HortFlora Research Spectrum

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Authors: Rouzbeh Rahmanian

: This research examines the financial performance of greenhouses in Guilan province in Iran. In order to do the research, questionnaires from 60 greenhouses were collected and features such as the general specifications of greenhouses, type of greenhouse covers, surface areas, infrastructure facilities, input raw material, energy and fuel costs, personal cost, production rate, sales prices of the produced products were considered. A financial performance measure developed from data envelopment analysis (DEA). According to the results, 7% of the greenhouses had an efficiency of 20%-40%, 22% between 40%-60%, 33% between 60%-80%, and 38% had more than 80%.

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Authors: H. Tarula, J.M.S. Rawat, Krishan Kumar Singh , Vidyawati Rawat and Bhupendra Singh

Freshly harvested mature fruits of aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) cultivars namely NA-7, NA-10, Chakaiya and a wild aonla were dipped in GA3 100 mg L1, 200 mg L1, 300 mg L1, MH 100 mg L1, 200 mg L1, 300 mg L1 and CaCl2 10 g L1 20 g L1, 30 g L1 solutions. Fruits were surface dried, packed in nylon net bags and kept in room temperature (15.5±4C) and RH 62.7%. Among the different post harvest treatments, it was found that GA3 200 mg L1 was best in reducing the physiological loss. No pathological loss was observed in all the treatments upto 14 days of storage. The maximum TSS content was recorded with GA3 treatment. GA3 300 mg L1 treatment gave better retention of ascorbic acid and malic acid during the storage of aonla.

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Authors: Ravi Pujari, A. A. Arif and Shivanand Rayar

Curcuma longa L is an important sacred and spice crop of Asia, used in several culinary purposes and also for treatment of several diseases. It is cultivated for its rhizomes for extraction of curcumin forming the principal source of drugs and colouring principle. In India, Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu are the major state producing turmeric. There is a need to standardize the production technology which may help to improve the yield, quality so as to extend the farmers’ hand of reliability so that they can get high net returns per unit area. The present review is focusing on production practices of Curcuma longa L.

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Authors: K. K. Singh and Y. K. Tomar

The study on effect of planting time and IBA levels on rooting of phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.) woody cuttings under mist house condition was undertaken in Horticulture Research Centre, Chauras Campus. HNBGU, Srinagar, Garhwal during 2013. The experiment was laid out in Factorial RBD with three replications. Cuttings were collected during winter season (mid January, February, March) and rainy season (mid June, July and August). The 20 cm long cuttings were prepared from 4 to 5 year old plants and treated with 1000, 1500, 2000 ppm IBA solutions by quick dip method. The cuttings treated with IBA 2000 ppm performed best in all aspects, as rooting percentage, length of shoot, length of root, thickening of root and leaf sprouting in shoot. Overall, M4C3 (mid June planting with 2000 ppm IBA) treatment combination was found best for all parameters studied.

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Authors: Nilima Bhosale and A.V. Barad

The experiment to find out residual effect of pre-harvest spray of MH and storage conditions of bulbs for succeeding crop of spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis L.) cv. Local was carried out at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during 2012-2013. The experiment consisted of six levels of pre-harvest MH spray with four levels of storage conditions and it was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FCRD) with three replications. Minimum days taken to sprouting, maximum number of leaves at 1st flowering stage and leaf area were found in control (no maleic hydrazide spray, and bulbs stored in plastic carets at an ambient temperature). But, minimum days to first flower emergence were found in control (no maleic hydrazide spray) and net bags at an ambient temperature. Maximum plant height at 1st flowering stage was found in the MH 500 ppm with net bags at an ambient temperature. Maximum length of flower stalk was found in the MH 500 ppm with plastic carets at an ambient temperature. Maximum chlorophyll content in leaves, number of flower stalks/plant, number of flowers harvested per net plot and yield of flowers were found in MH 3000 ppm with plastic carets at an ambient temperature.

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Authors: Ahmadullah Haider, Neelam Khare and Ateeq Khan

The study was conducted on performance of poplar cuttings with different growth regulators and potting media in the Forest Nursery and Research Centre of SHIATS, Allahabad. The experiment was laid out in RBD with four replications. There were six treatments of growth regulators, viz. T1-Control (distilled water), T2 - IBA(100 ppm),T3- IAA (100 ppm),T4- NAA (100 ppm), T5 -GA3 (100 ppm), T6-2,4-D (100 ppm), and seven treatments of potting media, viz. M1-Soil only, M2-Soil + Sand + FYM (1:1:1), M3- Soil + FYM + Neem cake (1:1:1), M4 - Soil + FYM + VC (1:1:1), M5- Neem cake + sand + VC (1:1:1), M6- Neem Cake + Soil + VC (1:1:1) and M7- Neem cake + FYM + VC (1:1:1).Ten cuttings per replication were used for each treatment. Among different growth regulators used, IAA @100 ppm showed maximum survival percentage (80.00%), shoot and root length ((35.30cm and 32.55cm, respectively), fresh shoot weight (20.00g),and fresh and dry weight of roots (13.00g and 6.47g, respectively), as well as total biomass (12.82g) compared to control and other treatments. Number of sprouts and no. of roots/cutting (2.25 and 27.00, respectively) and dry weight of shoot (6.70g) were found maximum with 100ppm IBA, while maximum root: shoot ratio of 1.15 was produced by 100 G 3 A . Among potting media combinations, most effective treatment was M2 (Soil + Sand+ FYM, 1:1:1) which resulted in maximum number of sprouts/cutting (2.55), survival percentage (63.33%), shoot length (24.45 cm), dry weight of shoot (5.17g) and fresh weight of root (10.17g ) over other treatments. Length of root (22.0cm), dry weight of roots (6.22g), root: shoot ratio (1.71) and total biomass (11.02g) were maximum in M7 (Neem cake + FYM + VC, 1:1:1).

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Authors: Deepa H. Dwivedi, Sanjeev Rao, Shreesh Kumar Gautam and Pawan Kumar

Study on the effect of sowing time and spacing on the performance of Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) in central Uttar Pradesh was conducted at Horticulture Research Farm, BBA University, Lucknow, India during 2011-12. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three dates of sowing [D1 (3 Nov., 2011), D2 (8 Nov., 2011) and D2 (13 Nov., 2011)] and four spacing [S1 (35x90cm), S2 (40 x 90cm), S3 (45x90 cm) and S4 (50x90 cm)] and was replicated thrice. Results revealed that maximum plant height (54.25 cm.), number of leaves/plant (60.50), number of internodes (11.50), diameter of stem (5.65 cm), number of branches/plant (7.88), number of flowers/plant (4.66) and number of fruits (5.55) were obtained at first date of sowing i.e., D1 (3 Nov., 2011). The spacing of 40 90 gave significantly maximum plant height, number of internodes, diameter of stem, number of branches, number of flowers and number of fruits. The treatment D1 S2 (3 Nov. sowing with 45 x 90 cm spacing) was found to be the best for proper growth and development of the plant and fruiting performance of cape gooseberry.

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Authors: R. Amith, Ravishankar M. Patil , T. Chetan, Abhishek Katagi and V. Chikkasubbanna

Gerbera cv. President was subjected to twelve different treatment combinations against control to study the vase life.Treatment with 100ppm silver nitrate + 6% sucrose + 400 ppm 8-HQS + 100ppm silver thiosulphate showed significant beneficial effect in extending the vase life of the cultivar to 9.63 days, as against 7.57 days of vase life in control. The findings provide an alternative for extending the vase life of cut gerbera flowers. Treated flower stems also showed minimum contamination of micro organisms.

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Authors: R. Amith, Ravishankar M. Patil and V. Chikkasubbanna

Gerbera cv. Suncity was subjected to twelve different treatment combinations against control to evaluate vase life and quality. Treatment with 200ppm Aluminum sulphate + 4% sucrose + 200 ppm 8-HQS + 100ppm Silver thiosulphate showed significant beneficial effect in extending the vase life of the cut flower to 10 (9.5) days, as against 7 (7.47) days of vase life in control. Presence of microbes (Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonos spp.) was also recorded less on treated cut flower stems over control.

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Authors: Seema Sonkar, Preeti Tiwari and Nand Kumar

The study was carried out by recipe standardization and assessment of their physico –chemical properties. The sensory quality analysis of Biscuit was 7.28 than other developed products which were reported by panel members. It was found that percentage of moisture, fat, protein, carbohydrate and fibre were increased but the quantity of ash decreased (but increase as quality wise). The other developed products acceptability on basis of organolaptically and nutritional were decreased as well as in quantity and quality wise. This type research is remarkable step in the context of development of products for health benefits of people in one and other hand.