Environmental and consumer friendly approaches for post harvest management of cut flowers
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Post harvest, vase life, cut flower, quality preservatives, healthAbstract
Post Harvest management of flowers utilizing hazardous chemicals is a major ecological challenge across the world. It is essential to understand the cnsequences of different materials and chemicals that provide better vase life to flowers but pose challenges to the environment. Keeping this in view, it is essential to initiate some measures to minimize the production of these wastes as well creating awareness among masses regarding their ill effects on environmental as well as human health. Flowers are not consumed as food and accordingly, many regulatory concerns and potential consequences go unnoticed that may otherwise be alarming for persons associated with production/consumption of flowers across globe. It is, therefore, important to adopt such practices which sound safe and healthy for persons associated with floriculture business. This review summarizes several potential approaches to improve flower vase life with focus on environment and consumer friendly post harvest treatments and preservative components.
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