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Horticultural crops includes vegetables, fruits, flowers Pre harvest factors that affect post-harvest losses Starting
medicinal plants, spices and condiments. They are used for from the soil in which the crop is grown to handling of the
various purposes and have high economic value. Various produce before harvesting includes under pre harvest factors.
horticultural products are exported to other foreign countries. Plants require continuous supply of water to perform
It helps in increasing the income of rural people. Cultivation photosynthesis and transpiration. The time of sowing and the
of horticultural crops provide employment in various sectors, planting material used also shows direct impact on the
and provides opportunity to generate employment for rural produce. The dosage of fertilizers, time of irrigation physical
population. Horticultural produce contribute 29.5 per cent to damage to the plant and fruit and also pathogen attack will
Agriculture GDP. So post-harvest losses show major impact leads to reduction in the quality. Damage may also cause due
on decreasing the marketing quality which leads to low market to environmental stress like heavy rainfall, high temperature.
price and also by-products cannot be produced and show Less production of plant food material will also reduce the
direct impact on economy. quality of produce.
IV. RESULTS
V. CONCLUSION
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