Southern Arava R&D -
Postharvest Research Laboratory
Goals
- Enhancing the shelf life, quality and nutritive value of locally grown horticultural crops and their products.
- Reducing postharvest losses and solving specific postharvest problems in horticultural crops during storage and distribution in domestic and export markets.
Research Staff
- Research leader - Dr. Hamutal Borochov-Neori.
- Laboratory manager - Sylvie Judeinstein.
- Laboratory technician – Yaara Danino.
- Laboratory technical assistant – Natalia Tereschenko.
Current Research Projects
- Long term quality storage of "wet" Medjool date fruits.
- Cultivar and seasonal variations in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruit quality.
- Health-promoting ingredients and activity of marula (Sclerocarrya birrea subsp. caffra) fruit extracts.
- Date fruit chemical composition in relation to the date spider mite (Oligonychus afrasiaticus) phenology.
Research Facilities and Equipment
The Postharvest Research Laboratory of the Southern Arava R&D encompasses well equipped facilities for (a) fruit quality, chemistry and biochemistry studies, and (b) fruit minimal processing conduct.
The minimal processing facility includes low- and high-risk rooms, and is equipped with a laminar flow hood and a controlled-atmosphere packing apparatus.
Laboratory Equipment
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