Dr. Saji Gomez

Brief Profile of the staff: 

Former Scientist, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Recipient of ICAR Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Senior Research Fellowship, ICAR Senior Research Fellowship. Fifteen years of research and teaching experience in the field of Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural crops

Publications:

Saji Gomez, Lata and Susanta K.Roy.2002. Effect of primary processing on microbial load of cauliflower and fenugreek. Journal of Food Science and Technology.39 (1) 33-37

Saji Gomez, Susanta K.Roy and R.K.Pal.2003. Primary processing of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L)-An eco-friendly approach for quality and convenience. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition.58 (3):1-10

Saji Gomez and Khurdiya D.S.2005. Quality changes in aonla pulp under different storage conditions. Indian Food Packer 59:54-57

Deepu Mathew, T.Parimelazhagan, Saji Gomez and Z.Ahmed.2007.Morphological descriptor for germplasm characterization in seabuckthorn (Hippophae spp) .Biodiversity International. 149: 1-5.

Deepu Mathew, T.Parimelazhagan, Saji Gomez and Z.Ahmed. 2007. Characterization of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae spp.) genetic resources in India using morphological descriptors. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 149: 22-26.

 Saji Gomez, P. Meagle Joseph, K.B. Sheela, C.V. Sruthi and Linju Lal. 2015. Variability in fruiting season and quality attributes of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) accessions of   Kerala. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture. 33 (2): 1249-1255.

 Charan, S.M., Saji Gomez., Sheela, K.B .,P.B, Pushpalatha and K.T, Suman.  Effect of storage conditions and duration on quality of Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.)  nectar. Asian J. of   Dairy and Food Res. Vol.36(2): 161-165.

  Anupama T.V, Sheela K.B and Saji Gomez.2017. Phytochemical screening and proximate composition of edible lichen (Parmotrema tinctorium) from Wayanad. International Journal of  Chemical Studies. 5 (5): 1003-1007

 Sebastian, K., Joseph, M and Sheela, K.B. 2017. Packaging and storage techniques to enhance the shelf life of sweet lovi-lovi (Flacourtia spp.)fruits.J. of Trop.Agrl. Vol:55(1)97-103

Charan, S.M, Saji Gomez, Sheela, K.B., Meagle Joseph, P. and Sruthy, C.V.2018. “Quality characteristics and antioxidant activity of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.).  accessions”.  Indian Journal of Horticulture. 75(2):185-190 

Charan S.M, Saji Gomez, Sheela K.B, Pushpalatha P.B, Darsan G and Kavana K.V.2019. Effect of shrink wrap packaging on shelf life of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.). Green Farming.10 (3): 288-92

  · Presented seven papers in National seminars/symposium

1.  Sheela K.B, Ally, P.  Devika and Remya Raj. 2015. Ensiling of jackfruit and mango processing waste. Kerala Environment Congress 2015, Kottayam
2. TeenaSimenthy, Meagle Joseph. P, Saji Gomez, K.B. Sheela and C.V. Sruthi.2016.   Phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of Nutmeg (Myristicafragrans Houtt.) rind. Proceedings of 7 th Indian Horticultural Congress 2016. Pp. 478-479.
3. Saji Gomez, K.B. Sheela, Meagle Joseph. P, Athulya S. Kumar and Jooby Jose. 2016. Effect of primary processing on shelf life and quality of tender jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.). Proceedings of 7 th Indian Horticultural Congress 2016. Pp. 448-449.
4. K.B. Sheela, Saji Gomez, Meagle Joseph. P, Devika P and Athulya S. Kumar.2016. Physico-chemical properties of mango seed flour. Proceedings of 7th Indian Horticultural Congress 2016. Pp. 451-452.
5. Naresh N, K.B. Sheela, Saji Gomez, Meagle Joseph P and Beena C. 2016.Extraction of anthocyanin pigments from Jamun (Syzigiumcumini L.) Skeels. Proceedings of 7th Indian Horticultural Congress 2016. Pp. 452.
6. Sebastian, K., Joseph, M and Sheela, K.B. 2017.Feasibility of Product Development from Sweet Lovi-Lovi Fruits (Flacourtia spp.)  National seminar on Food adequacy & climate change: strategies for sustainable food production conduted on 3-4th November 2017at Thrissur, Kerala.
7. Anupama T.V* ,Sheela K.B.,Saji Gomez, Suman K.T., and Girija D. 2017 “Proximate composition of lichen Parmotrimatinctorum from waynad district of Kerala“ National seminar on ‘Food adequacy & climate change: strategies for sustainable food production’ conducted on 3-4 November 2017 at Thrissur, Kerala