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ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENT OF TRACTOR DRAWN HERBICIDE APPLICATOR CUM PLANTER WITH SEED AND FERTILIZER CHOKE INDICATOR(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2020) Sirmour, Aditya; Verma, Ajay; Naik, R.K.; Sonboir, H.L.; Saxena, R.R.Rice (Oryza sativa), is the world’s most important crop and is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Among the rice growing countries in the world, India has the largest area under rice crop about 45 million ha and ranks second in production next to China. India needs a demand supply of an estimated production of 120 million tonnes of rice by 2030. The major challenge is to achieve this production target of rice with less water application, labour supply, and chemicals application, thereby ensuring long-term sustainability. The direct seeding of rice technique offers viable option to reduce the limitations of transplanted paddy. Weeds, however, were considered one of the major biological constraints in adoption of DSR systems because there was no seedling size advantage as rice and weed seedlings emerged simultaneously and no stagnant water to reduce weed emergence and growth at crop emergence. Herbicides were one of the most important applications for managing weeds in direct-seeded rice systems. Improper and ineffective methods of herbicide application may result in damage to non-targeted plants; a great waste of chemicals, resulting in environmental pollution; and negative effects on human health, so it was very important to understand the right application methods for herbicides. The practical problem encountered during operation of planter that there was occasionally damp soil gets stuck at the lowered end of the boot as well as agricultural residue and weed clogging the boot resulting in accumulation of seeds in the delivery tube and thus prevents the seed from falling into the furrows. To overcome these shortcomings and complete package for DSR; a tractor drawn planter had been designed and developed for direct sowing of paddy with four nozzles attachment on boom for simultaneously application of pre-emergence herbicide and boot choked indicator embedded system to alert the operator of the planter about the choking of seeds into the furrow. The developed prototype of machine consists of HTP pump, flat fan nozzles, 200 litre capacity of chemical storage tank, 9 indirect incidence IR sensors for detection of boot choking and inclined plate metering mechanism for planting of seeds. The piston typed pump receives power from PTO shaft of tractor to pump the chemical from tank into nozzles through inlet and outlet pipes. The spraying attachment was fitted at the back end of planter which sprays the chemical uniformly after the furrow. This planter cum boom sprayer helped in planting seeds in 9 rows at a time and in spraying the herbicide at the recommended application rate of 500 l/ha. The laboratory testing of nozzle was done at CIAE, Bhopal for the selection of the nozzle. In laboratory testing, N1-Hollow cone (HCN/PB), N2- Flat fan (XLCC/900), N3 - Flood type (XLP/WP40), N4- Flat fan (F 110/16/3) nozzles were tested on patternator and spraytec laser droplet analyzer at three different pressures (2, 3 and 4 kg/cm2) and three different heights (250, 350 and 450 mm). It was found that the flat fan type nozzles N2 and N4 were suitable for pre-emergence application of herbicide. They have produces medium to coarse droplets depending on the working pressure, type and height. But at treatment N2H3P2, it produces droplet size of 360.99 μm and uniformity coefficient as 6.9 which is less than N4 i.e. 7.1. A wide range of pressure and height settings would have created a distribution that would have been considered acceptable (i.e., CV < 10%) for the N2 nozzle at height H3 and pressure P2 with spray angle of 81.42° and swath width 60.57 cm. According to recommended application rate of 500 l/ha we have chosen nozzle N2 with having of 1.06 l/min at P2 for the field evaluation. The field performance of the prototype of machine was evaluated with seed of variety IGKV-R1 and pendimethalin herbicide. The average seed rate was found 28.80, 28.54 and 28.00 kg/ha at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h forward speed. Seed spacing was found 9.87, 10.19 and 10.32 cm at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h forward speed, respectively. Miss index values increased significantly as the forward speed. The miss index was found 1.93, 2.69 and 2.64 percent at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h forward speed, respectively. Multiple indexes were found 2.58, 3.17 and 3.01 percent at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h forward speed, respectively. The quality of feed index was found 95.48, 94.13 and 92.34 percent at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h forward speed, respectively. The effective field capacities of herbicide applicator cum planter with seed and choke indicator at different speeds (i.e. 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 km/h) are 0.32, 0.53 and 0.64 ha/h respectively. The swath width of boom consisting of 4 nozzles was found to be as 2.4 m with operating pressure of 3 kg/cm2 and height 450 mm. The individual swath width of each nozzle was 77.41 cm and having spray overlap of 30.96%. The developed system could successfully detect choking of boots with paddy seeds by giving visual and audible indication as whenever there was choking (red LED ON and cont. buzzer ON). The red LED and cont. buzzer alerted the operator about the choking of boots satisfactorily. The cost of planting by planter cum boom sprayer was Rs. 1,581.10 per hectare as against Rs.3300/- required for traditional method of two independent operations of sowing and herbicide spraying. The cost of traditional method of sowing and herbicide spraying was observed to be 52.08 % higher than developed machine.ThesisItem Open Access DEVELOPMENT OF THREE ROW ANIMAL DRAWN MULTI CROP PLANTER CUM HERBICIDE APPLICATOR(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2019) Bisen, Sarthak; Victor, V.M.; Naik, R.K.; Agarwal, Sunil; Pradhan, M.K.The purpose of this study was to develop an implement to perform the operations of planting of seeds and application of herbicide simultaneously in order to aid small and marginal farmers to save money and time. A three row animal drawn multi crop planter cum herbicide applicator was developed to fulfill this purpose and its performance was evaluated for soybean, green gram and fodder maize. It consisted of a main frame, seed hoppers, seed metering devices, seed delivery tubes, inverted ‘T’ type furrow openers, sprayers, boom, nozzles, ground wheel, ground wheel lifting mechanism and handle. Sprayer nozzles, seed metering mechanism, hoppers and seed delivery tubes were mounted on inverted ‘T’ type furrow openers which could be adjusted for row spacing of 225 – 450 mm. The overall dimension of the implement was 1710 mm × 1070 mm × 1160 mm. Weight of the implement was 70 kg. The average seed rates for soybean, green gram and fodder maize were found out to be 77.85 kg/ha, 17.66 kg/ha and 42.86 kg/ha respectively. Metering rotor number 8 with exposure scale number 1, metering rotor number 4 with exposure scale number 5 and metering rotor number 5 with exposure scale number 2 were found suitable obtained the seed rates closer to the recommended values for soybean, green gram and fodder maize respectively. The visible seed damage for soybean, green gram and fodder maize due to metering mechanism was found out to be 0.56 per cent, 0.86 per cent and 0.64 per cent respectively. The average discharge of the boom was 965.2 ml/min with an average developed pressure of 254.97 kPa. The average draft required was 440.92 N and the average speed of operation was 1.8 km/h. The average power required was 0.22 kW (0.29 hp). The average missing indices for soybean, green gram and fodder maize were 13.2 per cent, 8 per cent, 10.2 per cent. The average multiple indices for soybean, green gram and maize were 12 per cent, 9.4 per cent and 11.8 per cent. The actual field capacities for soybean, green gram and fodder maize were 0.183 ha/h, 0.124 ha/h and 0.121 ha/h respectively. Field efficiencies for soybean, green gram and fodder maize were 78.2 per cent, 72.5 per cent and 70.7 per cent respectively. Application rates of herbicide and water mixture were 316 l/ha, 466 l/ha and 477 l/ha for soybean, green gram and fodder maize respectively. Estimated cost of the implement was ₹15000. Cost of operation for soybean, green gram and fodder maize were ₹430/ha, ₹634/ha and ₹650/ha respectively with an average cost of ₹543/ha. The average operational energy was calculated to be 103.55 MJ/ha.ThesisItem Open Access DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR DRYER FOR SELECTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2019) Kolhe, Kunal; Jogdand, S.V.; Vera, Ajay; Katre, P.; Saxena, R.R.This study was undertaken for design, development and testing of solar dryer for selected agricultural products. Testing of solar dryer was done for potato, red chilli and mango. The developed machine was fabricated at the workshop of private fabricator, and tested at SVCAET campus, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The developed solar dryer consists of solar collector, cabinet dryer, chimney glass, tray, DC motor, battery and speed controller. The frame of the machine is made up of GI rod pipe of size 40×40 mm. The dimensions of solar collector are 0.55×1.02 m. The dimensions of cabinet area are 0.76×0.56×0.56 m. The size of 18 gauge sheet is used to cover the machine. Angle iron and 22 gauge perforated sheet having 90% perforations and hole diameter of 5mm is used to fabricate the tray. The fan is attached at one side of the collector to suck atmosphere air into the dryer where the collector heat up the air. Then the air moves to drying cabinet where the products are placed for drying then the air takes the moisture from the product and exhale out from the hole of the chimney. Firstly the initial moisture content of the sample is obtained. The initial moisture content of potato, red chilli and mango are 86.13%, 77.94% and 83.39% respectively. To evaluate the performance of dryer two tests are carried out i.e. no load test and full load test. The no load test is carried to know the various trend of parameter with respect to time. It was found that the temperature of drying cabinet can be maintained at 60-61˚C for some time. There is a fluctuation of temperature inside the drying cabinet. The full load test was carried out with open sun drying method for comparison with it. The samples were loaded at 10 am and unloaded at 5 pm. The samples were dried up to the desired level of moisture content. The final moisture of the product is 4.48%, 6.41% and 5.49% respectively for potato, red chilli and mango. The time required for drying was found less as compared to open sun drying for all three products. Quality of dried product was also better with dryer as compared to the open sun drying. The developed machine is rigid, reliable and work satisfactory for the given product. The cost of the developed machine is Rs. 18,130.ThesisItem Open Access DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR MAIZE SHELLER(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2019) Ghritalahre, Bhupendra; Quasim, M.; Verma, A.K.; Sonboir, H.L.; Ramole, S.Maize is the most versatile cereal crop in the world. Maize has a wide range of consumption such as poultryfeeding, animal feeding, human nutrition etc. Maize contains reach quantity of nutrition such as carbohydrate, protein, fat, etc. There is the various method of maize shelling of varying capacity i. e, Hand held shelling device, Motor operated sheller etc. Farmers of Chhattisgarhisstill using the traditional method to shell the maizei.e, Manual plucking, Rubbing the maize with each other that causes injury on palm hand, tiredness of finger etc. Chhattisgarh is the place where maize farming is done in patches.Chhattisgarh is the state located in the Centre-East of the country and it is one of the warmest region in India with an average daily high temperature of 33 degrees centigrade.In Chhattisgarh the hours of sunshine per day is ranges 9 to 11. Different idea has been adopted to use sun energy at farms. Photovoltaic (solar electric panels) can be used for farm operations and agricultural operations.The people of the place where electricity can’t be available are also using traditional methods. An attempt has been made to use the solar energy at farm operation and study was undertaken to develop and evaluate the performance of solar maize sheller to reduce the drudgery and avail the facility to the farmer where electricity is absent. The sheller is evaluated for three different varieties of maize Shresta NHM 731, Angad 1217 and NK30 and each variety is divided into two categories based on the length of maize cobi.e. Category A (maize length less than 12 cm) and category B (maize length greater than 12 cm). The developed solar maize sheller is solar powered. The sheller consist different component such as Shelling assembly, DC motor, Solar panel, Battery etc. The developed sheller has total weight 79.5 kg and the unit cost of the machine isRs 17150/. The sheller performance is evaluated at a 14 percent moisture content wet basis. The performance of manual plucking and hand held shelling (hexagonal hand held sheller) is also evaluated for comparison. The output capacity of developed sheller was evaluated at three different feedings and 2.5 kg maize feeding was found highest among all the feeding. The shelling efficiency and output capacity of variety Angad 1217 Category A were found maximum 99.45% and 174.33 kg/h respectively. Percentage of unshelled grain on maize sheller was found on variety Shresta NHM 731 category A (maize length less than 12 cm) was highest 1.62. Thehighest cleaning efficiency was found on variety NK30 category B 99.20 percent. The operational cost of developed sheller is44.771 ₹/h. The cost required to shell 1 kg of maize cob was found ₹ 0.226. The total operational cost of The hand shelling (manual plucking) and hand held sheller was found 37.5 ₹/ h. shelling of 1 kg of maize into maize grain required 3.05 ₹/kg in case of manual plucking and 1.37 ₹/kg in case of hand held sheller. The developed solar maize sheller isrigid and satisfactory for the selected variety of maize.ThesisItem Open Access DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MULTICROP PLANTER FOR INTERCROPPING(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2018) Pradhan, Piyush; Verma, Ajay; Naik, R.K.; Patel, S.; Dave, A.K.An intercrop planter was designed and developed atIndira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur for intercropping of soybean and pigeonpea in Kharif season, followed by taking chickpea as a second crop in Rabi seasonafter harvesting soybean in the same piece of land. Soybean and pigeonpea were intercropped using existing multi-crop planter, but the same machine was infeasible to sow a second crop in same track because of less spacing in-between the standing pigeon pea. To overcome this problem an intercrop planter was designed and developed for intercropping. The intercrop planter was designed on the basis of agronomical crop requirements and physical parameters namely length, width, thickness, bulk density, angle of repose, geometric mean diameter of soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea seeds.The overall width of the intercrop planter is 4.3 m and it maintains the spacing of 90 cm from the outer row of soybean to pigeon pea. The intercrop planter was used for sowing 5:2 intercrop i.e., five row of soybean and two rows of pigeonpea. The experiment was laid out in split plot design for pigeonpea in which 3 main plot (different row spacing) and 3 sub plot (different plant spacing,sprocket teeth) for each main plot, resulting 9 different treatment with 3 replication. The experiment was also laid out in Random Block Design (RBD) for comparison of different crop according to different bed height sole cropping of soybean, pigeon pea and chickpea and performance of existing multi-crop planter. From the study, it was found that the seed rate for sole crop of soybean, chickpea and pigeonpea was 75.38 kg/ha, 61.03 kg/ha and 16.28 kg/ha respectivelywhereaseed rate for intercropping by developed intercrop planter was 27.82 kg/ha, 21.73 kg/ha and 4.29 kg/ha respectively. The plant to plant spacing was maintained for soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea at 3-5cm, 30-32cm, 8-10cm respectively, by the intercrop planter. The speed of operation, actual field capacity, field efficiency and fuel consumptionwas 2.46 kmph, 0.56 ha/h, 77.21% and 4.70 l/h respectively, for intercropping of soybean and pigeonpea. It was observed that, in sole cropping of soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea yield was higher but the productivity, number of branches, numbers of pods, seed index were lower than the intercropping system. In intercropping practice seed yield of soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea was maximum at 25 cm bed height with 10.7 q/ha, 13.56 q/ha and 8.24 q/ha at 120 cm row spacing with 40 number of sprocket teeth in intercrop planter. It was also observed that bed height and row spacing significantly affect the production.Land equivalent ratio of pigeonpea was observed maximum 1.56 with soybean whereas 1.38 with chickpea at 25 cm bed height. Total cost of operation of intercropping per hour was Rs 640.26 per hour while Rs 1126.85 per ha.Maximum output, net benefit and benefit cost ratio cost was observed Rs 146698,Rs 90549.7 and 2.62, respectively in intercropping system as compared to sole cropping of soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea. Highest Net Energy Return (NER) was found in intercropping pattern 123539.7 MJ/ha followed by sole pigeonpea, soybean and chickpea with 83269.15,46106.76 and 42715.81MJ/ha ,respectively. It was concluded that intercrop planter precisely sows soybean, pigeonpea and chickpea maintaining the desired seed rate and the plant to plant spacing.ThesisItem Open Access Processing of kodo millet (Paspalum Scrobiculatum) for value added product using extrusion technology(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2018) Churendra, Vandana; Gupta, R.K.; Patel, S.; Khokhar, D.; Saxena, R.R.; Victor, V.M.Kodo millet (Paspalum Scrobiculatum) is a socially and economically important cereal of India and Chhattisgarh due to its health benefits. Kodo millet is a nutritious grain and good source of vitamins, minerals, fibre and other important nutrients. India is one of the major producers of Kodo millet and consumed mostly in traditional way as staple food and hardly any value added product is commercially produced using them in this country. The extrusion cooking technology is the best and easier method to produce different types of value added extruded products. In view of this, optimization of important process parameters for development of nutritious kodo millet based snack food has been carried following Box-Behnken design of Response Surface Methodology using Design Expert software. Four process variables selected for this study at ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana as kodo millet composition in feed of 50-100% die temperature 100-120°C, screw speed 300-350 rpm and moisture content of feed formulation 14-18% (wb) to plan the experiment and optimization of process variables. Samples are evaluated for physical properties such as bulk density, expansion ratio, color quality, nutritional parameters and sensory characteristics. All the independent process variables affected the quality of the kodo millet based extruded snack food however the samples were with good sensory characteristics. Expansion ration was ranged from 2.87 to 4.03 Bulk density 87.36 to 152.43 kg/m3, hardness 0.523 to 0.996 N, toughness 1.41 to 12.85 Nmm, water absorbing index 3.17 to 4.61g/g, water solubility index 30.58 to 50.73, fat content 3.41 to 4.36%, ash content 1.31 to 2.6% DPPH 13.20 to 19.93% and overall acceptability 7.53 to 8.30. The optimum condition were determined based upon maximizing expansion ratio, water solubility index, protein content, ash/total minerals content and overall acceptability and minimizing bulk density, hardness, toughness keeping fat content in range whereas independent variables were kept within the range. Based upon the statistical analysis of the data, the optimized conditions with maximum desirability level (0.803) were 14% feed moisture, 104.4 (~105) °C die temperature, 349.98 (~350) rpm screw speed and 100g kodo millet (with 5% defatted soya flour).ThesisItem Open Access Development of rapid and novel method for detection of insect infestation during storage of wheat and maize using dielectric and thermal properties(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2018) Ganjeer, Indu; Patel, S.; Nambi, V. Eyarkai; Khokhar, D.; Saxena, R.R.India is the second largest producer of food grains, produces about 277.32 million tonnes of food grain. Food grains are the principal source of human food, with wheat, rice, barley, oats, millet, rye, and corn (maize) being the most consumed sources of grains around the world. Wheat (Triticumaestivum L.) is an essential component of different types of food products, all over the world. It proves to be a good source of carbohydrates, B-vitamins and some minerals in vegetarian diets of a major part of the population of Asia and Africa. Maize (Zeamays L.) is most versatile emerging crop which has wider adaptability under varied agro-climatic conditions. Effective detection of insect infestation and control will protect the grains and contain post-harvest losses. Manual sieving method is the most prevalent method to detect the level of infestation. Since human intervention is involved. This method is laborious, need skilled manpower and susceptible to variation. Which affect the insect control process this lead to much storage loss. To predict or detect the level of infestation, various advanced techniques are being explored and most of them are in the research stage. With this purview, a study has been under taken to explore the possibilities of using thermal and dielectric properties for the detection of level of infestation. The thermal properties are measured using a KD2 Pro Thermal Properties Analyzer. And an experimental compaction setup was designed and fabricated especially to measure the dielectric properties with help of LCR meter. The experimental design was made with full factorial design with 10 replications. The level of significance was evaluated with the help of multivariate ANOVA. The inter dependability between moisture content and thermal properties was estimated using paired ‘T’ test. In order to predict the level of infestation with the identified properties, multivariate analysis has been used. Partial least square regression (PLS) was employed to develop a model for predicting level of insect infestation in the grains with the identified parameters. All these statistical analysis were done using SPSS. The thermal properties like thermal conductivity and volumetric specific heat values of the infested grains significantly increased with the increasing insect populations, in both wheat and maize. And the conductance had shown non-significant change with respect to insect infestation. More sensitive measuring device or compaction device may be used to get fruitful results. Since the conductance has showed non-significant results over the level of infestation, conductance properly has not been included in the modeling studies. The significant parameters over the level of insect infestation i.e. thermal conductivity and volumetric specific heat have been considered for the PLS in order to model the infestation with respect to the measured properties. It could be concluded that thermal conductivity and volumetric specific heat can be used to develop the model for detecting level of insect infestation in wheat and maize.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON PRESERVATION OF SUGARCANE JUICE USING MICROWAVE(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Raipur, 2018) Pradhan, Neha; Pisalkar, P.S.; Kumar, Dilip; Patel, S.; Saxsena, R.R.; Katiyar, PratibhaThe present study was carried out to provide hygienic, shelf stable sugarcane juice fit for human consumption during off season period. Peeled sugarcane sticks was subjected to heat treatment in 10 psi for 5 minutes then sticks was immediately cooled in a deep freezer and juice was extracted through sugarcane juice extraction machine followed by the addition of lemon juice to maintain the pH 4.2-4.3. After this the juice was subjected to following four treatments: in the first treatment (T1), microwave treatment for time period 1 minute, in the second treatment (T2), microwave treatment for time period 2 minutes, in the third treatment (T3), microwave treatment for time period 3 minutes, in the fourth treatment (T4), microwave treatment for time period 4 minutes. Fresh sugarcane juice was taken as control. All the treated juices were bottled and pasteurized in hot water at 80ºC for 25 minutes. All the lots were stored under ambient as well as under refrigerated condition. The prepared juices were observed for physico-chemical and microbiological aspects like pH, TSS, electrical conductivity, colour (L, a, b values), total plate count, yeast and mould count along with sensory evaluation (appearance, flavor and overall acceptability). Changes in the above characteristics was observed by statistically analyzed the data using Factorial Randomized Completely Block Design when the juice was preserved by using microwave treatment for time period 3 minute (T3) showed acceptable microbial and sensory properties up to 56 days of storage at refrigerated temperature and 21 days of storage at ambient temperature. Keywords: Sugarcane juice, heat treatment, shelf life, storage, microwave, Factorial randomized completely block designThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON STORAGE OF CHIRONJI (BUCHANANIA LANJAN) KERNELS IN DIFFERENT PACKAGING MATERIALS(Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 2018) Vaniya, Kishorkumar Panchabhai; Khokhar, D.; Patel, S.; Chandel, Girish; Saxena, R. R.Chironji kernel (Buchanania lanzan) is very important dry fruit, which is mainly used as a substitute of olive and almond oils, and used for both in confectionery and indigenous medicines, especially seeds use as expectorants and tonic and it is an income generating produce for the forest dependent communities. Kernels have been used extensively but due to its high oil content (34 to 50%) subjected to rancidity by auto-oxidation and get spoiled during storage, resulted intu off-flavor produce. Hence, seed kernels cannot be stored for longer period at room temperature, keeping in view the above facts in mind, the present study was undertaken to overcome the problem of stored seed kernel from getting spoiled. For this purpose, various packaging materials, methods and storage atmosphere have been tried to study the behavior of kernels stored in different packaging materials and determine the best storage conditions for kernels. For this purpose, Chironji kernels were packed in five types of different packaging materials (HDPE, LDPE,two layer PE/PE, silver pouch or metalized polyester & polyethylene and three layer or metalized Polyester, LDPE & Aluminum foil) by two types of packing methods (i.e. packing of kernels by normal heat sealing machine and by vacuum packaging machine). These packed samples were stored in two storage conditions i.e. the normal heat sealed samples were stored at room temperature and at accelerated atmosphere (high humidity 90% and high temperature 38±1°C), where the vacuum packed samples were stored at room temperature for a period of six months. The quality of kernels stored in different conditions was observed by analyzing different physico-chemical properties (change in weight, moisture content, oil content, free fatty acid, peroxide value, saponification value, iodine value and ash content) and sensory quality characteristics of these samples, this study was started from the time 0, there was total 9 evaluation periods (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 120, 150 and 180 days of storage) for all samples. The study indicated that the change in weight of all the samples was increased as change in humidity and temperature of storage atmosphere. The moisture content was also increased as increase in humidity and decrease in temperature of storage atmosphere and vice-versa. The oil content of all the samples was decreased with advance in storage period. FFA and peroxide values increased and saponification and iodine values were decreased with increasing storage time, temperature and humidity of storage atmosphere. The change in ash content of all samples was not noticeable up to the end of storage study. All These changes in physico-chemical characteristics of Chironji kernel were more for samples stored at high humidity (90%) and high temperature (38±1°C) storage atmosphere and less in vacuum packed samples stored at ambient condition. This change was also more for sample stored in HDPE, LDPE and two layer packaging materials respectively than sample stored in three layer and silver packaging materials. This suggests that, effect of storage temperature and humidity, and the lipid oxidation of Chironji kernels was affected by temperature and moisture bearer properties of packaging material during storage. Sensory evaluation of kernels stored in different packaging materials for the period of six months showed that, the sensory quality characters and overall acceptability of vacuum packed three layer and silver pouch samples recorded more values, it means this sensory qualities affected by the packaging method and permeability of packaging material. Based on the physico-chemical characteristics and sensory evaluation rating, it could be concluded that kernels packed in high permeability materials i.e. HDPE, LDPE, and two layer could be stored safely at room temperature for a period of three months with undergoing some deteriorative changes in the quality. The vacuum packaging was not effective with high permeable packaging materials (HDPE, LDPE, two layer) hence for long term (up to 180 days) storage point of view kernel stored in packaging materials like three layer and silver pouch with vacuum packaging is the best.