Citrus Fruit

Dr. Ladaniya has worked at ARS at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru and the National Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC), Nagpur. During his tenure as the Director, NRCC was upgraded by the ICAR to the level of Central Citrus Research Institute. He has made outstanding contributions in developing post-harvest protocols for fresh citrus fruits and has laid a foundation of systematic post-harvest research on citrus fruits. His efforts led to development of quality standards for citrus and most of his technologies find place in package of practices published by APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Products Export Development Authority of India, Ministry of Commerce, India) for Nagpur mandarin. He is the President of the Indian Society of Citriculture and was also a crop (Citrus) Co-ordinator in All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Fruits. A new Regional Research Centre for Citrus (RRCC) has been started at Biswanath Chariali, Assam by CCRI under his stewardship.

FINAL:1) Introduction- An Overview 2) Commercial fresh citrus cultivars and major producers3) Post harvest losses4) Pre-harvest factors affecting fruit quality and post-harvest life5) Fruit morphology, anatomy and physiology 5.1) Fruit morphology 5.2) Fruit anatomy 5.3) Fruit physiology 6) Fruit biochemistry 6.1) Carbohydrates 6.2) Organic acids 6.3) Nitrogenous compounds 6.4) Enzymes 6.5) Lipids, waxes and other related compounds 6.6) Pigments 6.7) Phenolics, Flavonoids and limonoids 6.8) Vitamins 6.9) Inorganic constituents 6.10) Volatiles7) Growth, maturity, grade standards and physico-mechanical characteristics of fruit 7.1) Growth and development 7.2) Maturation 7.3) Indices of maturity, fruit grades and standards 7.4) Physical and mechanical characteristics8) Harvesting9) Preparation for fresh fruit market 9.1) Degreening 9.2) Packinghouse operations 9.3) Post harvest treatments- Coatings, PBRs & other chemicals10) Packaging 10.1) Containers and other packaging materials 10.2) Film wrapping 10.3) Modified atmosphere packaging 11) Pre-cooling 12) Storage systems and response of citrus fruits 12.1) Refrigerated storage 12.2) Controlled atmosphere and hypobaric storage 12.3) Evaporative and other natural systems 12.4) Ambient storage13) Transportation14) Domestic marketing and distribution systems 15) Irradiation16) Postharvest diseases and management 16.1) Post harvest diseases 16.2) Pesticides, residues and tolerances 16.3) Organic post-harvest management 16.3.1) Bio-agents 16.3.2) Botanicals and other non-hazardous methods 16.3.3) Physical methods 17) Physiological disorders and management 18) Postharvest treatments for insect control 19) Fruit quality control, evaluation and analysis 19.1) Quality control and assurance systems 19.2) Quality evaluation and instruments 19.3) Fruit analysis20) Nutritional and medicinal value of citrus 21) Biotechnological applications in fresh citrus fruit 22) World fresh citrus trade 22.1) Exports and World trade 22.2) Quarantine issues