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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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Subject: Fruit Science × Author: Bhandari, Rahul × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Effect of polysaccharide based edible coatings and ascorbic acid on postharvest quality of plum (Prunus Salicina Lindl.) cv. Satluj purple
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-08) Bhandari, Rahul; Uniyal, Shweta
    The present experiment was carried out at Postharvest Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand during May 2022 to June 2022. This experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Design with two factor comprising of ten treatments (control, 1% chitosan, 2% chitosan, 1% alginate, 2% alginate, 1% ascorbic acid, 1% chitosan+ 1% ascorbic acid, 2% chitosan+1% ascorbic acid, 1% alginate + 1% ascorbic acid and 2% alginate + 1% ascorbic acid) and six storage intervals (0, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35th day). Thus, 10 treatments combinations were tested in three replications. As soon as the fruits were harvested, they were coated with different edible coatings treatment and stored at low temperature (0 - 4°C) under 80-90% relative humidity for 35 days. During the storage period observations were recorded at seven days intervals. The observations were recorded in respect to fruit diameter, fruit shrinkage, fruit weight, physiological loss in weight, fruit firmness, fruit decay, TSS, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, total sugar, reducing sugar, non reducing sugar phenol content and antioxidant activity. Findings of present investigation revealed that coating of chitosan, alginate and ascorbic acid was effective in maintaining shelf life and physicochemical traits of plum fruit cv. Satluj Purple as compared to uncoated fruits by imparting more durable protective barrier onto the epicarp of the fruit. Among the all treatments T8 (2% chitosan + 1% ascorbic acid) followed by T10 (2% alginate + 1% ascorbic acid) treatment was found effective in reducing physiological loss in weight, fruit shrinkage, fruit decay along with maintaining fruit firmness, TSS, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, sugars content, total phenol and antioxidant activity of fruits up to thirty five days of low temperature storage. Thus, it can be concluded that postharvest coatings of plum fruit with 2% chitosan enriched with 1% ascorbic acid was effective in extending the shelf-life and maintaining physico-chemical attributes of plum cv. Satluj Purple for 28 days storage however, they can be stored upto 35 days of storage with minimum changes in physico-chemical quality of plum fruits.