Harvest Technology of the Horticultural Crops

The increase in prosperous population, the urbanization and the green revolution have enlarged the market for all kind of ornamentals. Post harvest research has a high return. Significant contributions, minimizing the post harvest losses have been made through research on the physiological changes in the product after storage, new longlife varieties, suitable the product after storage, new longlife varieties, suitable cultivation circumstances, optimum harvesting indices, recommended storage recommendations, pre-cooling refrigerated transport and careful handling. In reserving the quality of the produce reaching the final market, the whole marketing chain from the producer to the final consumer must be examined for any weakness.