Commercial Floriculture

Uses

• Used for garland, veni and other decorations.
• The long stemmed flowers used for vase arrangements.
• It is highly suitable as bedding plant, in an herbaceous border, also as shrubbery in landscaping.
• French marigold is ideal for rockery, edging, hanging baskets and window boxes.
• Have medicinal properties to cure boils and carbuncles.
• Floral extract is used as a blood purifier and cure for bleeding piles.
• Good remedy for eye diseases and ulcers.
• Some species of Tagetes are used for essential oil extraction.
• The Pigments (Xanthophylls) are used as a natural colour to intensify yellow colour of egg yolk and broiler skin, flesh and also for fish.
• Xanthophylls are the major carotenoid fraction in the flower petals.
• Lutein accounts for 80 – 90% of total xanthophylls content.
• Used for colouring the food stuffs, textile industries and pharmaceuticals.
• Tagetes patula contain essential oil which can readily be extracted by steam distillation.
• The oil has a pronounced odour and acts as a repellent to flies.
• Trap crop -It is highly effective in reducing the population of nematodes under control and also attracts the fruit borers in many vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants.

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