In research and in teaching, we deal with the physiology of fruit, its production and its storage. The wide-ranging research topics include basic research on the causes and mechanisms of relevant fruit disorder phenomena. Based on this knowledge we develop application-oriented strategies appropriate to breeders, and also to producers. We work on field/greenhouse production problems central to the growing of fruit. Examples include the cracking of soft fruits, the russeting of pome fruits and various cultivar-specific disorders such as skin-spot in ‘Elstar’ apple, neck-shrivel in plum and orange-peel disorder in cherry. These production problems are of considerable economic importance to horticulture, regionally (skin-spot) or globally (cracking, russeting).
In research and in teaching, we deal with the physiology of fruit, its production and its storage. The wide-ranging research topics include basic research on the causes and mechanisms of relevant fruit disorder phenomena. Based on this knowledge we develop application-oriented strategies appropriate to breeders, and also to producers. We work on field/greenhouse production problems central to the growing of fruit. Examples include the cracking of soft fruits, the russeting of pome fruits and various cultivar-specific disorders such as skin-spot in ‘Elstar’ apple, neck-shrivel in plum and orange-peel disorder in cherry. These production problems are of considerable economic importance to horticulture, regionally (skin-spot) or globally (cracking, russeting).
Last Change: 07.11.24; Peter Grimm-Wetzel
