Elicitation of Tuberose Concrete, Deliberation of Recovery and Qualitative Examination from Agave amica L. cv Arka Prajwal
J. Lydia *
Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
M. Kannan
MIT College of Agriculture and Technology, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
P. Aruna
Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
P. Jeyakumar
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
P. Vetrivelkaalai
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The objective of the study aimed the flower yield and concrete yield of Agave amica L. The different treatments was imposed for the study and the concrete recovery percentage was compared with all the treatments in which marigold was imposed as intercrop and also with the control without intercropping. The flowers were extracted with the solvent namely hexane. The maximum concrete recovery was recorded in the treatment T1 (0.171 % and 0.157 %), followed by T2 (0.167 % and 0.145 %) and the minimum recovery of the concrete was found in T6 (0.104 % and 0.103 %) in the first year and second year. The shelf life in the treatment T1 (5.53 days) recorded maximum number of days and the minimum was found with T6 (4.63 days). The maximum vase life of tuberose was observed in T1 (6.92 days) and the minimum was registered by T6 (5.41 days).
Keywords: Concrete, tuberose, hexane, shelf life