Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore-560080
Of nine compounds studied for extending the vase-life of cut flowers of 3 chrysanthemum cultivars, namely, ‘Snow Ball’, ‘Temptation’ and ‘Kikubiyori’, CCC at 50 ppm and 8-HQC at 200 ppm were found to be the best for all the 3 cultivars. Other compounds had differential effects depending on the cultivars.
