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UWI Mona and China Institute sign sweet potato research agreement

A research agreement focused on developing and innovating technologies to preserve the shelf-life and quality of sweet potato and its by-products was signed by The University of the West Indies, Mona and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS) on June 19.
 
The agreement involves research by the Laboratory of Crop Science, UWI Mona campus, headed by Professor Noureddine Benkeblia, and the Postharvest Science Laboratory, Institute of Sweetpotato Research/Xuzhou Sweetpotato Research Center, Xuzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), headed by Dr. Qinghe Cao.
 
The agreement, which was by The UWI Mona Principal, Professor Archibald McDonald and CAAS Director, Professor Fei Xu, will also seek to innovate technologies aimed at improving the ‘storability’ of sweetpotato varieties that are grown in Jamaica and China.
 
Under the agreement, the Laboratory of Crop Science at The UWI Mona will deploy its expertise in developing the Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) technology to extend the shelf-life of sweetpotatos; the Postharvest Science Laboratory, Institute of Sweetpotato Research/Xuzhou Sweetpotato Research Center will investigate the selectivity of the different genotypes of sweetpotato and run some basic experiments on their storability under standard storage conditions.
 
It is also expected that UWI Mona’s Laboratory of Crop Science will develop detailed work plans and protocols, and supply technical guidelines on how to run the experimental work that will be conducted in China by the Postharvest Science Laboratory.
 
It was agreed that the two institutions will cooperate to fulfill the objectives of this project, with the main aim of optimizing storage of Sweetpotato and its by-products.


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