Dept. of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce,
Agricultural Research Organization,
The Volcani Center,
P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Research Interests
The use of non-chemical treatments for disease control.
Postharvest disease control of sweet peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes,
eggplants, melons, watermelons and organic commodities.
Fruit resistance by physical treatments.
Sensory analysis (taste and smell) in harvested fresh produce.
Pathological aspects as affected by fruit volatiles.
Recent Publications (since 2000 - from total of 86 reviewed
papers)
Fallik, E., Aharoni, Y., Copel, A., Rodov, R., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Horev,
B., Yekutieli, O., Wiseblum, A. and Regev, R. (2000). A short hot water rinse
reduces postharvest losses of 'Galia' melon. Plant Pathol. 49: 333-338.
Lichter, A., Dvir, O., Rot, I., Akerman, M., Regev, R., Wiseblum, A., Fallik,
E., Zauberman, G. and Fuchs, Y. (2000). Hot water brushing: an alternative
method to SO2 fumigation for color retention of litchi Fruits. Postharvest
Biol. Technol. 18: 235-244.
Porat, R., Daus, A., Weiss, B., Cohen, L., Fallik, E. and Droby, S. (2000).
Reduction of postharvest decay in organic citrus fruit by a short hot water
brushing treatment. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 18: 151-157.
Porat, R., Pavoncello, D., Peretz, Y., Weiss, B., Cohen, L., Ben-Yehoshua,
S., Fallik, E., Droby, S. and Lurie, S. (2000). Induction of resistance against
Penicillium digitatum and chilling injury in Star Ruby grapefruit by a short
hot water brushing treatment. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 75: 428-432.
Fallik, E., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Feng, X. and Lurie, S. (2001). Ripening characterization
and decay development of stored apples after a short prestorage hot water
rinsing and brushing. Innovative Food Sci. Emerging Technol. 2: 127-132.
Fallik, E., Tuvia-Alkali, S., Horev, B., Copel, A., Rodov, V., Aharoni,
Y., Ulrich, D. and Schulz, H. (2001). Characterization of aroma volatiles
in ‘Galia’ melon after prolonged storage. Postharvest Biol.
Technol. 22: 85-91.
Pasternak, H., Schmilovitch, Z., Fallik, E., Edan, Y. (2001). Overcoming
multicollinearity in NIR analysis using ridge regression. J. Test. Eval.
29: 60-66.
Ilic, Z., Polevaya, Y., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Copel, A. and Fallik, E. (2001).
A short prestorage hot water rinse and brushing reduces decay development
in tomato, while maintaining its quality. Trop. Agric. Res. Ext. 4:
1-6.
Fallik, E., Ilic, Z., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Copel, A. and Polevaya, Y. (2002).
A short hot water rinsing and brushing reduces chilling injury and enhance
resistance against Botrytis cinerea in fresh harvested tomato. Advance
Hortic. Sci. 16: 3-6.
Laykin, S., Alchanatis, V., Fallik, E. and Edan, Y. (2002). Image processing
algorithms for tomatoes classification. Trans. ASAE 45: 851-858.
Lichter A., Dvir, O., Fallik, E., Cohen, S., Golan, R., Shemer, Z. and Sagi,
M. (2002). Cracking of cherry tomatoes in solution. Postharvest Biol. Technol.
26: 305-312.
Lurie, S., Pre-Aymard, C., Larkov, O., Ravid, U. and Fallik, E. (2002).
Effect of 1-Methylcyclopropene on Volatile Emission and Aroma Perception of
Anna Apples. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50: 4251-4256.
Polevaya, Y., Alkalai-Tuvia, S., Copel, A. and Fallik, E. (2002). Early
detection of grey mould development in tomato after harvest. Postharvest
Biol. Technol. 25: 221-225.
Ben-Shalom, N., Ardi, R., Pinto, R., Aki, C. and Fallik, E. (2003). Controlling
of gray mould disease caused by Botrytis cinerea in cucumber plants
by means of chitosan but not chitin oligomers. Crop Protec. 22: 285-290.
Ben-Shalom, N. and Fallik, E. (2003). Further suppresion of Botrytis
cinerea disease by chitosan-copper complex as compared with chitosan
alone in cucumber plants. Phytoparasitica 31: 99-102.
Fallik, E. Polevaya, Y., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Shalom, Y. and Zuckermann, H.
(2003). A 24 h anoxia treatment reduces decay development while maintaining
tomato fruit quality. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 29: 233-236.
Hoberg, E., Ulrich, D., Schulz, H., Tuvia-Alkali, S. and Fallik, E. (2003).
Sensory and quality analysis of different melon cultivars after prolonged
storage. Nahrung/Food 47: 320-324.
Maalekuu, K., Elkind, Y., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Shalom, Y. and Fallik, E. (2003).
Quality evaluation of three sweet pepper cultivars after prolonged storage.
Adv. Hort. Sci. 17: 187-191.
Maalekuu, K., Elkind, Y., Tuvia-Alkalai, S., Shalom, Y. and Fallik, E. (2004).
The influence of harvest season and cultivar type on several quality traits
and quality stability of three commercial sweet bell peppers during the harvest
period. Adv. Hort. Sci. 18: 21-25.
Fallik, E., Shalom, Y., Alkalai-Tuvia, S., Larkov, O., Brandeis, E. And
Ravid, U. (2005). External, internal and sensory traits in Galia-type melon
treated with different waxes. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 36: 69-75.
Maalekuu, K., Elkind, Y., Goodwin, S.M., Alkalai-Tuvia, S., Shalom, Y.,
Jenks, M.A. and Fallik, E. (2005). Characterization of physiological and
biochemical factors associated withpostharvest water loss in ripe pepper
fruit during storage. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 130: 735-741.
Pre-Aymard, C., Fallik, E., Weksler, A. and Lurie, S. (2005). Sensory
analysis and instrumental measurements of 'Anna' apples treated with 1-methylcyclopropene.
Postharvest Biol. Technol. 36: 135-142.
Reviews and Book
Hamilton-Kemp, T.R., Archbold, D.D., Loughrin, J.H., Anderson, R.A., McCracken
Jr., C.T., Collins, R.W. and Fallik, E. (2000). Stimulation and inhibition
of fungal pathogens of plants by natural volatile phytochemical and their
analogs. Current Topics in Phytochemistry 4: 95-104. (A review).
Schirra, M., D’hallewin, G., Ben-Yehoshua, S. and Fallik, E. (2000).
Host-pathogen interactions modulated by heat treatment. Postharvest Biol.
Technol. 21: 71-86 (A review)
Ilic’, Z. and Fallik, E. (2002). Cuvanje Povrca - (Storage of
Vegetables).
University of Prishtina, 247 p. (A Book)
Fallik, E. (2004). Pre-storage hot water treatments (immersion, rinsing
and brushing). Postharvest Biol. Technol. 32: 125-134. (A review).
Fallik, E. (2005). Chapter 20: Hot Water Treatments for Control of Fungal
Decay on Fresh Produce. In: Microbiology of Fruits and Vegetables.
pp. 461-478 (Sapers, G.M., Gorny, J.R. and Yousef, A.E. Eds). CRC Press,
Inc., Boca Raton, Florida.
Current Projects
Development of method for cleaning and disinfecting agricultural fresh
produce using a short hot water rinsing and brushing technique.
Development of sensory analysis for evaluation the taste and smell in fresh
harvested produce.
Postharvest physical treatments for prevention of pathogen infection and
its mode of action.
Understanding the mode-of-action of water loss in sweet bell peppers.
The use of physical treatments to prevent chilling injury during very
low temperature storage of sweet pepper.
The effect of 1-MCP on Galia-type melon after harvest.