Value Addition in Fresh Flowers- An Overview

Floriculture is an important industry in terms of profit making. As the flower crops are considered as “High Value, Low Volume crops”, production and value addition of flowers has an important role in deciding the market value. Since flower crops are perishable in nature; it needs a proper postharvest practice and value addition to enhance the value. Nowadays, different kinds of value-added products are formulated and marketed by the agro-enterprises which include essential oils, flavours, fragrance, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compounds, insecticides, pigments, natural dye, gulkand, rose water, etc. Apart from this, fresh flowers are utilized in our day-to-day life as garlands, hair adornments, bouquets etc. In addition, fresh cut flowers have created a trend in stage decoration and flower arrangement in public and private functions. Traditional flower crops in country like India have its own spiritual importance which makes floriculture sector flourishing.