Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

1. Sethi, S*., Joshi, A., Arora, B., Bhowmik, A., Sharma, R.R., Kumar, P. (2020) Significance of FRAP, DPPH and CUPRAC assays for antioxidant activity determination in apple fruit extracts European Food Res Technol 246: 591-598. (NAAS rating 9.00)
2. Sethi, S.*, Joshi, A., Seth, K., Bhardwaj, R., Yadav, A., Grover, M. (2022). Phytonutrient content, antioxidant potential and acceptability of muffins functionalized with soy and citrus industry waste. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation DOI:10.1111/jfpp.16606 (NAAS rating 8.19)
3. Azizi, Ahmad Farid, Sethi, S*., Joshi, A., Singh, A.M., Raigond, P., Singh, M.K., Yadav, R. K. (2020) Biochemical and functional attributes of raw and boiled potato flesh and peel powder for suitability in food applications J. Food Sci. Technol. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04424-3 (NAAS rating 8.70)
4. Kumar, P., Sethi, S.*, Sharma, R.R, Singh, S., Saha, S., Sharma, V. K., Verma, M. K., Sharma, S. K. (2018). Nutritional characterization of apple as a function of genotype. J. Food Sci. Technol. 55: 2729-2738. (NAAS rating 8.70)
5. Kumar, P., Sethi, S.*, Sharma, R.R, Singh, S., Varghese, E. (2018) Improving the shelf life of fresh-cut 'Royal Delicious' apple with edible coatings and anti-browning agents J. Food Sci. Technol. 55 (9), 3767-3778 (NAAS rating 8.70)
6. Pooja, B. K., Sethi, S.*, Bhardwaj, R., Joshi, A., Bhowmik, A., Grover, M. (2022) Investigation of physicochemical quality and textural attributes of muffins incorporated with pea pod powder as a source of dietary fiber and protein. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 46(10): e16884 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.16884 (NAAS rating 8.19).
7. Kumar, P., Sethi, S*., Sharma, R.R, Srivastav, M., Varghese, E. (2017) Effect of chitosan coating on postharvest life and quality of plum during storage at low temperature Scientia Horticulturae 226: 104-109. (NAAS rating 9.46)
8. Madhav, J.V., Sethi, S.*, Sharma, R.R., Nagaraja, A., Arora, A., Varghese, E. (2021) Influence of bilayer coating of salicylic acid and edible wax on chilling injury and functional attributes of guava. J. Food Proc Preserv. DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.15601. (NAAS rating 8.19).
9. Sulaimankhil, Z., Sethi, S.*, Sharma, R.R., Verma, M.K., Dahuja, A. (2021) Influence of aqueous hexanal on quality of ‘Royal Delicious’ apple during cold storage Acta Physiologae Plantarum 43: 134 (NAAS Rating 8.35)
10. Nayak, S.L., Sethi, S.*, Sharma, R.R., Sharma, R. M., Singh, S, Singh, D. (2020) Aqueous ozone controls decay and maintains quality attributes of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) J Food Sci Technol 57 (1), 319-326 (NAAS rating 8.70)

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. Protein and Dietary Fiber Rich Functionalized Muffins

2. Pusa Nutri Cookies (commercialized technology)

3. Extraction of natural colourant from pea pod shells

Varieties (2)

Pusa Deepshikha

Pusa Deepshikha

Division :	Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)
Year of Release :	2021
States for which Released :	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Characteristics :	It is a unique mango hybrid having regularity in bearing, attractive fruit shape, bright red peel and orange-yellow pulp. Trees are semi-dwarf and 278 plants of this hybrid can be accommodated in a hectare at a planting distance of 6 m x 6 m. It has oblong shape and uniform sized fruits having moderate TSS (18.67%), acidity (0.33%), high pulp content (70%) and ascorbic acid content (35.34 mg/100 g pulp). On per tree basis, it yields 50.33 kg and estimated yield is 14.0 t/ha.
Average Yield :	15.5 t/ha
Production Conditions :	-
Scientific Personnel Involved :	Dr Manish Srivastava (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Kanhaiya Singh (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Jai Prakash (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr (Mrs) Nimisha Sharma (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Shruti Sethi (Food Science & Post Harvest Technology)
Other Personnel Involved :	Dr. A.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Late Dr Room Singh, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Late Dr R.R. Sharma, Principal Scientist Dr A.K. Dubey, Principal Scientist Sh. S.K. Bhagat, Scientist (SG) (Retd.) Dr S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr A. Nagaraja, Principal Scientist Sh. Om Prakash Singh, T-9 (CTO) Sh. Ram Bahadur, T-5 (TO
Remarks :	Released by State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crop, Govt. of NCT of Dellii vide Notification No. F.10(1)2/SI /TA/ Sub-Committee/2017-18/2332-2373.

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Pusa Manohari

Pusa Manohari

Division :	Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)
Year of Release :	2021
States for which Released :	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Characteristics :	It is a unique hybrid obtained by crossing Amrapali and Lal Sundari. It has regular bearing habit, attractive fruit shape, greenish-yellow peel with red tinge on shoulders and yellow orange pulp. It has elongated oblong and uniform fruits. Average fruit weight 223.4 g. It has moderate sweetness, pleasant aroma and good sugar: acid blend. Fruits are fibreless, TSS (20.38%), acidity (0.27%), ascorbic acid (39.78 mg/100 g pulp) and ?-carotene contents (9,738 micro g per 100 g pulp). Suitable for table as well as processing purposes (68.76% pulp content). Trees are semi-vigorous and about 278 plants can be accommodated in a hectare at a planting distance of 6 m x 6 m. Pusa manohari showed field tolerance to mango malformation disease. On per tree basis, it yields 58 kg and estimated yield is 16.1 t/ha.
Average Yield :	16.1 t/ha
Production Conditions :	-
Scientific Personnel Involved :	Dr Manish Srivastava (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Kanhaiya Singh (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Jai Prakash (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr (Mrs) Nimisha Sharma (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Shruti Sethi (Food Science & Post Harvest Technology)
Other Personnel Involved :	Late Dr. P.K. Majumder, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Dr S.N. Pandey, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Late Dr. Room Singh, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Dr. A.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr. R.R. Sharma, Principal Scientist Sh. S.K. Bhagat, Scientist (SG) (Retd.) Dr S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr A. Nagaraja, Principal Scientist Sh. Om Prakash Singh, CTO (T-9) Sh. Ram Bahadur, TO (T-5)
Remarks :	Released by State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crop, Govt. of NCT of Dellii vide Notification No. F.10(1)2/SI /TA/ Sub-Committee/2017-18/2332-2373.

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Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Fellow, Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences