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2. BET DAGAN

3. Agricultural Research Organization
The Volcani Center

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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

8. DEPT OF POSTHARVEST SCIENCE OF FRESH PRODUCE

9. SOME OF THE FRUITS WHICH ARE GROWN IN ISRAEL

10. TYPES OF CITRUS FRUITS GROWN IN iSRAEL

11. DATA LOGGER for TEMPERATURE and RELATIVE HUMIDITY MONITORING

12. COLD ROOMS AT THE POSTHARVEST SCIENCE DEPT.

13. One of three experimental CA cold rooms

14. Experimental CA chambers

15. Inside an experimental
CA cold room

16. Israeli Fresh Produce Export

17. THANK YOU