Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technogly, Pantnagar-263145, District: Udham Singh Nagar, Uttranchal. e-mail: ranjansrivastava2001@rediffmail.com; rsaph@gbpuat.ernet.in
An experiment was carried out to study the effect of pulsing solution, packaging material and storage duration on the post-harvest life of gladiolus cv. Nova Lux. Among all the pulsing treatments, sucrose [20%] + A12(SO4)3 [200 ppm] was found better for most of the floral traits; whereas among all packaging and storage treatments, spikes wrapped in brown paper and stored for 72h at 4°C was found suitable for enhancing the longevity of cut spikes.
Gladiolus, post-harvest life, pulsing, storage duration, packaging material
