Agronomic Rice Practices and Postharvest Processing: Production and Quality Improvement

Deepak Kumar Verma is an agricultural science professional and is currently a PhD Research Scholar in the specialization of food processing engineering in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (WB), India. Mr. Verma is currently working on isolation and characterization of aroma volatile and flavoring compounds from aromatic and non-aromatic rice cultivars of India.

Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (WB), India, where he teaches various undergraduate-, postgraduate-, and PhD-level courses and guides research projects. He has published research papers, technical bulletins, books, and book chapters and holds many patents.

Altafhusain B. Nadaf, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, India. He has published more than 50 research papers in international journals and also works as reviewer for journals. He has presented his research work at the national and international conferences. His research interests are biochemistry and molecular genetics of rice aroma volatiles.