S294 - Participant Bio

Adel Kader

Title: Professor

Institution : Dept. of Plant Sciences, Univ. of California, Davis, CA, Davis, CA 95616-8683

Research Topics : Freshcut fruits including the efficacy of atmospheric modification (2-4 kPa oxygen and 8-12 kPa carbon dioxide) and chemical treatments as processing aids (calcium chloride or lactate, ascorbic acid, cysteine) in retarding browning and softening of fresh-cut fruit. Once we identify the best treatments, we test their effects on flavor (sugars, acids, volatiles, etc.) and nutritional quality (ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenolics, and antioxidant activity, etc.) of the slices. We are also evaluating 1-MCP treatments and ethylene scrubbing as well as superatmospheric oxygen atmospheres on quality maintenance of fresh-cut, partially-ripe bananas and mangoes

Commodities : bananas, mangoes, pineapples.

Phone: 530-752-0909

e-mail:aakader@ucdavis.ed

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