STUDIES ON DIFFERENT DRYING METHODS IN ORNAMENTAL FLOWERS CONCERNING QUALITY DRY FLOWER PRODUCTS

S.R. MIR¹*, B.M. SHINDE², H.B. SONAWANE^3
1Department of Botany, Prof Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce & Science College, Akurdi, Pune, 411044, India
²Department of Botany, Annasaheb Waghere College, Otur, Pune, 412409, India
³Department of Botany, Prof Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce & Science College, Akurdi, Pune, 411044, India
* Corresponding Author : saimarashidmi@gmail.com

Received : 02-10-2021     Accepted : 27-10-2021     Published : 30-10-2021
Volume : 13     Issue : 10       Pages : 10894 - 10896
Int J Agr Sci 13.10 (2021):10894-10896

Keywords : Dry flowers, Drying methods, Ornamental flowers, Value addition
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, New Delhi, 110016 (DST/WOS-B/AFE-9/2021(G)) for financial support to this research. Authors are also thankful to Department of Botany, Prof Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce & Science College, Akurdi, Pune, 411044, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In the modern era of eco-awareness, dried flowers and dried botanicals have attained substantial growth in horticulture commercial enterprise. Future possibilities of the dry flower industry are relied upon to contribute a ton to the country's economy in contrast to fresh flowers and other live plants. Apart from flower structure and season of gather, the nature of dry flowers inconceivably depends on the method of drying. Hence, the current investigation was undertaken with the objective to determine the appropriate methods of drying in ornamental flowers with respect to quality dry flower products. The ornamental flowers chosen for the examination was exposed to all the drying methods employed in study viz., Air drying, Silica gel drying, Borax drying and Hot air oven drying. Total 25 flower samples were dried and drying time required for each sample was recorded

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