1Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741 252, West Bengal, India
Department of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar-736 165, West Bengal, India
*e-mail: ssgflori@gmail.com
Online published on 20 December, 2016.
Dehydration techniques have been developed in croton (Croton sp.) to retain their fresh look for several months or even years. The croton foliage petals were given drying treatments in hot air oven (at 45°C) after embedding them in fine silica gel (FSG, 60–120 mesh) and fine river sand (FS) for 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours or 24 hours drying treatments. The original shapes, colours and size remain as they were before dehydration. The experimental results concluded that best dehydrated petals were evidenced when croton foliage petals were dehydrated in hot air oven for 12 hours embedding in fine silica gel.
Dehydration, Croton, Embedding media, Silica gel, Fine sand, Oven drying
