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Product Quality and New Uses
(National Program 306) in MD
Food Quality Laboratory
- Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
- Integrated Approaches to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality with Improved Phenolics Contents
- Controlled Environment Approaches for Optimizing Microgreen Plant Growth and Nutritional Value
- Effect of Novel Potential Plant Growth Regulators on Tree Fruits Ripening and Quality
- Evaluation of Carboxamide Derivatives to Suppress Potato Sprouting as an Alternative to Current Dormancy Promoting Chemistries
- Improvement of American Fruit and Vegetable Quality by Genome Editing
- Machine Learning-Enabled Produce Quality Monitoring Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Management
- Anti-microbial Coating and Surface Treatment to Improve Food Quality
- Novel Approaches to Support Fresh Produce Production and Preservation on Earth and in Space
- Next-Gen Smart Surfaces/Coatings to Improve Food Safety and Water Efficiency of US Specialty Crops in Harvesting, Storage, Sorting, and Processing
Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality
- Continued Collaboration for Pilot Level Development of Bio-Based Adhesives and Improvement of Forest Products Valuation and Durability
- Continued Collaboration on Developing Leadership in the Design, Manufacture, and Construction of Buildings using Innovative Wood Products
- Valorization of Forest-Based Biomass
- Pilot Level Research and Development of Bioproducts Manufacturing, Processing, and Evaluation Technology
- Sustainable Design and Construction with Innovative Wood Products
- Developing Novel Food Packaging Applications Using Lignocellulosic Material
- Pilot Level Research and Development of Durable Mass Timber and Matting Properties and Standards
- Valorization of Forest-Based Biomass
- Strengthening American Competitiveness in the Design, Manufacture and Construction of Buildings Using Innovative Wood Products
- Using Innovative Wood Products to Strengthen Pacific Northwest Competitiveness in the Design, Manufacture and Construction of Wooden Buildings
- Pilot Level Research and Development of Durable Engineered Decking, Matting Properties and Standards, and In-Service RR Tie Assessments.
- Novel Forest Products with Commercial Relevance
National Programs
- Forest Products Research
- Collaboration on Continued Pilot Level Development of Bio-Based Adhesives and Improvement of Forest Products Valuation and Durability
- Research and Training Leading to the Design and Building of Structures using Innovative Wood Products
- Climate-Friendly Wood Building Products
- Alternative Proteins Research (Climate)
