Currently, this section is involved in research on following post harvest aspects of different fruits and vegetables. The details of activities are as under:
- Effect of aloe vera gel on quality and storage ability of grapes under low temperature
- Sodium carbonate application along with curing on lemon against green and blue molds
- Effect of different pre-cooling methods on the shelf life of spinach
- Impact of oxalic acid on post harvest quality of peach fruit
- Impact of chitosan film coatings combined with packing on quality attributes of carrots (daucuscarota)
- Application of different post harvest treatments on quality retention of bell pepper
- Effect of chitosan coating on quality retention of apricot fruit during low temperature storage
- Studies on combined effect of irradiation and chitosan coating on quality of mango during storage
- Control of storage scalding in apples by use of chemicals
- Post harvest quality evaluation of grapes after ethanol application
- Hot water application in combination with fungicide on quality attributes of kinnow during cold storage
- Use of different organic acids for control of post harvest browning in litchi fruit
- Effect of firming agent on quality attributes of loquat fruit during storage
- Effect of irradiation on sprouting and storage life of potatoes
- Standardization of protocol for raisins production
- Standardization of dehydration protocol for fig fruit
- Influence of antioxidant along with packaging material on the post harvest quality and storage life of apricot fruit
- Effect of post-harvest hexanal formulation application on the quality of different mango varieties
- Impact of storage conditions along with ethylene absorbant on post harvest life of gauva
- Post harvest management of strawberry fruit to maintain quality and extend shelf life
- Effect of ethylene scavenger and packaging material on biochemical composition and shelf life of banana fruit
- Effect of hexanal vapors to enhance the shelf stability of tunnel tomatoes
- Post harvest application of natural plant products for the quality retention of papaya
- Impact of ca on storage behaviour and post harvest quality of peas
- Use of ethylene inhibitor to extend the storage life of mango fruit
- Standardization of postharvest drying protocol for apricot
- Development and evaluation of soy milk
- Development and evaluation of soy milk
- Suitability of different soy bean varieties for soy milk extraction
- Effectiveness of different packaging techniques in maintaining shelf stability and quality of fresh-cut cantaloupes
- Assesment of shelf life ability of cold store tomatoes under ambient condition
- Postharvest shelf-life extension of grapes using polysaccharide based edible surface coating
- Use of different firming agents to reduce post-harvest storage problems and quality maintenance of mandarin fruit
- Optimization of process for sugarcane juice storage stability
- Standardization of postharvest drying protocol for apricot
- Optimization of guava-aloe vera functional drink
- Probing the shelf life of fresh cut shredded carrots (daucus carota) via different chemical treatments
- Development and process optimization for the low caloric lemon-barley rts drink
- Effect of chemical preservatives on quality and storage stability of tomato concentrates
- Development and standardization of preservative free value added products from java plum (jamun)
- Quality comparison of animal milk and soy bean milk added products