Research Centre Aarslev

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Fruit, Vegetables and Food Science
Research generates new knowledge concerning the sustainable production and quality of fruits, vegetables and other vegetable based foods. The department develops and optimizes cultivation systems for field production of fruits and vegetables as well as in greenhouses, in addition to carrying out investigations into industrial processing in order to improve the sensory and nutritional quality of the products. Research includes organic through to conventional cultivation techniques, flowering and growth physiology, raw material quality, storage technologies and quality, product development, formulation of methods for destructive and non destructive analyses, and process technology.

Ornamentals
The research in ornamental plants is focused on new high quality products and production that are rational in terms of environmental protection as well as costs.

The culture oriented research activities include pot plants and nursery stock plants and involves disciplines such as seed physiology, vegetative propagation, development, flowering physiology, stress and post harvest physiology, and quality and vitality testing.

Plant breeding programs employ tissue physiology, gene technology and micropropagation. New production systems for field and greenhouse production are developed and tested.