35 | Post-Harvest Technology of Spices, Medicinal, Aromatic, & Plantation Crops (Paper Code: 17010735) | ||
Theory
Introduction, factors affecting the maturity and quality of spices, medicinal, aromatic and plantation crops Post-harvest handling, types of equipments required for drying, processing, grading, packing, storage and marketing of spice crops: ginger, turmeric, black pepper, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, garlic, chilli, coriander, cumin, fenugreek Post-harvest handling, types of equipments required for drying, processing, grading, packing, storage and marketing of medicinal plants: opium, Solanum viarum, isabgol, senna, Catharanthes roseus, guggul, coleus, aloe vera, Ocimum sp., Acorus, aswagandha and Rauvolfia serpentine; aromatic crops: lemon grass, citronella, palmarosa, vetiver, genanium, mint, davana and eucalyptus Post-harvest handling, types of equipments required for drying, processing, grading, packing, storage and marketing of plantation crops, storage and uses of aromatic oils; equipments for extraction of essential oil in aromatic plants |
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coconut, oil palm cashew, tea, coffee, areca-nut, cacao, rubber, betel vine | 2 | ||
extraction of essential oils | 1 | ||
Practical
Study of maturity standards in spices, medicinal, aromatic and plantation crops, post-harvest handling and processing in turmeric, ginger (dry ginger and paste), garlic and chilli, coriander, cumin and fenugreek; equipments required for processing of spices; establishment of processing units for spice crops; practices in judging the maturity and maturity standard in lemon grass, citronella, palmarosa and vetiver, geranium and eucalyptus; maturity standards, post-harvest handling in Solanum viarum, isabgol, Aloe vera and guggul; quality standards in medicinal and aromatic plants; equipments functioning for post-harvest handling and process distillation of medicinal and aromatic plants; |
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visit to processing units of plantation and spice crops | 10 | ||
visit to essential oil extraction units and medicine manufacturing units | 10 |
Post-Harvest Technology of Spices, Medicinal, Aromatic, & Plantation Crops (Paper Code: 17010735)
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