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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Agricultural Engineering × Author: ALFIYA, P V × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    DEVELOPMENT OF PROSO MILLET BASED MULTI GRAIN PASTA PRODUCTS BY COLD EXTRUSION
    (41450) ALFIYA, P V; Palanimuthu, V
    Minor millets are rich in dietary fibre and other nutritional components. But their inclusion in daily urban diet is restricted due to lack of processing technology and value added products. Under this context, a study was undertaken to develop ready-to-cook pasta products using different small millets with proso millet as base by cold extrusion technique and La Montferrina Pasta Machine was employed. Initially, the nutritional composition (moisture, protein, fat, fibre, ash and carbohydrates) including micronutrients (iron, copper, sodium, zinc magnesium, manganese) of five millets (proso, little, foxtail, kodo & barnyard) and leafy vegetable shepu were analyzed. Among 16 proso millet based multi grain pasta formulations tested, four formulations namely, Proso:Wheat:Barnyard (30%:60%:10%); Proso:Wheat:Foxtail (30%:60%:10%); Proso:Wheat:Kodo (50%:40%:10%); and Proso:Wheat:Little (50%:40%:10%) were selected as best based on sensory evaluation of extruded pasta products. Enrichment study of above four pasta formulations with iron rich shepu powder (14.74 mg Fe/100 g) was carried out and depending upon the millets combination, an incorporation level of 1.0-1.5% shepu powder was found to be optimum. The cooking characteristics namely, cooking time, swelling power and solid loss of shepu enriched multi grain pasta varied from to 7.15 to 7.45 min, 1.89 to 2.20 (g/g) and 4.80 to 8.65%, respectively. For the production of proso millet based multi-grain pasta, optimum initial moisture content of dough was found to be 30% and the millets grit size was optimized as 151-251 Cm. The developed pasta could be stored for over 3 months at ambient conditions without much quality deterioration (in terms of biochemical parameters, tristimulus color, texture and microbial counts) and among the packages tested, LDPE film (200 gauge) was better compared to polypropylene film for pasta products. The Cost:Benefit Ratios (>1:1.74) worked out for proso millet based multi grain pasta products were highly favourable and therefore, can be recommended for commercial exploitation.