Effect of different drying techniques on Dutch rose

Abstract

Demand of dry flowers is increasing day by day both in domestic and international market, because dried flowers have a great potential as substitute of fresh flowers. The study aims to know the effect of different drying techniques on the quality of Dutch rose. The study was conducted in Dharwad city during 2017-18 in the department of Family Resource Management. Flowers of three different colours of Dutch rose were selected and collected from local growers. The flowers were subjected to drying techniques in air drying, silica gel, borax and microwave drying techniques. Data were statistically analyzed. The result shows that in different drying techniques Dutch rose has taken less time to dry completely in microwave drying technique. Maximum moisture loss was observed when the flowers were dried in silica gel drying. Yellow colour Dutch rose had retained good colour as well as appearance.