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| Dr Esme Louw (Departmental Chair)Research focus: the commercial production of deciduous fruit in a marginal climate. Insufficient winter chill, cultivar adaptability, prolonged dormancy symptoms and bud break patterns
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| Prof Karen Theron
(Chair in Applied Preharvest Deciduous Fruit Research)Research Focus: Preharvest (Deciduous) Email
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| | Prof Linus Opara
(SARCHI in Postharvest Technology)Research Focus: Pomegranate postharvest and processing Email
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| | Dr Elke Crouch Molteno Research Chair in Deciduous Postharvest Research Research Focus: Postharvest defects of deciduous fruit (mealiness, internal browning, superficial scald breakdown) longterm cold storage of fruit, including controlled atmospheric (CA) and dynamic atmospheric storage of deciduous fruit.
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| | Dr Elmi Lötzes: Fruit quality as
affected by nutrition with emphasis on Ca, B and Zn, water management,
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| Dr Michael SchmeisserResearch Focus: Ornamentals & ornamental nutrition; Pre- and postharvest research on ornamentals cutflowers and potted plants, with focus on indigenous Cape Flora; Crop Physiology Email
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| | Dr Xolani Siboza (HortGro)Research Focus: Importance and role of rootstocks in deciduous fruit production Email
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| | Prof Paul Cronje (CRI)Research Focus: Citrus postharvest, cold chain and Citrus rind disorders Email
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| Dr Pieter Raath (CRI)
Research Focus: Citrus mineral nutrition and water management Email
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| Dr Tarl Berry (CRI)
Research focus: ; Cold chain management; postharvest biology and technology of Citrus
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