Wild Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.):Source of Income Generation in Tehri, Uttarakhand

Agricultural crops and food products have several unique characteristics, which set them apart from engineering materials, and these properties determine the quality of the fruit. In addition, the determination of physical properties of agricultural materials is important to design machines and processes for harvesting, handling and storage of these materials and requires understanding for converting these materials into food and feed. The calculations revealed that 100kg seeds extract 14 litres oil with the help of seed breaker as well as oil expeller. It is also compiled that total expenditure by including packaging cost and label cost from 100 kg seed worth Rs. 2014/-. During the survey it was observed that wild apricot fruits grown in Tehri district at various altitudes may help the local people to select important and good set of genotypes with better fruit quality performances for growing at orchard area under modern cultural practices.