POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE

TAMILNADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

COIMBATORE

 

Dr. V. PONNUSWAMI

Professor of Horticulture

 Post Harvest Technology Centre

 ACE & RI, TNAU, Cbe-3

 Swamy vp 2002@yahoo.com

 

Research Interests

Breeding of Horticultural Crops for post harvest characters

Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops

Sensing maturity indices and increasing shelf life of Horticultural produces

Processing waste utilization of Horticultural Crops

Academic Background

PDF, AVRDC        TAIWAN                                       1994-95

Ph.D (Hort)        TNAU, Coimbatore                         1989-90

MSc (Ag) in Hort  TNAU, Coimbatore                         1978

BSc (Hort.)         TNAU, Coimbatore                        1976

Membership in Professional Bodies

Life Member South Indian Horticulture Association

Member Indian Society of Horticulture

Courses Taught

HOR 822 Advances in Production technology of Fruit Crops               2+1

HOR 803 Industrial Horticulture                                                    1+1

HOR 601 Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops                 1+1

HOR 611 Principles and Methods of Breeding of Hort. Crop               2+1

HOR 617 Post Harvest Technology and Value addition of Hort. Crop   2+1

BTH 208 Post Harvest Technology of Vegetable Crops                      2+1

HOR 311 Production and Post Harvest Management of Fruit Crops     2+1

Most recent publications

  1. Ponnuswami, V., K. Sundharaiya, A. Jaya Jasmine and P. Rathinavalli. 2003. Studies on seed germination and leaf defoliation on leaf and seed yield of Senna Cassia angustifolia Vah . under Red soil tract. South Indian Horticulture. 50(4-6) 667-670.
  2. Rathinavalli, P., K. Sundharaiya. , N.S. Radha and V. Ponnuswami. 2003. Seed treatment to overcome hard seedness in senna Cassia angustifolia vahl. South Indian Horticulture. 50(4-6) 671-675.
  3. Vadivel, E., and V. Ponnuswami. 2003. Scientific Ethics in Agricultural Education, Book Chapter, Book to be published by Dean (SPGS), TNAU - Coimbatore - 3.

 

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