Prof. Yanmin Du is an associate researcher at the Institute
of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He preliminarily
analyzed the molecular mechanism of pear’s response to environmental hypoxia
stress to regulate the occurrence of tiger skin disease and proposed new
theories of “double delayed gas conditioning” and “temperature increase and
oxygen reduction”; he established a standard technical system for precise
quality control of the entire post-harvest supply chain of new pear varieties.
He presided over or participated in ten national and provincial and ministerial
projects; participated in the formulation of three provincial local standards; and
applied for one invention patent. He has been engaged in the research and
demonstration and promotion of pear fruit post-harvest biology and storage and
preservation technology for a long time. His main research directions include
the biological basis of post-harvest fruit aging and quality deterioration,
fruit environmental response mechanism, fruit post-harvest quality maintenance,
and storage and preservation technology.
Xiaohui Jia is an associate researcher (employed researcher) and a master's supervisor at the Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. She is currently the leader of the fruit post-harvest disease research group of the Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, deputy director of the Pear Collaborative Innovation Center, deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Fruit Storage and Processing, director of the Pear Branch of the China Fruit Circulation Association, and member of the Horticulture Technical Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Standardization Technical Committee. She is also a young editorial board member of "Freshness Preservation and Processing" and a reviewer for journals such as "Chinese Agricultural Science", "Journal of Fruit Science", and "Chinese Fruit Trees". She was an outstanding Communist Party member of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2018-2019.
