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Dr. Nancy Jung Chen
Researcher
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Contact Information:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
3190 Maile Way, St. John 102
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2279
Office: St. John 516
Telephone: (808) 956-3545
Fax: (808) 956-3894
email: jungc@hawaii.edu |
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Educational Background
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- B.S. (Biology) 1974, Fu-Jen Catholic University
- M.S. (Food Science) 1977, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Ph.D. (Botany) 1982, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- MBA (Business Administration) 1995, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Research Interests
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- Control of fruit ripening
- Influence of preharvest factor and postharvest handling on product quality
- Fresh commodity quality evaluation
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Current Projects
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- Role of Hemicellulase in papaya fruit softening
- High pressure processing of tropical fruit
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Selected Publications
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- Chen, N. J. and R. E. Paull. 1990. Heat shock response in field grown papaya fruit. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 115:623-631.
- Paull, R. E., N. J. Chen. 1999. Heat treatment prevents postharvest geotropic curvature of asparagus spears (Asparagus officinalis L.). Postharvest Biology & Technology 16:37-41.
- Paull, R. E. and N. J. Chen, 2000. Heat treatments and fruit ripening. Postharvest Biology and Technology 21:21-37
- Chen, C. C., L. Zhou, N. J. Chen and Robert E. Paull. 2001. Determinants of sweetness in papaya and pineapple. Acta Horticulturae 553:99-100.
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Last updated on 12/24/02
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