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Cropping is the practice of selecting plants for cultivation in a field or orchard based on their desired characteristics and removing the entire plant from the ground at least once …
Cropping scheme definition, utility, importance and principles of preparation are given below. Definition of Cropping Scheme A cropping scheme is a farm budget prepared in advance of a cropping season …
Agro ecosystems (Components, Types, Properties) Definition of Ecosystem No organism or a species live alone, always there are associates influencing each other and organized themselves into communities. The organism of …
Post harvest technology of horticultural crops Technologies for minimizing the post-harvest losses Fruits and vegetables are perishable in nature. Scientific harvesting and handling are the practical way to reduce the …
The importance of post harvest loss management Time and money are required to cultivate food products, and unless the farmer is providing food only for his own household, he automatically …
Causes of crop loss after harvest (Horticultural crops) Causes of post-harvest losses Horticultural crops not only provide nutritional and healthy foods to human beings, but also generate a considerable cash …
Post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables 1. Curing Curing is done immediately after harvesting. It strengthens the skin. The process is induced at relatively higher temperature and humidity, involving …
Factors of harvesting fruits and vegetables 1. Season Quality of produce are greatly influenced by season. e.g. Winter season harvest having more shelf life as compared to other season while …
Pre harvest factors affecting postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables a) Related to plants1.Crops: Quality of the fruit and vegetables are varies from crop to crop. e.g. jackfruit, bael, potato, onion, pumpkin, garlic etc. having good quality in relation to shelf life while apple, mango, cherry, strawberry, tomato, capsicum, okra, brussels sprout, chinese cabbage, carrot, radish attract more to consumers due to their attractive appearance. 2.Cultivars: The quality of seed or plant material is an important factor that controls the quality of the fruit and vegetable produced. Several parameters of quality are controlled genetically. 3. Cultural practices: All cultural practices have direct effect on the final quality of the produce. 4.Planting period: Many plants are very sensitive to environmental conditions and thus quality will not be optimized when crop is produced under adverse conditions. Producing summer plants during the winter or viceversa will not be appropriate, unless protection practices are implemented. 5.Planting density: It affects both the quantity and quality of the produce. High density planting increases competition between plants, reduces light availability, and thus may decrease quantity. Low density planting lead to large size, better colored fruit or vegetable which may have shorter shelf life. Larger fruits are commonly more sensitive to physiological disorders. 6.Irrigation: Irregular watering usually reduces fruit size, increases splitting, physiological disorders, reduces water content in the plant or plant part etc. 7.Fertilization: Poor management of fertilizers will increase physiological disorders due to deficiencies of some minerals or increase of other leading to toxicity. In both cases, quality will be negatively affected. The application of Ca and high fruit Ca concentration resulted in increased firmness, reduced disease incidence, chilling injury, physiological disorders and ripening and improved storaility. Application of excess N element is detrimental in terms of quality attributes. Pruning: It reduces the load and increases the growth of fruit and chemical use after harvest. …
Quality of post harvest product Post harvest quality represents market quality, edible quality, transport quality, table quality, nutritional quality, internal quality and appearance quality. Quality means a combination of characteristics, …