Evaluation of tuberose cultivars for post-harvest characters

Abstract

An experiment was carried out growing 14 tuberose varieties at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. All the post-harvest observations were recorded in Post-harvest Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The results of the experiment were revealed that cv. Vaibhav resulted maximum weight of spike at first, third and sixth day, maximum days taken to withering of first floret and maximum days to 50% flower opening. Whereas, Germplasm ACC NO-7 exhibited minimum weight of spike at first, third, sixth and ninth day, minimum weight of spike after withering, minimum water uptake, minimum number of florets open on first day and minimum vase life. Maximum water uptake was found in cv. Phule Rajani while maximum vase life was recorded in cvs. Calcutta Single and Phule Rajani. Earliest withering of first floret was observed in cv. Hyderabad Single and highest percentage of opened florets was observed in cv. GKTC-4.