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Protected Cultivation and Post harvest Technology
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Dr. Santosh D T
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Course Name : Protected Cultivation And Post Harvest Technologies
Code(Credit) : ASAE 3204(1-0-1)
Course Objectives
- Understand the concept and importance of protected cultivation in modern agricultural practices.
- Familiarize with different types of protected structures such as greenhouses, polyhouses, and shade net houses.
- Learn about the design, construction, and management of protected structures for optimal plant growth and yield.
- Learn about the post-harvest handling and management of horticultural crops to maintain quality and prolong shelf life.
- Gain knowledge of post-harvest technologies such as grading, sorting, packaging, and storage of horticultural produce.
Course Outcomes
After completion of the course students able to
| COs | Course Outcomes | POs |
| CO1 | Understand the concept and significance of protected cultivation and its role in sustainable agriculture. | PO1 |
| CO2 | Design and manage protected structures, including construction, environmental control, irrigation, and fertigation. | PO1, PO3 |
| CO3 | Apply post-harvest technologies such as grading, sorting, packaging, and storage to ensure the quality and market value of horticultural produce | PO3 |
PO1 : Knowledge Enhancement : Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts,
principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding,
Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.
PO3 : Entrepreneurship Skills: Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business
ventures.
Course Syllabus
Module I
Green house technology: Introduction
Types of Green Houses;
Plant response to Green house environment, Planning and design of greenhouses,
Design criteria of green house for cooling and heating purposes.
Module II
Green house equipments, materials of construction for traditional and low cost green houses.
Irrigation systems used in greenhouses, typical applications,
Module III
Important Engineering properties such as physical, thermal and aero & hydrodynamic properties of cereals, pulses and oilseed, their application in PHT equipment design and operation.
Drying and dehydration; moisture measurement, EMC, drying theory, various drying method, commercial grain dryer (deep bed dryer, flat bed dryer, tray dryer, fluidized bed dryer, recirculatory dryer and solar dryer).
Material handling equipment; conveyer and elevators, their principle, working and selection.
Practical
Study of different type of green houses based on shape.
Determine the rate of air exchange in an active summer winter cooling system.
Determination of drying rate of agricultural products inside green house
Study of green house equipments.
Determination of Moisture content of various grains by oven drying & infrared moisture methods.
Determination of engineering properties (shape and size, bulk density and porosity of biomaterials).
Determination of Moisture content of various grains by moisture meter.
REFERENCES:
1.RadhaManohar, K. and Igathinathene.C. Greenhouse Technology and Management, 2ndedition, BS Publications
2.TiwaryG.N. Greenhouse Technology for Controlled Environment.Narosa Publishing House.Pvt Ltd.
3. Singh Brrahma and Balraj Singh. 2014. Advances in Protected Cultivation, New India PublishingCompany
4. Sahay, K.M. and Singh,K.K. 1994. Unit Operation of Agricultural Processing.VikasPublishingHousePvt Ltd., New delhi
5. Chakravarthy,A. Post Harvest Technology of cereals, pulses and Oil seeds. Oxford and IBHPublishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi
Session 2
TYPES OF GREEN HOUSE
LEC 2 PCPHT
Session 3(Practice)
Study of different type of greenhouses based on shape
1.3 Types of green house on the basis of Shape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGe_A5F4z Video Green house types
Session 4
Plant response to green house environment
LEC 4
Session 5(Practice)
Determine the rate of air exchange in an active summer winter cooling system
Determination of drying rate of agricultural products inside greenhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vnkOz_GOlE
Session 6
EQUIPMENTS INSIDE GREEN HOUSE
LEC 5 PCPHT
Session 7(practice)
Study of green house equipments
Session 8
DESIGN OF GREEN HOUSE
LEC 6 PCPHT
Session 9
IRRIGATION INSIDE GREEN HOUSE
LEC 7.PCPHT
Session 10
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF FOOD
LEC 8 PCPHT
LEC 9 PCPHT
Session 11 (practice)
Determination of engineering properties:
Determination the shape, size, of the fruits and vegetables
Determine the porosity of the grains
measurement of physical propeties
Session 12
DRYING THEORY AND PRINCIPLES
LEC 10 PCPHT
Session 13(practice)
Determination of Moisture content of various grains by oven drying & infrared moisture methods
Session 14
TYPES OF DRYER
LEC 11 PCPHT
Session 15
MATERIAL HANDLING
LEC 12 PCPHT
Session 16(practice)
Design of Bucket Elevator
Session 17(Practice)
Drying and Dehydration, moisture measurement
Determination of Moisture content of various grains by moisture meter
Determination of moisture content of grain by hot air oven method
Session 18(practice)
Field visit of green house
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