Plant Physiol
saftnerr@ba.ars.usda.gov
Phone: (301) 504-5672
Fax: (301) 504-5107
Room 105
10300 BALTIMORE AVE
BLDG 002 BARC-WEST
BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705-2350

Project List

	Integrated Approach to Quality Maintenance and Evaluation of Intact and Fresh-Cut Produce
	Control Strategies to Reduce Postharvest Decay of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
	Optimizing 1-Mcp Effects on Fresh-Market Apples
	Development of a Dip Solution for Apple Slices to Maintain Quality and Shelf Life

Publications

	SENSORYAND ANALYTICAL QUALITY COMPARISONS OF FRESH-CUT ORANGE- AND GREEN-FLESHED HONEYDEWS AND ORANGE-FLESHED CANTALOUPE- (18-Mar-04)
	SENSORY, ANALYTICAL AND MICROBIAL QUALITY COMPARISONS OF FRESH-CUT APPLE SLICES PROCESSED WITH COMMERCIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL WASH SOLUTIONS- (09-Mar-04)
	SENSORY AND ANALYTICAL ANALYSES OF FRUIT QUALITY CONSTITUENTS OF FRESH-CUT ORANGE- AND GREEN-FLESHED HONEYDEWS AND ORANGE-FLESHED CANTALOUPE- (29-Jan-04)
	QUALITY MEASUREMENT OF INTACT AND FRESH-CUT SLICES OF 'FUJI', 'GOLDRUSH' 'GRANNY SMITH', AND 'PINK LADY' APPLES- (11-Dec-03)
	EFFECTS OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE AND HEAT TREATMENTS ON RIPENING AND POSTHARVEST DECAY DEVELOPMENT IN 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS' APPLES- (04-Sep-02)
	SANITARY DIPS WITH CALCIUM PROPIONATE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, OR A CALCIUM AMINO ACID CHELATE MAINTAIN QUALITY AND SHELF STABILITY OF HONEYDEW CHUNKS- (18-Jun-02)
	EVALUATION OF WASH TREATMENTS FOR SURVIVAL OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUMENTAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF FRESH-CUT APPLE SLICES- (05-Aug-03)
	CONSUMER EVALUATION AND QUALITY MEASUREMENT OF FRESH-CUT SLICES OF 'FUJI', 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS', 'GOLDRUSH', AND 'GRANNY SMITH' APPLES- (26-Feb-03)
	CHARACTERISTICS OF FRESH-CUT HONEYDEW (CUCUMIS XMELO L.) AVAILABLE TO PROCESSORS IN WINTER AND SUMMER AND ITS QUALITY MAINTENANCE BY MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING- (24-Aug-02)
	CONSUMER EVALUATION AND QUALITY MEASUREMENT OF FRESH-CUT SLICES 'GOLD RUSH''GOLDEN DELICIOUS', AND 'GRANNY SMITH' APPLES- (25-Mar-02)
	CHARACTERISTICS OF FRESH-CUT HONEYDEW (CUCUMIS XMELO L.) AVAILABLE TO PROCESSORS IN WINTER AND SUMMER AND ITS QUALITY MAINTENANCE BY MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING- (10-Dec-00)
	TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT AUTOXIDATION OF CONJUGATED TRIENOLS FROM APPLE PEEL YIELDS 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE, A VOLATILE IMPLICATED IN INDUCTION OF SCALD- (20-Mar-00)
	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOST ACIDIFICATION AND VIRULENCE OF PENICILLIUM SPP. ON APPLE AND CITRUS FRUIT- (07-Jul-03)
	EFFECT OF COMBINATION OF DELAYED PACKAGING AND FILM OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATE ON QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT ROMAINE LETTUCE- (11-Jun-03)
	SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ON FRESH-CUT APPLE SLICES ANDITS INTERACTION WITH GLOMERELLA CINGULATA AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSION- (09-Oct-99)
	IMPROVING BIOCONTROL USING ANTAGONIST MIXTURES WITH HEAT AND/OR SODIUM BICARBONATE TO CONTROL POSTHARVEST DECAY OF APPLE FRUIT- (19-Apr-04)
	CONTROL OF BITTER ROT & BLUE MOLD OF APPLES BY INTEGRATING HEAT AND ANTAGONIST TREATMENTS ON 1-MCP TREATED FRUIT STORED UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS- (28-Feb-03)
	EFFECT OF COMBINING MCP TREATMENT, HEAT TREATMENT, AND BIOCONTROL ON THE REDUCTION OF POSTHARVEST DECAY OF 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS' APPLES- (28-May-02)
	COMBINING YEASTS OR A BACTERIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT AND HEAT TREATMENT TO REDUCE POSTHARVEST DECAY OF 'GALA' APPLES.- (17-Jul-00)
	INTEGRATING HEAT TREATMENT, BIOCONTROL AND SODIUM BICARBONATE TO REDUCE POSTHARVEST DECAY OF APPLE CAUSED BY COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM- (10-May-04)