Commercial Floriculture

Importance of post harvest handling of flowers

• The quality of flowers, which reaches the final consumer, depends on the pre-harvest and post-harvest handling.
• Quality is the pillar for creating value and customer satisfaction
  
• The flowers are highly perishable need utmost care.
  
• When flowers are detached from the plant, they deprived of food, water, minerals and hormones.
  
• It is estimated that about 30% of flowers perish during handling.
  
• Therefore it is important to study post-harvest handling of flowers to keep flowers in good quality.

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