Nov 13, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

We appreciate your feedback.

Nov 13, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for taking the time to write in our Guestbook, glad you found it useful.

Oct 28, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thank you for your feedback.  Our Produce Facts:  Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality currently include Postharvest Recommendations for over 120 fruits and vegetables.  Please see the list at:  http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Produce/Producefacts/index.shtml

Oct 14, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

You will be able to find many helpful slide shows, video clips, and articles by going to the "Library" section of our web site.

• Postharvest Publications and Presentations Listed by Topic
• Postharvest Video Library
• Postharvest Visual Aids (see Slide Shows at bottom of page)

Oct 14, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

We appreciate your taking the time to write in our Guest Book.

Sep 16, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for letting us know how the information we offer is useful to you.

Sep 16, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Please email us directly (postharvest@ucdavis.edu) with your questions, and also provide us with the commodities in which you are interested.  We will be happy for forward your question to one of our specialists.

Sep 16, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

We appreciate your taking a few minutes to provide us with your feedback.  Thanks for writing!

Sep 16, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks a lot for your feedback.  To glean all the information about Mango from our web site, please type "mango" into the "Search PTRIC" field that appears at the bottom of each page.  Also, we invite you to subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter: http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/guestbook.cfm

Sep 16, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks so much for your kind note!  We at the UC all work hard to share the knowledge we have gained, in the hopes that many will benefit.  You are most welcome to enroll at the University of California; or, alternatively, you may wish to consider one of the many useful short courses or workshops offered here.  For example, we offer an annual 2-week (2nd week optional) Postharvest Technology Short Course each June.  Best wishes as you work towards your goals!

Aug 20, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for letting us know that the information found on the web site was useful to you as you developed your cold storage area.

Aug 20, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

The information found on our Produce Facts:  Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Lemons, references that by utilizing the recommended Optimum Temperatures, lemons may be stored up to six months.

Aug 20, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing.  Our site focuses on the postharvest handling of horticultural products.  You might also find some helpful information by visiting the UC Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center's web site.

Jul 27, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

We appreciate knowing which section of our web site was useful to you.  Thanks a lot for writing.

Jul 27, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for taking time to write.

To order copies of our publications, please use our Order Form.  You can see a full description using links from this listing of our publications.

Jul 27, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for your feedback.

Jul 27, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing, the University of California has lots of great resources for the home.  In addition to many others, here are a few favorites:

• The California Backyard Orchard
• Vegetable Research & Information Center
• Fruit & Nut Research & Information  Center
• Agriculture & Natural Resources - Free Publications

Jul 15, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing, we'll be happy to add you to the ListServe for our free monthly E-Newsletter.

Jul 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for taking a few minutes to write in our Guest Book, and for letting us know how the French Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality are useful to you in your work.

Jun 26, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks very much for taking the time to write and let us know how you utilize the information from our web site in your job.

Jun 26, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing.  Please see our Produce Facts:  Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Limes, under the Responses to Controlled Atmosphere sub-heading to see about retaining the green color.

Jul 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

I forwarded your question to Postharvest Specialist Carlos Crisosto, and he will reply directly.

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Glad we were helpful.

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing, I was going to send you to our sister site (the Vegetable Research & Information Center) but I note that they don't have any information about radish.  I guess we don't grow many radishes in California!

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for taking the time to write in our Guest Book!

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Glad you're enjoying the 2009 Postharvest Technology Short Course.  Thanks for writing!

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
 

Thanks for writing.  Here are the links for Produce Facts:  Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Strawberry.  I will pass on your request for Green Chili, Beetroot and Turnip to our Work Group. 

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Hope your biology project turned out okay!  Sorry for the delayed response, we have a major short course on campus the second half of June and have been very busy preparing for it.  For future reference, you could type "ethylene" into the "Search PTRIC" field that appears at the bottom of each web page, and find lots of ideas for projects in the results of the search.

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for your feedback, we are working to develop more distance learning opportunities, but much of what we offer in our current courses really benefits from "hands-on" lab sessions.

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed

Thanks for writing and letting us know how the information on our web site was useful to you.

Jun 25, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
 

Here is a link to our Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Nopalitos.  Hope this is helpful.

May 13, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your feedback. I will forward your question to Dr. Beth Mitcham who had done quite a bit of work on mango, and also integrated pest management practices.

May 13, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Dr. Marita Cantwell is our fresh-cut specialist, I will be happy to forward your question to her.

Apr 29, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your suggestion. I will forward it to Drs. Marita Cantwell and Trevor Suslow who wrote the Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Pumpkin.

Apr 29, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your comments, we do include some information on the postharvest handling of organic produce -- just type "organic" in the Search PTRIC field that appears at the bottom of each page in our web site (http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu).

Apr 29, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your recommendations; we especially appreciate Dr. Adel Kader's, Awad Hussein's and Magda Bahgat's efforts in the Arabic translation work done to date.

Apr 29, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for taking a moment to write to let us know how the information on our web site is used in your workplace. We appreciate your feedback.

Apr 29, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your kind remarks, we're happy you visit our site often to find information useful to you in your job.

Apr 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your remarks. In our Postharvest Yellowpages, one of the sections is companies that have products that serve as Ethylene Scrubbers and Action Inhibitors. This would be a good place to start to learn about the various companies and products available used to manage ethylene.

Apr 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for writing.

Apr 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your feedback. If you're looking for specific information about a topic, use our handy search tool that appears at the bottom of each page in the site. It will give you all the resources and reference materials we have available.

Apr 3, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your kind remarks. We offer two publications that may be of interest to you: Agricultural Export Transportation Handbook and Tropical Products Transport Handbook. (Note: This second title is also available free on-line from the USDA.) Hope this information is helpful.

Mar 18, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for writing to our guestbook.

Mar 18, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Here are some links that will be useful to you: 1) 2009 Postharvest Technology Short Course; and 2) Postharvest Graduate Program. (Includes information about financial aid.) Best wishes on your studies.

Mar 18, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for letting us know how the information was useful to you.

Mar 18, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your question. All melons develop their sweetness and flavor as they ripen on the vine. Once the melon is separated from the vine, the sugar development process stops. It can be very difficult to determine if a honeydew melon has fully developed its sweetness based the outside appearance of the melon.

Mar 18, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Please use our search tool that appears at the bottom of each of the pages on our Web Site.

Feb 20, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your feedback.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
We're happy to know you find the information useful, and best wishes on your new business.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
To get specific controlled atmosphere advice, please click on each individual commodity from the list on our "Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality", and for each commodity of interest read the section on Controlled Atmospheres. If you have additional specific questions you may wish to contact Dr. Adel Kader. Best wishes on your ambitious endeavor.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Please see our Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Strawberry. This should give you the information you are looking for.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Check out our postharvest videos on YouTube.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your feedback.

Feb 4, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for letting us know how the information on the site was useful to you.

Jan 20, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Hi, we're pleased you find the web site useful. Here is a link to a basic list of Climacteric/Non-Climacteric fruits on another web site. Hope it provides you with the information you are looking for!

Jan 7, 2009
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for writing, best wishes on your studies.

Dec 31, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for writing.

Dec 31, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
I am sorry that you are having trouble linking to the PDF document of the agenda and list of instructors for the Postharvest course in Antayla, Turkey. I will send a it as an attachment to a separate e-mail to you.

Dec 23, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for writing. Our Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Olive may be helpful to you as you prepare for the Olive Symposium. If you have additional specific questions, you may wish to contact the authors of this Produce Fact directly.

Dec 23, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your interest. We invite you to subscribe to our free monthly E-newsletter where you can learn about our upcoming classes, and about new articles and information we post on our Web site.

Dec 23, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your kind remarks, we appreciate your taking the time to let us know how the information on our site is useful to you in your work. Thanks for writing and best wishes.

Dec 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Hello, thank you for your note. We hope to open up registrations for the Postharvest Technology Short Course (June 15-26, 2009) within the next week or so. Please check back on our web site every couple of days for complete information and an opportunity to register.

We're pleased to let you know that registrations are now open for the 2009 Postharvest Technology Short Course!

Dec 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your interest in our Web site. We would be happy to consider listing your company in our Postharvest Yellowpages directory. For consideration, please send an email with the company's name, address, web site, and contact information to postharvest@ucdavis.edu.

Dec 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Hello, our Web site deals with the postharvest handling of horticultural crops. Here is a link to our Web page about Maintaining the Postharvest Quality of Rambutan.

A second useful page that includes some information about growing the plant is: http://www.rambutan.com/index.html.

Dec 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your kind remarks. We appreciate knowing how you use the information on our Web site in your workplace. To subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter, please use on on-line subscription form.

Dec 1, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
I will be happy to forward your question to Jim Thompson who is knowledgeable about refrigerated trailer transport issues.

Nov 26, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you so much for letting us know how the information you find on our web site is useful to you in your work. We appreciate your taking the time to write!

Nov 26, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
I will be happy to forward your question to Dr. Adel Kader in case he might have some information about this topic. The focus of our web site is the postharvest handling of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals; it does not include nutritional comparisons between varieties.

Nov 26, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your positive remarks about our free monthly E-Newsletter. We have archived them for about the past year-and-a-half in case you should ever wish to reference to a past issue.

Nov 26, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your feedback. I believe you are thinking of our Library: Postharvest Publications Organized by Topic section. Click on any topic, and you will see a list of publications on this topic. Click on any title in which you might be interested and the full document will open in PDF format.

Nov 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your most kind remarks.

Nov 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your kind feedback regarding how you use the information from the site. We are adding more information to the site each week, and hope that the information we post will better meet your needs.

Nov 12, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Our Center works with the postharvest handling of fruit, vegetables and ornamentals. Please visit the UC Vegetable Research & Information Center, and also the Environmental Horticulture Research & Information Center web site for additional information.

Oct 31, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your input, you'll be happy to know that our Center does do a lot of work with developing countries.

Oct 28, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Appearing on each page of the Postharvest Technology Web site, we have a very good search tool that will permit you to search the over 3,000 available documents. Simply type in your key words as noted above (especially "preservation", "heat", and "effect") to pull up all applicable resources.

Oct 28, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your kind remarks. Our site concentrates on postharvest issues; for production issues please visit our sister site, the UC Vegetable Research & Information Center. Here is a link to their chili pepper information page.

Oct 28, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
De nada!

Oct 28, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your positive feedback.

Oct 28, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for letting us know how the information on the site will be useful to you.

Oct 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your feedback.

Oct 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
You're welcome!

Oct 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you for your kind remarks.

Oct 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate knowing your background, and what makes the information on the site useful to you. Thanks for writing.

Oct 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for the positive feedback, and thanks to Diane Barrett for mentioning us!

Sep 30, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Here are some resources that may be of assistance to you: 1) Consider purchasing a copy of our Compatible Produce for 7-Day Storage poster and temperature guide charts; 2) Consider purchasing a copy of our Transportation Series (each title includes tables of compatible produce), and 3) Link to our Properties and Recommended Conditions for the Storage of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Hopefully one or more of these resources will be useful to provide you with current and accurate information.

Sep 19, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for taking a minute to write and let us know how the information on our Web site has been useful to you.

Sep 19, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We're happy you find it useful, and appreciate your note.

Sep 19, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thank you.

Sep 19, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
I have forwarded your question to Drs. Trevor Suslow and Marita Cantwell who authored the Produce Facts: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality of Celery. They will respond to you directly.

Sep 2, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
You may look up the papers in which you are interested according to their specific topic on our Postharvest Publications Organized by Topic data store. Hope this is helpful.

Sep 2, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for visiting our Web site.

Sep 2, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your comments. Please contact Dr. Beth Mitcham directly regarding your potential interaction with apple projects.

Sep 2, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
I will forward your question to two of our specialists: Dr. Jim Thompson (engineer) and Dr. Marita Cantwell (vegetables).

Sep 2, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your feedback.

Aug 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks!

Aug 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
We appreciate your kind remarks, and we'll be happy to keep you on our list serve. Thanks for writing.

Aug 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
Thanks for your feedback.

Aug 17, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
For some useful information, please see the UC Backyard Orchard page. Additionally, there is a new Home Orchard publication that is filled with great tips and information for the home fruit tree grower.

Aug 6, 2008
From: M.E. Reed
You're welcome! Glad you find it so.