Varietal Responses of China Aster to Pinching

Generally, people tend to focus on events to celebrate for relaxation and happiness. At these places,flowers play a main role in conveying the feelings among the people. Also flowers constitute an important offering made to the dieties during festivals and at sacred places. Infact rarely do we come across a puja without flowers. No matter what the reason or occasion might be, flowers say it the best. Ceremonies and festivals through out the year and continuous demand for flowers make the flower market evergreen. To meet this ever increasing demand for flowers, their production must be high.Pinching is one of the good Agronomic practices in flower crops to enhance the flower production and yield. The work was undertaken to follow exact pinching operation in different China aster varieties and thus increase the flower yield. This book mainly deals with the practice to be done to hit the flower market during festiv seasons and thus bring benefits to farming community.