An experiment was conducted to evaluate the postharvest life of cut gerbera cultivars under the different preservative solutions. Three (yellow, magenta and orange) cut gerbera cultivars were placed on nine different preservative solution viz. ) following completely randomized design. Yellow gerbera provided the maximum petals water content (52.4%) when placed in T9 and also provided 8.0 days more vase life compared to the control. For magenta and orange gerbera, maximum petals water content (magenta: 56.3% and orange: 63.0%) in T8 and also 6.9 days more vase life than control.

Silvar Thiosulphate (50-ppm) were used as vase solution to increase post-harvest life of gerbera. Minimum score for petal discoloration (1.6) and flower freshness (3.8) was found from T9. Stem bending (13.7 days), petal discoloration (10.5 days) and petal shriveling (13.3 days) were also found to be delay in T9 treatment. Maximum stem diameter (7.2 mm), solution uptake (72.7 ml), petal water content (72.7%) and vase life (13.3 days) was found from T9 followed by T6. Sugar + Silvar Thiosulphate and Sugar + Citric Acid can lead to extend longevity of cut gerbera by reducing the fungal infection also by increasing solution uptake and supplementing carbohydrate.

An experiment was conducted to evaluate growth and flowering behavior of three dendrobium cultivars coded from V 1 to V 3 (Sonia-17, Purple Boutonniere and Emma White respectively). Longest pseudobulb (78.9 cm) and maximum girth of pseudobulb (19.7 mm) was found with Sionia-17 cultivar. For the same cultivar, maximum other growth and flowering characteristics were observed and recorded as number of pseudobulb/plant (18.8), number of leaves/pseudobulb (5.3), leaf area (253.3 cm 2), number of spikes/plant (14.9), spike length (44.6 cm), spike girth (7.4 mm), number of florets/spike (12.2), diameter of bud (26.1 mm) and diameter of floret (9.5 cm). Minimum chlorophyll content (58.8%) was also found from cultivar Sonia-17 (V 1).

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Extended of the vase life is a crucial point of view for commercial cut flower. To improve the vase life of tuberose some preservative solution viz.