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Block 2:
Essential oil utilization and their storage
Unit I:
Quality determination of essential oils: Qualitative determination of
essential oils. Quality analysis and characterization through
chromatographs.
Unit V:
Storage of essential oils: Storage of essential oils. Utilization of spent
material of medicinal and aromatic crops in manufacture of agarabatti,
organic manures and other useful products. Detoxification of waste
materials. Role of spent material in bio-control of diseases and pest in
organic farming. Role of micro-organisms in conversion of waste in to
useful products.
VII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
• Lecture
• Assignment (Reading/ Writing)
• Student presentation
VIII. Learning outcome
After successful completion of this course, the students are expected to be able to:
• Learn utilization and processing of spice, plantation, medicinal and aromatic plants
• Apply appropriate processing technique to the crop related processing technique
IX. Suggested Reading
Afoakwa EO. 2016. 
Cocoa Production and Processing Technology
, CRC Press, ISBN
9781138033825.
Chakraverty A, Majumdar AS, Raghavan GSV and Ramaswamy HS. 2003. 
Handbook of
Postharvest Technology: Cereals, Fruits, Vegetables, Tea, and Spices
, CRC Press, ISBN
9780824705145.
Chi-Tang Ho, Jen-Kun Lin and Fereidoon Shahidi. 2008. 
Tea and Tea Products: Chemistry and
Health-Promoting Properties
, CRC Press, ISBN 9780849380822.
Kumar N, Khader JBMM, Rangaswami P., and Irulappan I. 2017. 
Introduction to Spices,
Plantation Crops, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 
(2nd Edition), Oxford & IBH Publishers,
ISBN 9788120417762.
Pruthi JS. 1993. 
Major Spices of India Crop Management Postharvest Technology
, ICAR
Publication, ISBN 1234567147556.
Siddiqui MW. 2015. 
Postharvest Biology and Technology of Horticultural Crops: Principles and
Practices for Quality Maintenance
, CRC Press, ISBN 9781771880862.

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Horticultural Sciences–Post-harvest Management