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Apfelmikrobiom Project

Full title: Research and complex analysis for our health
Funding: Sparkling Science, ÖAD, Austria
Contact: Birgit Wassermann
Selected Publications:
Wassermann B, Müller H, Berg G. An apple a day: which bacteria do we eat with organic and conventional apples?. Frontiers in microbiology. 2019 Jul 24;10:1629. Read more 
Wassermann B, Kusstatscher P, Berg G. Microbiome response to hot water treatment and potential synergy with biological control on stored apples. Frontiers in microbiology. 2019 Nov 6;10:2502. Read more 
Website: https://apfelmikrobiom.tugraz.at/

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01629/full

 

SMART APPLE

Full title: Innovative and SMART technologies for sustainable APPLE production
Partners: University of Torino, Fondazione Agrion, ORTOFRUIT Italia, LAGNASCO Group, RIVOIRA, ARO – The Volcani Center and USDA.
Funding organization: Fondazioen Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, Italy
Contact: Davide Spadaro, PhD

 

 

Improving fruit and vegetable health and food safety

Full title: Improving fruit and vegetable health and food safety
Partners: Lise Korsten (University Pretoria, South Africa) and Gabriele Berg (TU Graz, Austria)
Funding organization: Austria/South Africa Joint Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Contact: Gabriele Berg 
Publication: Kusstatscher P, Cernava T, Abdelfattah A, Gokul J, Korsten L, Berg G. Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2020 Jul;96(7):fiaa119. Read more 

Global Gala

Full title: Microbial networks on harvested apples and the design of antagonistic consortia to control postharvest pathogens.
Partners: Droby, S. ARO, Min. Ag., Dardick, C. (USDA, ARS), Freilich, S. (ARO), Norelli, J.L. (USDA, ARS)
Faigenboim, A. (ARO), Wisniewski, M.E. (USDA, ARS)
Funding: BARD
Contact: Samir Droby  and Michael Wisniewski
Selected Publications: Abdelfattah A, Whitehead SR, Macarisin D, et al. Effect of Washing, Waxing and Low-Temperature Storage on the Postharvest Microbiome of Apple. Microorganisms. 2020;8(6):E944. Published 2020 Jun 23. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8060944

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