Section Editors

Section Board for 'Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology' (21)

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Prof. Dr. Elazar Fallik
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Section Editor-in-Chief
ARO-the Volcani Center, Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, 68 HaMakkabbim Road, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZiyyon 7505101, Israel
Interests: postharvest physiology; pathology; sensory and biochemistry issues; fruit; vegetables
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Prof. Dr. Tong Chen
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Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Interests: fruit ripening; fruit quality maintenance; responses to fungal pathogens; postharvest biology and technology
Prof. Dr. Maria Dulce Carlos Antunes
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Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Interests: development of postharvest technologies to improve storage life of agricultural commodities, which keep the quality and food safety and minimize the environmental impact; intrusive and non-destructive methods for fresh food quality evaluation, storage capacity prevision and physiological disorders, and strategies to improve the fresh food supply chain; the physiology and biotechnology of the metabolic processes that occur during ripening and senescence of agricultural commodities; physiology of fruit ripening and senescence; postharvest pathology and physiological disorders; minimally processed foods; transportation of horticultural products
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Prof. Dr. Kunsong Chen
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Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: fruit quality biology; postharvest biology of horticultural crop; postharvest storage and logistics of horticultural products
Prof. Dr. Marc Chillet
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Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), UMR Qua-lisud, F-97410 Saint-Pierre, 97410 Réunion, France
Interests: post harvest disease; banana; mango; anthracnosis; pineapple; mechanism of defense (biochemical and physiological); fruit pathology
Prof. Dr. Xuewu Duan
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South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Interests: postharvest biology of horticultural crops; fruit ripening; transcriptional regulation; post-translational modification; epigenetics/epigenomics
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Dr. Andrea Ertani
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Department of Agricultural, Forest, and Food Sciences, DISAFA, Vegetable Crops and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, VEGMAP, University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: biostimulants; plant physiology; biofortification; horticulture; hydroponics; postharvest; secondary metabolism
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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Grote
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Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Koenigsworther Platz 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Interests: agricultural economics; development economics; value chains and trade; food safety; environmental standards; certification; food security
Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara
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1. Chemistry Department, Universitat de Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
2. AGROTÈCNIO-CERCA Center, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Interests: cuticle; cell wall; flavor; fruit ripening; fruit quality; postharvest biology and technology of fruit; fruit cuticles as modulators of post harvest quality
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Dr. Li Li
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College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: Postharvest biology of horticultural fruit
Prof. Dr. Zhengguo Li
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Key Laboratory of Plant Hormones and Development Regulation of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
Interests: mechanism of plant hormone signal transduction, development and senescence regulation of fruit and vegetable, food biotechnology
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Prof. Dr. María Concepción Martínez Madrid
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Departamento de Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
Interests: postharvest; fruit quality; by-products; biocompounds
Dr. Rosario Paolo Mauro
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia, 5 - 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: agronomic management in horticulture and floriculture; breeding of horticultural crops; crop physiology; vegetables quality; secondary metabolites
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Dr. Jianwei Qin
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Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Interests: sensing; imaging; spectroscopy; machine vision; nondestructive evaluation; food safety and quality; plant health monitoring; artificial intelligence
Prof. Dr. Costas Stathopoulos
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College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, PO Box 1555, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Interests: waste utilisation; plant bioactives; cereal science; postharvest; novel technologies
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Prof. Dr. Steven J.R. Underhill
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Australian Centre for Pacific Island Research, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia
Interests: subtropical and tropical postharvest horticulture; smallholder production; postharvest supply chain; tropical crops; fruits; Pacific Islands
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Valero
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Department of Food Technology, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Miguel Hernández Univeersity (UMH), Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
Interests: postharvest; elicitors; non-contaminant technologies; bioactive compounds; antioxidants
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Dr. Tianbao Yang
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Food Quality Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Interests: genetic and biochemical mechanisms determining fresh produce quality and shelf life; functional studies of genes controlling fruit development and ripening; response to stresses; secondary metabolism
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Prof. Dr. Xueren Yin

College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: fruit development and quality; fruit postharvest biology and technology; fruit tree and environmental responses; plant hormones and their interactions; molecular biology
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Dr. Carmit Ziv
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Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, 68 HaMakkabbim Road, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZiyyon 7505101, Israe
Interests: pathology; physiology; shelf-life; postharvest disease; fruit; vegetables; nutritional values
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