About the Book

This book is a consolidation of the scattered information available in the form of research or review papers which has been suitably compiled and edited in a lucid and easily understandable format with adoptable recommendation for the benefit of all the stakeholders. The book is divided into three volumes with sub-titles of 1) General Issues, 2) Fruit Crops and 3) Vegetables, Flowers & Plantation Crops. Eminent research workers who have been engaged in the area of Postharvest Management in the NARS have contributed chapters on various subjects. Efforts have been made to incorporate information on status of cultivation, cultivars, association between pre-harvest crop management practices and quality after harvest, pack-house operations, storage and marketing for domestic and export trade. The book is also suitably illustrated with colour photographs, wherever necessary. Important references to each subject have been cited for detailed reading.
It is hoped that this publication will be of immense value to all the stakeholders viz., horticultural entrepreneurs, retailers, wholesalers and exporters engaged in the supply chain of perishable horticultural produce, research scholars engaged in development of postharvest management technology and others in view of the objectives for which it has been written, i.e., reducing postharvest losses and delivering quality produce both in domestic and international market.

About the Author

Dr. K.L. Chadha (Padma Shri Awardee) is currently President of The Horticultural Society of India as also Adjunct Professor (Hort.) at IARI. He received his B.Sc. (Agri) and M.Sc. (Hort.) degrees from Punjab University, Chandigarh and Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He has served in various capacities at IARI, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Central Mango Research Station, Lucknow. He was the Director, IIHR, Bangalore, Horticulture Commissioner and Executive Director, National Horticulture Board, Govt. of India; Deputy Director General (Hort.), ICAR and ICAR-National Professor (Hort.) at IARI. Prof. R.K. Pal is currently the Director of the ICAR-National Research Centre on Pomegranate at Solapur, Maharashtra. After his formal education from West Bengal, he received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Horticulture from IARI and joined Agricultural Research Service of ICAR. He served IARI in different capacities for over 25 years as a Scientist, Professor and Head of the Division of Post Harvest Technology. He underwent advanced training in USA and attended the International Course on Food Processing as FAO Fellow in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: General Issues 1. Postharvest Management: An Overview, K.L. Chadha and R.K. Pal 2. Fruit Bagging, Ram Asrey 3. Maturity Indices, R.K. Pal and P. Suresh Kumar 4. Mechanisation in Harvesting, S.C. Mandhar and R.T. Patil 5. Pre and Postharvest Management, B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener 6. Postharvest Diseases, R.D. Rawal and Jyotsana Sharma 7. Grading and Packaging, M.S. Ladaniya 8. Insect Disinfection and Quarantine, Abraham Verghese and M.A. Rashmi 9. Pesticide Residues, Ahammed Shabeer T.P. and Kaushik Banerjee Volume 2: Fruit Crops 10. Almond, Desh Beer Singh and Nazeer Ahmed 11. Apple, R.R. Sharma and R.K. Pal 12. Banana, C.K. Narayana 13. Ber, Sunil Pareek 14. Citrus Fruits, D.V. Sudhakar Rao and M.S. Ladaniya 15. Custard Apple, Sunil Pareek 16. Date Palm, Sunil Pareek 17. Grape, Ajay Kumar Sharma and P.G. Adsule 18. Guava, H. Ravishankar, A.K. Singh and Neelima Garg 19. Litchi, Vishal Nath and S.K. Purbey          20. Mango, W.S. Dhillon 21. Papaya, V. Ponnuswamy and T.L. Preethi 22. Pineapple, Bidyut C. Deka 23. Pomegranate, R.K. Pal and K. Dhinesh Babu 24. Sapota, Dev Raj and Ashok K. Senapati 25. Strawberry, Ram Asrey 26. Walnut, Desh Beer Singh and Nazeer Ahmed Volume 3: Vegetables, Flowers and Plantation Crops 27. Cashew, D. Balasubramanian and P.L. Saroj 28. Chilli, Surya Kumari Surepeddi and Giridhar Kalidasu 29. Cut Flowers, Kushal Singh and Ramesh Kumar 30. Garlic, K.E. Lawande and P.C. Tripathi 31. Ginger, Ananta Saikia and Sanjib Sharma 32. Oil Palm, S. Arulraj 33. Onion, R.P. Gupta and H.P. Sharma 34. Orchids, L.C. De and N. Pathak 35. Potato, R. Ezekiel