Horticultural Sciences
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Facilities

​Maturity indexing and sample preparation laboratory:

  • Automatic titrator
  • Fruit texture analysis system (FTA)
  • ​Colorimeters

Cold storage and CA facilities:

  • 11 Cold storage units equipped with fully controlled atmosphere (CA) ability

Laboratories:

  • HPLC
  • Gas chromatograph (GC)
  • Auto-analyser
  • Freeze drier
  • -80°C and -40°C freezer
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Savant (Condenser)
  • Centrifuge
  • Mivac Condensor
  • Retch mill
  • Texture Analyzer
  • Stereo microscope
  • Light microscope
  • Nano-Drop
  • PCR Station
  • E-Box
  • ​Ultra-sonic bath
  • Heating blocks
  • pH meter
  • Drying oven

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