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SUMMARY :An experiment was conducted to evaluate the flowering and vase life performance of standard chrysanthemum cultivars in naturally ventilated polyhouse condition. Among five standard chrysanthemum cultivars Snow ball recorded maximum plant height (115.79 cm), early flower bud initiation (83.50 days), flower stalk length (96.72 cm), flower diameter (14.08 cm) whereas cv. CHANDRAMA recorded maximum flower stalk girth (11.20 mm) and weight of cut stem (156.99g). The maximum vase life (14.00 days) was observed by cv. GOLDEN YELLOW in vase life solution of sucrose (2 %) + 8HQC (500 ppm). The maximum fresh weight ( 76.53 g) was recorded by cv. CHANDRAMA on second day. Snow Ball recorded maximum (11.76 g) transpiration loss of water on day 1-2 whereas the maximum (9.48 g) water uptake was noted by cv. SNOW BALL on day 0-1 followed by Angel Pink (6.82 g).How to cite this article : Siddiqua, Asma, Lakshmi, K. Swarajya, Nagaraju, R., Reddy, D. Srinivasa and Shaheda, S. (2017). Flower quality parameters and vase life studies of standard chrysanthemum cultivars (Dendrathema grandiflora Tzvelev) in polyhouse conditions. Agric. Update, 12(TECHSEAR-3) : 692-696;

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Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is one of the most important fruits of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is believed to be native of Tropical America; probably Southern Mexico from where it spread to most of the Caribbean and Asian countries during the16 th century. India stands first in the production of papaya in the world followed by Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia and others. The fruit has high nutritive and medicinal value especially vitamin A (2020 IU/l00g). It also possesses vitamin B, folate and pantothenic acid besides minerals like potassium and magnesium. Five papaya varieties were evaluated for yield and quality parameters under rayalseema dry zone of Andhra Pradesh. The highest yield per plant (45.57 kg) was recorded in TFCP-2 while highest estimated yield per hectare (121.62t/ha) was recorded in the variety Red Lady. Maximum fruit length (21.80 cm), maximum level of total soluble solids (14.88 0 brix) was found in the variety TFCP-4. However, Highest pulp thickness (3.96 cm) was recorded in the variety Red Lady. Among five papaya varieties Red lady was found to be superior in terms of yield and quality parameters.