Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Effect of packing materials on storage and vase life of cut rose flowers
Author(s): AJ Dhondge and SB Mohod
Abstract: The influence of various packing materials, viz. butter, kraft and polythene paper, on the storage and vase life of cut rose flowers (Rosa hybrida L) was studied. A rose is a perennial plant of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species of rose. In this paper the ambient storage and refrigerated storage of rose (red and white variety) were compared with effect of wrapping by using butter, kraft and polythene paper for 3, 5 and 7 days respectively. The roses with butter paper wrap showed minimum weight loss followed by polythene and kraft paper in ambient and refrigerated condition respectively. Butter paper was found to be best wrap paper material by overall acceptability using hedonic scale rating. The refrigerated storage had preserved best appearance, aroma, color and less stem spoilage as compared to ambient condition according to panel called for evaluation by using hedonic scale rating. Among all three wrapped papers the butter paper gives best results upto 3 and 5 days in ambient and refrigerated condition respectively. The white rose preserved good appearance and color than red rose in both storage conditions.
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AJ Dhondge, SB Mohod. Effect of packing materials on storage and vase life of cut rose flowers. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):857-860.
