Dr Debbie Rees
Scientist
Food and Markets Department
Natural Resources Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Debbie Rees has been working for the Natural Resources Institute since 1994. For the first few years most of her work was focused on improving postharvest handling of sweet potato in East Africa. However, she has now broadened her research area to cover postharvest technology for a wide range of perishable crops both in the UK and overseas. She currently has projects working on apple, pear, broccoli, swede and cabbage in the UK, on yams in West Africa, sweet potato in East Africa as well as high value commodities imported into the UK such as avocado, grape. Debbie was appointed as a Reader in Plant Physiology in 2003.
Research Interest
She has a particular interest in understanding the cultivar differences in postharvest behaviour of root crops and the potential for breeding for improved postharvest characteristics.
