Dr. Pankaj Kumar Kannaujia

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Kannaujia
Scientist(SS)

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection

Contact

Off.-011-25802856
Email-pankaj.kannaujia@icar.gov.in; pankajkannaujia@ymail.com

Qualification

Degree

Discipline

Year

M. Sc.

Post Harvest Technology (Horticulture)

2012

Ph. D.

Post Harvest Technology (Horticulture)

2016

 

SPECIALIZATION

Vegetable Science

Salient Achievements

  • Published 24 research papers in peer reviewed journals, 10 book chapters/compendium, 18 popular/technical articles and one technical bulletin.
  • Conducted 6 explorations of different agri-horticultural crops and collected more than 300 gemplasms.
  • Collection and documentation news were published in ICAR Annual Report 2022–23 under the title ‘Variability in bael fruits collected from Achanakmar Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Chhattisgarh’ Pp-72

Awards/Honours

  1. Young Scientist award – 2019 by New Age Mobilization Society, New Delhi in collaboration with SVPUA&T, Meerut, India during the national conference on Identification, Convention, Implementation & Extension of Researchable Issues for Sustainable Development (ICIESSD-2019)2
  2. Article of the year award’ for the article “Application of plastic mulch in horticultural crops” published in Agriculture & Food: e-Newsletter 1(7): 264-267

Recent Publications

  1. Kannaujia, P.K., Asrey, R., Singh, A.K., Varghese, E. and Bhatia, K. (2019). Influence of ozone treatment on postharvest quality of stored summer squash. Indian Journal of Horticulture 76(2): 350-354.
  2. Kannaujia, P.K., Patel, N., Asrey, R., Mahawar, M., Meena, V.S., Bibwe, B., Jalgaonkar, K. and Negi, N. (2019). Variability of bioactive properties and antioxidant activity in commercially grown cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. ceraciforme) cultivars grown in India. Acta Alimentaria 49(1): 13-22. DOI: 10.1556/066.2019.0006
  3. Kannaujia P K, Asrey R, Singh A K and Varghese E (2019). Postharvest treatments to reduce chilling injury in summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) fruits during storage. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 89(10): 1633–37
  4. Kannaujia P.K., Asrey, R., Singh, A.K. and Varghese, E. (2019). Effect of gum arabic and fruwash coatings on postharvest quality of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 89(10): 1604–8.
  5. Kannaujia, P.K., Asrey, R., Singh, A.K. Mahawar, M.K. and Bhatia, K. (2020). Evaluation of postharvest quality attributes of gum arabic and fruwash coated summer squash. Indian Journal of Horticulture 77(2): 394-397. DOI : 10.5958/0974-0112.2020.00056.0
  6. Kannaujia, P.K., Kale, S., Dukare, A., Meena, V.S., Nath, P., Jalgaonkar, K., Mahawar, M., Indore, N. and Singh, R.K. (2021). Variation in postharvest quality attributes of fresh cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) beans harvested from different crop mulching regime. Legume Research. DOI: 10.18805/LR-4602
  7. Kannaujia, P.K. and Asrey, R. (2021). Effect of harvesting season and cultivars on storage behaviour, nutritional quality and consumer acceptability of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruits. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 43: 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-021-03262-w.
  8. Kannaujia, P.K., Patel, N., Kale, S., Nath, P., Mahawar, M., Jalgaonkar, K., Dukare, A. and Meena, V.S. (2022). Variation in Physical and Biochemical Properties of Cherry Tomato cv. Nagmoti Grown under Different Growing Conditions. Agricultural Science Digest. DOI: 10.18805/ag.D-5563.
  9. Kannaujia, P.K., Dukare A., Kale S., Nath, P., and Singh R.K. (2023). Effect of mulch type on physico-chemical quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in semi-arid region of India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 93(6): 676–679. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i6.135650
  10. Jalgaonkar, K., Mahawar, M.K., Bibwe, B. and Kannaujia, P. (2020). Postharvest Profile, Processing and Waste Utilization of Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus Spp.): A Review. Food Reviews International, 1–27. doi:10.1080/87559129.2020.1742152
  11. Ghodki, B.M., Srihari, G., Dukare, A.S., Kannaujia, P.K., Kalnar, Y.B. and Vishwakarma, RK. (2020). Potential utilization of guar straw and wood wool in controlling relative humidity and temperature of storage environment. Journal of Food Process Engineering. doi:10.1111/jfpe.13618
  12. Dukare A., Kannaujia P., Kale S., Indore N., Singh R.K. and Ram, S. (2020). Plastic film and organic mulching increases rhizosphere microbial population, plant growth, and mineral uptake in low input grown tomato in the northwestern region of India.  Journal of Plant Nutrition DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2020.1860219
  13. Jalgaonkar, K., Mahawar, M.K., Bibwe, B.and Kannaujia, P. (2020). Postharvest profile, processing and waste utilization of dragon fruit (Hylocereus Spp.): A Review. Food Reviews International, 1–27. doi:10.1080/87559129.2020.1742152
  14. Meena, V.S., Meena, N.K., Shekhawat, N., Singh, K., Mahawar, M.K., Jagoankar, K., Kannaujia, P.K. and Negi, N. (2022). Indigenous fruit resources for nutritional security of India. Indian Horticulture 67(3): 40-44.
  15. Kale S., Indore N., Nath, P., Kannaujia, P.K. and Dukare A. (2023). Low-cost inorganic phase change material improves the storage conditions of on-farm storage chamber. Journal of Food Process Engineering, e14395. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.14395

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