Current Research Focus

  • Extending shelf-life and maintaining quality of perishable horticultural commodities
  • Physicochemical, microbial and nutritional quality analysis of fruits and vegetables
  • Microbial risk assessment and reduction of microbial population in fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Packaging and storage technologies of horticultural commodities
  • Seasonal variation in storage potential, nutritional and microbial safety of fresh horticultural commodities
  • Fresh-cut processing of green and salad crops
  • Molecular mechanisms associated with postharvest changes of perishable produces