Cut-foliage industry has made a major breakthrough in floriculture business. In general, Cutfoliages (leaves and stems), which are attractive in form, colour and freshness, are lasting and in great demand. Cut foliages are used as fillers along with cut flowers in flower arrangements and elsewhere for increasing aesthetic value. Cut foliages commercially cultivated in protected condition are Draceana reflexa, Phyllo Dendron xanadu, Nephrolepis exalta, Aspargus densiflorus var. Springer, Asparagus setaceous, Asparagus densiflorus var. Mayers, Box wood and Ferns.
Anand. M *
Horticultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Yercaud-636 602, Tamil Nadu, India
P.R. Kamalkumaran
M. Velmurugan
Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Nanthakumar
Anand. M., Kamalkumaran, P.R., Velmurugan, M., Nanthakumar, S., 2020. Protected Cultivation of Cut Foliage’s in Subtropical Regions. Biotica Research Today 2(5 Spl), 161-162.
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