This annual report summarizes the research activities of the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) in 2015-16, focusing on the latest developments in the fields of crop improvement and biotechnology, crop production, crop protection (from diseases and pests) ...

Salmonella typhimurium survived in chicken patties during storage at refrigeration (4±1°C) and freezing (-18°C) temperatures. S. typhimurium count decreased initially and at the end of 15 days of dry storage at 4±1°C. Similarly, the S. typhimurium counts during frozen storage decreased initially...

Results of an experiment show that employing 40% carbon dioxide for a period of 96 h in a store can potentially control the studied store grain pests. Such approach is quite ecofriendly and capable to control harmful insects in store.

This study was conducted to investigate adoption by rural women (n=70) of practices on preservation of tomatoes introduced through trainings and demonstrations to empower them and promote economic development in villages of Deori, Parastarai, Karanja, Bhilai and Beloudi of Durg District, Madhya...

In relation to quality crop production, experiments on storage of paddy, the main crop of Chhattisgarh (Madhya Pradesh, India), were conducted in 3 villages (Anjora, Nagpura and Parastarai) during 1998-2002. Four different methods (treatments) of storage were applied (control, chemical, own...

Biopesticides were evaluated against local highly susceptible cultivar of rice, Gurmatia, in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India, during Kharif 2001-02 and 2002-03 for controlling leaf blast [Magnaporthe grisea] of rice. The biopesticides evaluated were the neem [Azadirachta indica]-based products Achook,...

The effects of spraying lentil crops in the field with 7 insecticides on subsequent infestation of the stored grain with Callosobruchus chinensis were investigated in India. Sprays with wettable sulfur (Sulfex 0. 3%) gave significantly fewer damaged grains (6.5%), numbers of eggs (21 eggs/grain)...