Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Among agricultural businesses, the ornamental industry emerged as a key component of our economy with a strong market position and promising aspects.The appetite to explore new things is crucial to the growth of the marketing industry.It is long overdue for the loriculture sector to switch to new crops in light of current trends and the ongoing demand for fresh, inventive goods.The most signi icant concern, however, is the poor after-harvest outcomes of cut lower crops including poor handling, harvesting injuries, poor lower quality, market glut, which have decreased demand for fresh-cut lowers.Thus, every link in the marketing chain must provide suf icient postharvest care.'Freshness' and vase life are the two crucial qualities depending on the best postharvest management.The grower must be ready to modify production to satisfy customer preferences to achieve successful long-term bene its.The purpose of this review is to highlight some new special lowers postharvest strategies depicting their capability of introduction with traditional cut lowers. INDIAN SCENARIO OF CUT FLOWERSIndia has gained momentum in the loriculture sector with positive incremental results obtained since the 1990s.The net worth of India's Floriculture market is INR 231.7 billion in 2022 and is further projected to be INR 460.6 billion by 2028 [56]).According to APEDA, the total area under cultivation of lowers is 283 (000' ha) with a production of around 2295.07 (000' tons) of loose lowers and 833.16 (000' tons) of cut lowers in 2021-22.Nowadays, the Indian cut lowers plants list has been extended to some new lowers namely Delphinium (blue, pink, purple) with year production potential, Hydrangea, Freesia, and a list of few illers including, Statice & Gypsophila lowers [42]. SCOPE OF THE REVIEWAmong various ornamental cut lowers, maximum interest has
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407031258