Post-harvest technologies
Handling, storage, quality control and extended shelf life for horticultural products.
ICDIMPH Horting · Bucharest
Applied science for the future of horticulture.
We research and develop technologies for fruit and vegetable processing and storage, protected crops and horticultural product marketing.
We turn scientific results into solutions, projects and technical support for the horticultural sector.
Expertise
Research areas
From biological material to market-ready products.
Fruit and vegetable processing
Value-added products, processing technologies and nutritional assessment.
Protected crops
Grafted seedlings, greenhouse technologies and solutions for productivity and resilience.
Smart horticulture
Digitalisation, monitoring, plant-health warning systems and emerging technologies.
Ongoing research
Selected projects
Management and digitalisation of vegetable production farms
Details and documentsInnovative fruit preservation, storage and processing technologies
Details and documentsThe influence of rootstocks on grafted vegetable crops
Details and documentsInfrastructure for applied research
From hypothesis to pilot testing.
Horting brings together laboratories, greenhouses, experimental areas and pilot facilities for projects spanning the entire horticultural chain.
Discuss a research need01Analysis and quality-control laboratories
02Greenhouses and experimental growing areas
03Pilot facilities for processing and storage
04Design and support for technology transfer
Collaboration
Let us build the next project together.
Have an open call, a technological challenge or need a partner with horticultural expertise? We begin with a focused conversation.
Define the challenge
We start with a technological need, research topic or funding call.
Build the team
We identify the expertise, infrastructure and partners needed for the consortium.
Prepare the project
We shape the objectives, activities, results and route to implementation.
First stepTell us what you would like to research together.
Propose a partnership About Horting
A public research and development institute under the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești”.
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