National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Nepal Ivy naturally grows well in temperate climate of hilly region, while subtropical and tropical plains of country are not most suitable for its growth but people of these places can enjoy the beauty of this plant by drying of its leaves. For standardization and evaluation of best drying techniques for drying of these leaves an experiment was conducted in mid hills of Himachal Pradesh. In this experiment semi mature leaves of hedera were subject to drying in twenty treatment combinations of five embedding materials viz. open drying (E0), boric acid (E1), silica gel (E2), sand (E3) and saw dust (E4) and four drying techniques viz. room temperature (D1), hot air oven (D2), microwave oven (D3) and solar drier (D4) at different temperature level and for varied duration. Standardized temperature level and time duration for drying were recorded in each treatment and then these standardized techniques were evaluated for knowing best drying techniques for this plant. Evaluation of best drying techniques were performed on the basis of evaluation of ornamental parameters of hedera leaves viz. colour, shape, texture and overall ornamental value and best drying techniques have been worked out i.e. (I) embedded drying in silica gel and room temperature for 10 days (II) embedded drying in silica gel and hot air oven at 45oC for 30 hours. (III) embedded drying in boric acid and room temperature for 10 days. It was also observed that dried foliage of hedera can be use in making various dried floral crafts e.g. flower arrangements, wall hanging, swags, greeting cards etc.
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