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School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental SciencesCollege of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Room 228 Rabie Saunders Building, 1 Carbis Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa
Telephone: 27 (033) 260-5524 Fax: 27 (033) 260-5526
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/
Room 228 Rabie Saunders Building, 1 Carbis Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa
Telephone: 27 (033) 260-5524 Fax: 27 (033) 260-5526
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/
Post-Harvest Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
There are a number of disciplines involved in post-harvest research:
To Apply to register at UKZN (undergraduate and postgraduate site): http://applications.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx
Registration Fee Remission for postgraduate students undertaking full-time research
UKZN gives MSc students 100% registration fee remission in Year 1. Registration fees are due in subsequent years.
UKZN gives PhD students 100% registration fee remission in Years 1, 2 and 3. Registration fees are due in subsequent years.
There are a number of disciplines involved in post-harvest research:
- Agricultural Engineering: the focus is to use engineering tools to invent and implement novel engineering solutions to existing problems in the post-harvest environment.
- engineering of harvest post-harvest conditions for seed, cassava, fruit, vegetables
- development of novel processing, transport, cooling and drying technologies for post-harvest storage
- supply chain factors affecting postharvest quality of fruit and vegetables
- Horticultural Science: the focus is on manipulating post-harvest physiology to optimize the shelf life of fruit and vegetables.
- post-harvest physiology of avocado, citrus, litchi, mango
- post-harvest physiology of vegetables
- Plant Breeding: the focus is to use the tools of plant breeding to develop crops that are resistant to post-harvest diseases and insects, physically or physiologically.
- breeding for the control of post-harvest insects and diseases in staple foods of Africa: grains, pulses and tubers
- breeding for reduced levels of mycotoxin forming fungi in crops post-harvest
- breeding for control of PPD (post-harvest physiological deterioration) of cassava
- Plant Pathology: the focus is on the applied biological control of pests and diseases. The research is done with the support of an industry partner so the goal is practical, to develop biocontrol agents that can be manufactured and sold to farmers. We have been involved in the development of a number of successful products that have been commercialised on a global scale.
- biological control of post-harvest diseases of fruit, vegetables and grains
- biological control of mycotoxin forming fungi, both pre- and post-harvest
- use of rapid hot water treatments to treat fruit and other crops
- biological control of pests of grains in storage
To Apply to register at UKZN (undergraduate and postgraduate site): http://applications.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx
Registration Fee Remission for postgraduate students undertaking full-time research
UKZN gives MSc students 100% registration fee remission in Year 1. Registration fees are due in subsequent years.
UKZN gives PhD students 100% registration fee remission in Years 1, 2 and 3. Registration fees are due in subsequent years.
