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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Horticulture × Author: CHAUDHARI, MOGHAJIBHAI H. × End date: 1989 ×
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    POST HARVEST PHYSIOLOGY OF RAJAPURI MANGO FRUIT
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) CHAUDHARI, MOGHAJIBHAI H.; Chundawat, B. S.
    With the objective of retarding the process of ripening to extend the shelf life and to minimiae post harvest losses in 'Rajapuri' mango fruits at ambient temperature, two experiments were conducted, using harvesting, grading, ripening methods and pre-ripening treatments, at the Experimental Orchards of liie Department of Horticulture, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand during 1985-86. Resul-ts revealed that non-destructive harvesting method and size grading of fruits did not affect the ripening pattern and quality of ripe fruits. However, ripening fruits using calcium carbide enhanced the process of ripening and reduced post-harvest losses during ripening owing to short duration of ripening process, Pre-ripening treatment with Bavistin 0.1 per cent brought down the damage to 6.45 per cent compared 33.72 per cent in control. When Bavistin 0.1 per cent was combined with Gibberellic acid 150 ppm and used as treatment it not only reduced the storage damage but extended the shelf-life of fruits by 5 days compared to control. Hot water dip caused uniform ripening and reduced storage losses, A dip in calcium chloride solution(2 per cent) delayed the ripening and needs further standardization on mango.