets with 3 days storage resulted in significant improvement of
various post harvest parameters.