- Posted By: Mary E. Reed
- Written by: Carlos H. Crisosto
We just finished our two-week Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops short course which includes five days of lectures, discussions and demonstrations, and a five-day field trip to major production areas of California. A new group of 90 students received their certificate and joined the approximately 2,560 who previously graduated from this postharvest course. We greatly enjoyed the discussion of the different topics among students and teachers. As we have participants from all over the world and working at different steps in the postharvest handling chain, this enriches the depth of the experience exchange.
We are blessed that we still have 15 instructors from the University of California Davis, and two postharvest...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Every seat was filled for the 17th Annual Fruit Ripening & Ethylene Management workshop, held April 26-27 at UC Davis. Course Organizer Dr. Carlos Crisosto was very enthusiastic about the positive response to the workshop and said, “Everyone was very excited about both the content and excellent interactive aspects of this workshop. I think next year we will add on another day to cover retail components as well as adding more hands on demonstrations to the agenda”.
Participants also offered favorable comments including, “Had a great time, speakers were informative and friendly”, and “The course provided very useful and practical ready-to-use information, I enjoyed it very much!”
Plans for the 2012...
- Posted By: Mary E. Reed
- Written by: Elizabeth Mitcham
The Postharvest Technology Center welcomes Carlos Crisosto as a new member of our management team. Carlos is well known by many of you for his strong program on postharvest biology and technology of stone fruit, kiwifruit and other fruit.
He has been a member of the Postharvest Technology Center since he joined UC Davis in 1990. As Associate Director, Carlos will lead our efforts in developing a new course for retailers, assist with the development of a certificate program, and create new Center publications and web site content.