Aryal. R1, B. Shrestha2
1B.Sc Graduate, Nepal Polytechnic Institute
2Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Forestry University
Abstract
A laboratory experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design with three replications and five treatments i.e. (T1) Oppm or control, (T2) 200 8-HQS, (T3) 400ppm 8-HQS, (T4) 600ppm 8-HQS, (T5) 800 ppm 8-HQS. The data revealed that different level 8-HOS significantly influenced the different post-harvest attributes in gladiolus spike. There is highly significant difference on 1st and 50% floret open in which earlier floret open was observed on vase solution containing 600ppm 8-HQS (2.9days) which is followed by 800ppm 8-HQS (3.23days) whereas on control is later. The weight loss of the spike was
highly significant influenced by 8-HQS. The highest spike weight loss was observed on vase solution containing 600ppm 8-HQS (15.2gm) which is followed by 800ppm 8-HQS (16.4gm) whereas the lowest weight of spike vase solution containing 0ppm or control (21.83gm). The length rotted observed was maximum on control (18.07333cm) whereas it was observed minimum on vase solution containing 600ppm 8-HQS (9.12cm) which is followed by 800ppm 8-HQS(11.76667cm).
Keywords: Gladiolus, floret open, 8-HQS