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Academic Staff

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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 Preh??arvest Deciduous Fruit Research)

?Research Focus: Preharvest (Deciduous)

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?Prof Linus Opara

(SARCHI in Postharvest Technology)

?Research Focus: Pomegranate postharvest and processing

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?Dr Elk?e 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 L???tze?

s: Fruit quality as affected by nutrition with emphasis on Ca, B and Zn, water management, particularly the use of different irrigation technologies; mulching, cover crops, and root dyanmics

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?Dr Michael Schmeisser

?Research Focus: Ornamentals & ornamental  nutrition; Pre- and postharvest research on ornamentals cutflowers and potted plants, with   focus on indigenous Cape Flora; Crop Physiology?

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Dr ???Xolani Siboza (HortGro)

?Research Focus: Importance and role of rootstocks in de?ciduous fruit production

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Prof Paul Cronje (CRI)

Research Focus: Citrus postharvest, cold chain and Citrus rind disorders

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?Dr Piete?r Raath (CRI)

Research Focus: Citrus mineral nutrition and water management

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Dr Tarl?? Berry (CRI)

??Research focus: ; Cold chain management; postharvest biology and technology of Citrus

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