Ryszard Kosson

Professor, Head of Vegetable Storage & Processing Department
Vegetable Storage & Processing Department, Vegetable Processing & Quality Evaluation Lab
Research Institute of Horticulture, Poland
E-mail: kosson@inwarz.skierniewice.pl

Fields of interest:

Quality evaluation of fresh, stored and processed vegetables
Nutritional value of organically grown vegetables
Antioxidant components of vegetables
Postharvest handling and storage technology for the preservation of fresh vegetables
Chlorophyll fluorescence technique for detecting postharvest stresses in vegetables and for indicating overall product quality

Recent publications:

R. Kosson, M. Horbowicz:
Effect of storage on isotiocyanate content In horseradish,
Roczniki AR, Poznań, Vol. 41, (2007), pp. 541-545.

A. Stępowska, R. Kosson:
Yielding as related to marketable value, postharvest quality and storage ability of some sweet pepper cultivars grown in non-heated plastic tunnel, In: „Spontaneous and induced variation for the genetic improvement of horticultural crops. P. Nowaczyk (Ed.). University Press, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, 2007, pp. 371-378.

R. Kosson A. Stępowska:
The effect of perforated packaging on storage ability of green pepper fruits,
Veg. Crops Res. Bull., Vol. 64, (2006), pp. 19-27.

R. Kosson:
Quality Aspects of Vegetables and Fruit in Poland,
Acta Hortic., Vol. 712, (2006), pp. 209-213.

R. Kosson., R.K. Prange:
The occurrence, physiological role and nutritive importance of polyamines in vegetables and fruits,
Veg. Crops Res. Bull., Vol. 63, (2005), pp. 5-24.

R. Kosson, A. Stępowska:
The effect of equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging on quality and storage ability of sweet pepper fruits,
Veg. Crops Res. Bull., Vol. 63, (2005), pp.139-148.