Join us for a full-day, multidisciplinary workshop focused on managing decay, physiological disorders, and ensuring the safety of organic pome fruit systems from pre- to postharvest. The program will highlight effective biological and non-chemical practices that enhance fruit quality, increase packout, and improve the economic feasibility of organic production.

This workshop is made possible through the support of the USDA-Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) grant program.

Workshop Topics:

• Decay: pre- and postharvest management
• Non-chemical approaches to fight decay
• Dynamic controlled atmosphere (DCA)
• Food Safety aspects in organic systems
• Thermo-therapy
• Economic analyses

Format

• Expert presentations
• Discussion
• In-person

Speakers

• Achour Amiri, Washington State University
• Carolina Torres, Washington State University
• Faith Critzer, University of Georgia
• Karina Gallardo, Washington State University
• Suzette Gallinato, Washington State University
• Claire Murphy, Washington State University

Agenda

Coming soon.

Registration

Coming soon.

Contacts

Achour Amiri, WSU-TFREC Plant Pathology
a.amiri@wsu.edu
509-293-8752