Opinions, commentaries, and reflections on food science, nutrition, postharvest technology, and global food security.
Dr. Carlos Sosa, Professor and Ex Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico (carlosfranciscososa@gmail.com), May 2009. Organisms that cause diseases, better known as pathogens, have evolved along with the organisms that host them, in a never ending race between adaptation and resistance.…
Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia, Professor, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, (noureddine.benkeblia@uwimona.edu.jm), May 2009. Up to date, postharvest science has been using much genomics, and started using transcriptomics and proteomics recently. Gene expression resulting from natural…
Dr. Richard E. Litz, Tropical Research and Education Center / Center for Tropical Agriculture, University of Florida, USA, (relitz@ufl.edu), April 2009. Civilization, culture and fruit Many fruit tree selections are ancient representatives of mankind’s patrimony…
Dr. Joe Sebranek, Professor, Iowa State University, USA, (sebranek@iastate.eduk), April 2009. Sodium and/or potassium nitrite has experienced a very long and somewhat checkered history as a meat curing ingredient and preservative. The first use of…
Dr. Leon A. Terry, Head of Plant Science Laboratory Cranfield University, UK, (l.a.terry@cranfield.ac.uk), March 2009. The aim of onion bulb storage is to meet consumer demand for extended availability of onions whilst maintaining product quality.…