Effect of Pre-Harvest spray of MH and Storage Conditions on Quality of Bulbs of Spider Lily (Hymenocallis littoralis L.) cv. Local

The present experiment on storage of bulbs of spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis L.) cv. Local was carried out at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during 2011-2012. The experiment consisted of six levels of pre-harvest MH spray with four levels of storage conditions and it was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) with three replications. Pre harvest spray of MH 3000ppm was found to be more effective for reducing weight of bulbs, size of bulbs, physiological loss of weight, sprouting of bulbs and spoil age of spider lily bulb. Similarly, bio chemical parameters like TSS, total sugars, reducing sugar and non reducing sugar were also found better in MH 3000ppm for storage of bulbs. During storage the bulbs should be kept in plastic carets at an ambient temperature having good circulation of air in the store room.