1School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagaland University, Medziphema campus, Nagaland
2Department of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology, U.B.K.V, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal
3College of Community Science (CCS), Tura, Central Agricultural University
*Corresponding author’s email: lhemanta@nagalanduniversity.ac.in
An investigation was done to find out suitable storage condition for spray chrysanthemum flowers after drying. Flowers of three cultivars i.e. Atom Joya, Pusa Aditya and Yellow Star were put in five embedding media viz. silica gel (Crystal, Bead and Powder), sand, saw dust and dried in hot air oven at 40°C. Storage life of dried flowers were evaluated under opened condition i.e. glass beaker (S1) and closed conditions i.e. plastic containers (S2) and desiccators (S3). From the evaluation of storage conditions, maximum score for colour (2.6), shape (2.7) and overall quality (2.6) was found in closed condition i.e. desiccators. It was evaluated by using 5-point hectonic scale score. Repeated measurement over time analysis was performed on the scores obtained.
Dried flowers, Sensory evaluation, Spray Chrysanthemum, Storage life
