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High value flower cultivation under low cost greenhouse in NW Himalayas

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Title High value flower cultivation under low cost greenhouse in NW Himalayas
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Creator P RANJAN
J K RANJAN
B DAS
N AHMED
 
Subject low cost polyhouse
carnation
gerbera
alstroemeria
 
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Despite the availability of ample natural resources for successful flower cultivation, our share in
world flower trade is meagre. This is because most of the cut flowers need to be grown under protected
conditions to meet stringent quality control regimes of global flower trade and thus require high cost which is
not feasible in our country where most of the farmers are small and marginal. Moreover, the present era of
global climate change looks for energy efficient system for intensive farming which has less demand for fossil
fuels. Keeping these in view, an experiment was laid out with the objective to identify suitable genotypes and
practices for production of high value cut flowers like carnation, gerbera and alstroemeria under zero energy
greenhouses in NW Himalayas. All the genotypes differed significantly for yield and quality traits and we could
identify four promising genotypes viz. Master, Laurella, Charmant and Crimson Tempo in carnation, seven in
gerbera and one in alstroemeria suitable for cut flower production under naturally ventilated polyhouse made of
bamboo poles or locally available wood and UV stabilised polythene sheets. This gives an added advantage to
small and marginal farmers who wish to take up floriculture for more profit but could not venture due to high
initial cost. They can send their produce to nearby tourist places like Nainital, Dehradun, Rishikesh, Mussoorie
etc and can get good premium price of their produce without the involvement of middlemen. It may open new
avenues for increasing the acreage under intensive production and ultimately to increase the floricultural exports
from our country
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Date 2021-08-17T04:42:32Z
2021-08-17T04:42:32Z
2013-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
0974-4290
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/57410
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Sai scientific communications and Asian publication corporation