Studies on Wines and Fuel Alcohol Production

THESIS Submitted to the Punjab Agricultural University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MICROBIOLOGY. ABSTRACT Substandard and waste mango ( Mangifera indica ) variety Dussehri was utilized for ethanol fermentation by  Saccharomyces  C erevisiae  var. ellipsoideus strain montrachet (@ 15% v/v). Ethanol 9.0% v/v was produced from the substrate with initial TSS of 20.0° B (pH 5.0). The optimum fermentation period was 96 hours at