An investigation was carried out during the year 2017 to study the post-harvest life of gladiolus spikes by using different packaging materials (blotting paper, brown paper, butter paper, cellophane paper and news paper) in various environmental condition (16ºC and 22 ± 2ºC). All the post-harvest studies were conducted at Post-harvest Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, . Experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with three replications. | Nội dung Text Post-harvest life of cut gladiolus cv. nova lux influenced by packaging material and environmental conditions 2018 7 8 870-874 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 08 2018 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Post-harvest Life of Cut Gladiolus cv. Nova Lux Influenced by Packaging Material and Environmental Conditions Priyanka Kumawat Anjana Sisodia Anil K. Singh Minakshi Padhi and Kalyan Barman Department of Horticulture Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221 005 . India Corresponding author ABSTRACT An investigation was carried out during the year 2017 to study the post-harvest life of gladiolus spikes by using different packaging materials blotting paper brown paper Keywords butter paper cellophane paper and news paper in various environmental condition 16ºC and 22 2ºC . All the post-harvest studies were conducted at Post-harvest Laboratory Gladiolus Department of Horticulture Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University Packaging Varanasi . Experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with three materials replications. Harvested gladiolus spikes were packed with different packaging materials Temperature Post- harvest life and kept in ambient temperature condition and cool chamber condition. The results revealed that spikes stored in cool chamber condition were found significantly higher than Article Info the ambient condition. Slow opening of florets diameter of florets and percentage of opened florets were found maximum in cool chamber condition 16ºC . While maximum Accepted diameter of first floret and length of third and fifth floret were observed with the spike 06 July 2018 Available Online packed in brown paper. Different packaging materials were failed to give any significant 10 August 2018 effect on days to opening of .
