Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. ... more Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. Mechua bazar only hosts its market for fruits and its processed products.Mechua bazar is a market that solely deals with bulk selling of fruit to local merchants and shopkeepers.Mechua Bazar is located in the northern part of Kolkata. Kolkata is a historical metro city and the capital of the eastern state West Bengal. Kolkata is a population dense state with a total population of 4.6 million and a very high population density of 24,000 people per square kilometer, or 63,000 per square mile. These factors contribute to the reason why such a dynamic and large market runs successfully in Kolkata.Figure 1 shows the map of Mechua bazar Kolkata where the red border region is map of Mechua bazar.
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the nutritional content of various cultivars of taro a... more Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the nutritional content of various cultivars of taro acquired from All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on tuber crops. Study design:Completely randomized design (CRD) at 5% level of significance. Place and duration of study: Department of Post Harvest Technology, faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India, between December 2019 and February 2020. Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and their physical attributes such as cormel girth, length, specific gravity, number of cormels per plant and weight of cormel as well as yield per hectare was calculated. Chemical attributes such as titratable Original Research Article Momin et al.;CJAST, 40(14): 1-9, 2021; Article no.CJAST.69530 2 acidity, starch, ascorbic acid, total phenol and total sugar as well as reducing sugar content in each cultivar was also studied. Results: Analysis of variance s...
The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilize... more The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilizers with the aim of sustainable agriculture. The field experiment was conducted at the HRS, Mondouri, BCKV, West Bengal, India during rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment consisted of 14 treatments replicated thrice, comprising of three levels inorganic fertilizers (50, 75 and 100%) of recommended NPK and three biofertilizers viz. Azospirillum lipoferum (N fixer), Bacillus megaterium (potash mobilizer) and Fraturia aurantia (K mobilizer) as soil application. The results indicated that the maximum plant height (86.06 cm) at 100 DAS, number of primary (10.66) and secondary branches (17.33), number of capsules plant (25.33), number of seeds capsule (97.66), test weight (3.54 g) and projected yield (538.50 kg ha) were recorded in 100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. The yield was at par with 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS (536.74 kg ha). Considering the economics, maximum net return (Rs. ...
Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and ... more Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and their physical attributes such as cormel girth, length, specific gravity, number of cormels per plant and weight of cormel as well as yield per hectare was calculated. Chemical attributes such as titratable Original Research Article
The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilize... more The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilizers with the aim of sustainable agriculture. The field experiment was conducted at the HRS, Mondouri, BCKV, West Bengal, India during rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment consisted of 14 treatments replicated thrice, comprising of three levels inorganic fertilizers (50, 75 and 100%) of recommended NPK and three biofertilizers viz. Azospirillum lipoferum (N fixer), Bacillus megaterium (potash mobilizer) and Fraturia aurantia (K mobilizer) as soil application. The results indicated that the maximum plant height (86.06 cm) at 100 DAS, number of primary (10.66) and secondary branches (17.33), number of capsules plant-1 (25.33), number of seeds capsule-1 (97.66), test weight (3.54 g) and projected yield (538.50 kg ha-1) were recorded in 100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. The yield was at par with 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS (536.74 kg ha-1). Considering the economics, maximum net return (Rs. 1,08,083.74 ha-1) and B: C ratio (4.14: 1) was obtained from 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. These results suggested that combination of Azospirillum + PSB + KS with 75% RDF was best for optimum production of black cumin without loss in yield and reduction of 25% of inorganic fertilizers through application of biofertilizers and environmental pollution to some extent.
Nowadays, fruits and vegetables are highly demanded in the market because of its nutritional valu... more Nowadays, fruits and vegetables are highly demanded in the market because of its nutritional value. Due to their perishable nature, fruits and vegetables have a short shelf life. About 30% fruits and vegetables are affected or damaged by insects, microorganisms, pre and post harvesting conditions during transport and preservation. Preservation of fruits and vegetables is a big challenge for world. Edible coating is an effective method to solve this problem. It provides protective edible covering to fruits and vegetables. It is beneficial for consumers and environment. Today herbal edible coatings are used as a nutraceutical and beneficial for consumer health. Edible coatings are of different types such as hydrocolloids, lipids and plasticisers. These have good barrier properties to O2, CO2, moisture and water vapour.
Guava cv. Khaza is known to have a poor shelf life under ambient storage conditions. But applicat... more Guava cv. Khaza is known to have a poor shelf life under ambient storage conditions. But application of post-harvest treatments like Aloe vera gel, Salicylic acid and Benzyladenine as post-harvest treatment can enhance shelf life of the fruits. Hence an attempt had been made to judge the efficacy of the treatments on shelf life and fruit qualities. Aloe vera gel can be used successfully to reduce physiological loss in weight of guava fruits upto 8th day. Benzyl adenine was also successful in retaining ascorbic acid in fruits of guava fruits upto 8th day. The control samples show high Physiological loss in weight. TSS (OB) showed a decrease with storage. The decline in titratable acidity was lesser in T1 (Aloe vera gel). Ascorbic acid content fall drastically with storage but lesser decline was observed in Aloe vera gel treated fruits. Thus in general it can be concluded that Aloe vera gel (T1) coating can be considered as the best treatment as it retained high ascorbic acid, titratable acidity, firmness and low PLW during the storage period. Followed by Salicylic acid (T2) and Benzyl adenine (T3).
Freshly harvested, well matured sapota fruits of var. Cricket Ball. were subjected to different p... more Freshly harvested, well matured sapota fruits of var. Cricket Ball. were subjected to different post harvest treatments viz., 50μ LDPE (T1), 75 μ LDPE (T2), 100 μ LDPE (T3), and control (T4) with 3 replications in Factorial CRD design and stored in ambient condition (Temp: minimum 270C , maximum 380C, and RH: 85-90%). Observations were recorded on physiological loss of weight (%), TSS (⁰Brix), titratable acidity (%), reducing sugar (%), Total sugar (%), TSS: Acid ratio (%) and organoleptic quality at three days intervals. The results revealed that sapota var. Cricket Ball fruits packed in 75μLDPE (T2) proved to be the best treatments followed by 100μLDPE (T3) among all the treatments under ambient condition which improves the quality and storability of fruits and also reduced the post–harvest losses without adversely affecting the fruit quality of sapota. As the 75μLDPE (T3) shows the lowest PLW (%), lowest titratable acidity (%), and highest TSS (⁰Brix), reducing sugar (%), total sugar (%), TSS: Acid ratio (%), and Organoleptic quality compare to other treatments. In general, PLW (%) and titratable acidity (%) continuously decreased during storage while, reducing sugar (%) and total sugar (%) increased up to 6th day of storage; there after it steadily decreased during subsequent period of storage. Organoleptic rating revealed superiority of T2 and T3 over other treatments while the control fruits were not acceptable on 9th day.
Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. ... more Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. Mechua bazar only hosts its market for fruits and its processed products.Mechua bazar is a market that solely deals with bulk selling of fruit to local merchants and shopkeepers.Mechua Bazar is located in the northern part of Kolkata. Kolkata is a historical metro city and the capital of the eastern state West Bengal. Kolkata is a population dense state with a total population of 4.6 million and a very high population density of 24,000 people per square kilometer, or 63,000 per square mile. These factors contribute to the reason why such a dynamic and large market runs successfully in Kolkata.Figure 1 shows the map of Mechua bazar Kolkata where the red border region is map of Mechua bazar.
Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is a member of the Araceae family and is an important source... more Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is a member of the Araceae family and is an important source of carbohydrate and is used as a staple in some tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Although taro is rich in digestible carbohydrates, micronutrients and is quite affordable, it remains largely underutilized. In this work, the physical attributes as well as biochemical components of taro such as L-ascorbic acid, phenol content, dry matter, moisture, starch, titratable acidity, total sugar and reducing sugar are studied to compare the variation among seven different cultivars grown in the Indian subcontinent. The result of the study revealed that the cultivar TTR-17-10 showed better qualitative attributes on post harvest analysis. It had higher total soluble solids (5.333 0 Brix), starch (35.713%), reducing sugar (3.357%) and total sugar (5.947%) as compared to other cultivars that were studied. However, when it comes to antioxidant content such as L-ascorbic acid cultivar TTR-12-8 (114.117 mg/100gm) showed a significantly better performance as compared to other cultivars studied.
Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. ... more Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. Mechua bazar only hosts its market for fruits and its processed products.Mechua bazar is a market that solely deals with bulk selling of fruit to local merchants and shopkeepers.Mechua Bazar is located in the northern part of Kolkata. Kolkata is a historical metro city and the capital of the eastern state West Bengal. Kolkata is a population dense state with a total population of 4.6 million and a very high population density of 24,000 people per square kilometer, or 63,000 per square mile. These factors contribute to the reason why such a dynamic and large market runs successfully in Kolkata.Figure 1 shows the map of Mechua bazar Kolkata where the red border region is map of Mechua bazar.
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the nutritional content of various cultivars of taro a... more Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the nutritional content of various cultivars of taro acquired from All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on tuber crops. Study design:Completely randomized design (CRD) at 5% level of significance. Place and duration of study: Department of Post Harvest Technology, faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India, between December 2019 and February 2020. Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and their physical attributes such as cormel girth, length, specific gravity, number of cormels per plant and weight of cormel as well as yield per hectare was calculated. Chemical attributes such as titratable Original Research Article Momin et al.;CJAST, 40(14): 1-9, 2021; Article no.CJAST.69530 2 acidity, starch, ascorbic acid, total phenol and total sugar as well as reducing sugar content in each cultivar was also studied. Results: Analysis of variance s...
The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilize... more The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilizers with the aim of sustainable agriculture. The field experiment was conducted at the HRS, Mondouri, BCKV, West Bengal, India during rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment consisted of 14 treatments replicated thrice, comprising of three levels inorganic fertilizers (50, 75 and 100%) of recommended NPK and three biofertilizers viz. Azospirillum lipoferum (N fixer), Bacillus megaterium (potash mobilizer) and Fraturia aurantia (K mobilizer) as soil application. The results indicated that the maximum plant height (86.06 cm) at 100 DAS, number of primary (10.66) and secondary branches (17.33), number of capsules plant (25.33), number of seeds capsule (97.66), test weight (3.54 g) and projected yield (538.50 kg ha) were recorded in 100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. The yield was at par with 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS (536.74 kg ha). Considering the economics, maximum net return (Rs. ...
Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and ... more Methodology: 8 cultivars of taro were evaluated for their nutritional contents in this study and their physical attributes such as cormel girth, length, specific gravity, number of cormels per plant and weight of cormel as well as yield per hectare was calculated. Chemical attributes such as titratable Original Research Article
The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilize... more The objective of the study is to reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizers by using biofertilizers with the aim of sustainable agriculture. The field experiment was conducted at the HRS, Mondouri, BCKV, West Bengal, India during rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment consisted of 14 treatments replicated thrice, comprising of three levels inorganic fertilizers (50, 75 and 100%) of recommended NPK and three biofertilizers viz. Azospirillum lipoferum (N fixer), Bacillus megaterium (potash mobilizer) and Fraturia aurantia (K mobilizer) as soil application. The results indicated that the maximum plant height (86.06 cm) at 100 DAS, number of primary (10.66) and secondary branches (17.33), number of capsules plant-1 (25.33), number of seeds capsule-1 (97.66), test weight (3.54 g) and projected yield (538.50 kg ha-1) were recorded in 100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. The yield was at par with 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS (536.74 kg ha-1). Considering the economics, maximum net return (Rs. 1,08,083.74 ha-1) and B: C ratio (4.14: 1) was obtained from 75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + KS. These results suggested that combination of Azospirillum + PSB + KS with 75% RDF was best for optimum production of black cumin without loss in yield and reduction of 25% of inorganic fertilizers through application of biofertilizers and environmental pollution to some extent.
Nowadays, fruits and vegetables are highly demanded in the market because of its nutritional valu... more Nowadays, fruits and vegetables are highly demanded in the market because of its nutritional value. Due to their perishable nature, fruits and vegetables have a short shelf life. About 30% fruits and vegetables are affected or damaged by insects, microorganisms, pre and post harvesting conditions during transport and preservation. Preservation of fruits and vegetables is a big challenge for world. Edible coating is an effective method to solve this problem. It provides protective edible covering to fruits and vegetables. It is beneficial for consumers and environment. Today herbal edible coatings are used as a nutraceutical and beneficial for consumer health. Edible coatings are of different types such as hydrocolloids, lipids and plasticisers. These have good barrier properties to O2, CO2, moisture and water vapour.
Guava cv. Khaza is known to have a poor shelf life under ambient storage conditions. But applicat... more Guava cv. Khaza is known to have a poor shelf life under ambient storage conditions. But application of post-harvest treatments like Aloe vera gel, Salicylic acid and Benzyladenine as post-harvest treatment can enhance shelf life of the fruits. Hence an attempt had been made to judge the efficacy of the treatments on shelf life and fruit qualities. Aloe vera gel can be used successfully to reduce physiological loss in weight of guava fruits upto 8th day. Benzyl adenine was also successful in retaining ascorbic acid in fruits of guava fruits upto 8th day. The control samples show high Physiological loss in weight. TSS (OB) showed a decrease with storage. The decline in titratable acidity was lesser in T1 (Aloe vera gel). Ascorbic acid content fall drastically with storage but lesser decline was observed in Aloe vera gel treated fruits. Thus in general it can be concluded that Aloe vera gel (T1) coating can be considered as the best treatment as it retained high ascorbic acid, titratable acidity, firmness and low PLW during the storage period. Followed by Salicylic acid (T2) and Benzyl adenine (T3).
Freshly harvested, well matured sapota fruits of var. Cricket Ball. were subjected to different p... more Freshly harvested, well matured sapota fruits of var. Cricket Ball. were subjected to different post harvest treatments viz., 50μ LDPE (T1), 75 μ LDPE (T2), 100 μ LDPE (T3), and control (T4) with 3 replications in Factorial CRD design and stored in ambient condition (Temp: minimum 270C , maximum 380C, and RH: 85-90%). Observations were recorded on physiological loss of weight (%), TSS (⁰Brix), titratable acidity (%), reducing sugar (%), Total sugar (%), TSS: Acid ratio (%) and organoleptic quality at three days intervals. The results revealed that sapota var. Cricket Ball fruits packed in 75μLDPE (T2) proved to be the best treatments followed by 100μLDPE (T3) among all the treatments under ambient condition which improves the quality and storability of fruits and also reduced the post–harvest losses without adversely affecting the fruit quality of sapota. As the 75μLDPE (T3) shows the lowest PLW (%), lowest titratable acidity (%), and highest TSS (⁰Brix), reducing sugar (%), total sugar (%), TSS: Acid ratio (%), and Organoleptic quality compare to other treatments. In general, PLW (%) and titratable acidity (%) continuously decreased during storage while, reducing sugar (%) and total sugar (%) increased up to 6th day of storage; there after it steadily decreased during subsequent period of storage. Organoleptic rating revealed superiority of T2 and T3 over other treatments while the control fruits were not acceptable on 9th day.
Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. ... more Mechua Bazar is the biggest fruit market in entire West Bengal and in East India region as well. Mechua bazar only hosts its market for fruits and its processed products.Mechua bazar is a market that solely deals with bulk selling of fruit to local merchants and shopkeepers.Mechua Bazar is located in the northern part of Kolkata. Kolkata is a historical metro city and the capital of the eastern state West Bengal. Kolkata is a population dense state with a total population of 4.6 million and a very high population density of 24,000 people per square kilometer, or 63,000 per square mile. These factors contribute to the reason why such a dynamic and large market runs successfully in Kolkata.Figure 1 shows the map of Mechua bazar Kolkata where the red border region is map of Mechua bazar.
Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is a member of the Araceae family and is an important source... more Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is a member of the Araceae family and is an important source of carbohydrate and is used as a staple in some tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Although taro is rich in digestible carbohydrates, micronutrients and is quite affordable, it remains largely underutilized. In this work, the physical attributes as well as biochemical components of taro such as L-ascorbic acid, phenol content, dry matter, moisture, starch, titratable acidity, total sugar and reducing sugar are studied to compare the variation among seven different cultivars grown in the Indian subcontinent. The result of the study revealed that the cultivar TTR-17-10 showed better qualitative attributes on post harvest analysis. It had higher total soluble solids (5.333 0 Brix), starch (35.713%), reducing sugar (3.357%) and total sugar (5.947%) as compared to other cultivars that were studied. However, when it comes to antioxidant content such as L-ascorbic acid cultivar TTR-12-8 (114.117 mg/100gm) showed a significantly better performance as compared to other cultivars studied.
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