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BET DAGAN
Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center
Ministry of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 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 Pathology Technology Molecular Biology Fresh-cut Maturation Decay control Cold storage Ripening Vegetables Senescence Chemical Controlled atm. Senescence Fruits Color Biological Modified atm. Stress tolerance Water loss Physical Waxes Pathogenicity Firmness Humidity 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 Strawberry green branches Persimmon Fresh herbs Plum Celery Peppers
DEPT OF POSTHARVEST SCIENCE OF FRESH PRODUCE
SOME OF THE FRUITS WHICH ARE GROWN IN ISRAEL
TYPES OF CITRUS FRUITS GROWN IN iSRAEL
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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