Postharvest

29 Oct

Posted at 09:14h in Postharvest
Krishna S. Tomar 9,712 views

फूल निर्जलीकरण: ग्रामीण लोगों के लिए एक लाभदायक व्यवसाय Floriculture occupation has become a lucrative business in many parts of the world. Cut flower is one of the main components of floriculture trade. Shelf-life of cut flower is restricted for few days. Despite the use of best flower preservatives for improvement of keeping quality and enhancement of vase life, the cut flowers cannot be kept for a long time. Non- availability of flowers during demand is another crisis. Existing floriculture market is dominated by standard well utilized ornamental species/varieties. But in modern floriculture, there will always demand and necessity for new products and flower lovers always seek “something new.” There are...

29 Aug

Posted at 10:21h in Postharvest
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अंगूर में मुल्‍य सवर्धन कैसे करें तथा अगूंर के वि‍भि‍न्‍न उत्‍पाद क्‍या है। India ranks 11th in grape production with production of 1.8 million t grapes from an area of 80,000 ha. The major consumption of grapes in India is as fresh followed by raisins, wine and juice. While at global level 78-80% grapes processed in to wine followed by raisin, fresh grapes and juice. The value addition in grapes and diversification of grape products also provide good returns to growers. The raisin industry is also gaining good results. A quantity of 105000 t raisins was produced during 2009. But, it is not possible without active involvement of food industry in...

29 Aug

Posted at 07:19h in Postharvest
R.K.S.RATHAUR 9 views

Soybean processing as a Domestic industry सोयाबीन पोषक तत्वों से परिपूर्ण एवं पोषण की खान के रूप में जाना जाता है इसलिये इसे सुनहरे बीन की उपाधि दी गई है इसमें प्रोटीन के अन्य सभी उपलब्ध स्रोतों की तुलना में सबसे अधिक लगभग 40 प्रतिशत अच्छी गुणवत्ता की प्रोटीन एवं 20 प्रतिशत तेल की मात्रा होती है। यदि हम सोयाबीन में पाये जाने वाले पोषक तत्वों व खनिज लवण व विटामिन्स का विश्लेषण करें तो प्रति 100 ग्राम सोयाबीन में निम्नानुसार मात्रा पाई जाती है- Nutritive Value of Soyabean (per 100 gram) Water 8.5 g Potassium, K 1797 mg Energy 416 kcal Sodium, Na 2 mg Energy 1741 kJ Zinc, Zn 4.9 mg Protein 36.5 g Copper, Cu 1.7 mg Fat (total lipid) 19.9 g Maganese, Mn 2.52 mg Fatty acids, saturated 2.9 g Selenium, Se 17.8...

23 Jun

Posted at 10:10h in Postharvest
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Barley is one of the world’s most important cereal crops after wheat, maize, and rice. It occupies fourth rank in the world. Barley was mainly cultivated and used for human food supply in ancient times but now-a-days it is significantly grown for animal feed and malt products. Barley is predominantly consumed as food crop in the semi-arid regions of Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Syria), highlands of Nepal, Ethiopia and Tibet, Andean countries of South America (Peru and Chile) and in some Asian counties (China, North Korea and Himalaya). In India, it is staple food of the northern hills people and also...