Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Different Dyeing Chemicals in Value Addition of Gypsophila (Gypsophila elegance) cv. Million Stars

  • Author:
  • A.A. Bajad1,, R. R. Viradia2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 553 to 554

1Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat

2Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat

*email: a_bajad@rediffmail.com

Online published on 13 January, 2016.

Abstract

Thepresentinvestigation was conducted with a view to screen out the effect of different edible dyeing chemical on vase life and value addition of gypsophila flower. The good shades retained at the end of the vase life by the inflorescences of for all dyes expect black colour. There was no significant difference found in various treatments, indicating there is no adverse significant effect different colour on value addition of cut flower of gypsophila.

Keywords

Dyeing, Value Addition, Gypsophila