•BET DAGAN
Agricultural Research
Organization
The Volcani Center
State of Israel
Ministry of Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
• Inst. of Agricultural Engineering
• Inst. for Technology and Storage of
Agricultural Products
• Inst. of Plant Protection
• Inst. of Soil, Water and Environmental
Sciences
• Inst. Of Animal Science
• Inst. Of Plant Science
INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND
STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS
STAFF OF ABOUT 120 PEOPLE
• DEPARTMENT OF POSTHARVEST
SCIENCE OF FRESH PRODUCE
(HANDLING OF FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND
FLOWERS )
• DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE
- FOOD TECHNOLOGY
(PROCESSED PRODUCTS)
- STORED PRODUCTS
(GRAIN & FODDER FOR LIVESTOCK)
Department of Postharvest Science
of Fresh Produce
Physiology
Molecular Biology
Fresh-cut
Maturation Decay control Cold storage
Ripening
Vegetables
Senescence
Chemical
Controlled atm.
Senescence
Color
Biological
Modified atm.
Stress tolerance
Physical
Waxes
Pathogenicity
Water loss
Firmness
Pathology
Technology
Humidity
Fruits
Pathogen resistance
Composition
Staff of about 60; 14 with Ph.D. degree; 23 laboratories; 54
cold rooms
Commodities Investigated
Citrus Subtropical Deciduous Flowers Vegetables
Grapefruit
Avocado
Apple
Cut flowers
Tomato
Orange
Mango
Pear
cuttings
Potato
Lemon
Banana
Grape
Potted plants
Cucumbers
Mandarins
Litchi
Peach
Bulbs
Lettuce
Pommelo
Feijoa
Cherry
Ornamental
green branches
Strawberry
Persimmon
Fresh herbs
Plum
Celery
Peppers
DEPT OF POSTHARVEST SCIENCE OF
FRESH PRODUCE
DATA LOGGER for TEMPERATURE and
RELATIVE HUMIDITY MONITORING
COLD ROOMS AT THE POSTHARVEST
SCIENCE DEPT.
One of three experimental CA cold rooms
Experimental CA chambers
Inside an
experimental
CA cold room
Israeli Fresh Produce Export
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