Effect of pulse treatment on post harvest quality of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hooker) cv. black bird

The experiment was carried out in the department of horticulture NEHU Tura Campus, Meghalaya during the year 2013-2015 by keeping in view of 11 treatments on the effect of postharvest quality of cut Gerbera flower for maintaining the vase life at room temperature. The cut flowers were harvested in the morning and were kept in vase solutions containing gibberrelic acid and benzyl adenine (with distilled water). Sucrose at 4% was added to all treatments as a base solution.