THEME
Towards a Resilient and Prosperous Future
SUB-THEMES
Breeding and plant improvement
- Botany
- Histology
- Biotechnology
- Genetics and breeding
- Variety/cultivar selection
Pre-harvest management
- Crop protection
- Chemical registration
- Nutrition
- Irrigation (water management)
- Pruning and bagging
- Precision/novel agriculture technologies
- Maturity indexing
Postharvest management and logistics
- Innovative packaging and alternatives to plastic packaging (e.g., coatings)
- Phytosanitary measures
- Food safety (MRLs)
- Post-harvest diseases
- Cold chain management
- Quality measurement (e.g., non-destructive technology)
- Remote sensing and automated process control
Health benefits of pomegranate and emerging crops
- Phytochemicals and functional properties
- Gut-microbiota
- Cosmetics, nutraceutical, and pharmaceuticals
- Stability, bio-accessibility, and bioavailability
- Clinical applications
- Allergy
Pomegranate agro-processing and value addition
- Minimally processed fruit and preservation
- Innovative processing techniques and optimisation (liquid and solid states)
- Functional products and storability (oil and solid-states including powder, dried fruit, etc.)
- Food authentication
- Utilization of fruit waste
- Nanotechnology
Markets and economics
- Market access and prospects
- Promotion and branding
Climate change and sustainability
- Impact of covid-19/pandemics (adaptation and security)