The main activity:

Investigations of fruit, berry and vegetable quality, optimization of their storage and methods of processing, development of biologically valuable products, using the bio-variety of orchard and garden plants.

Themes of investigations:

Biochemical composition of the most important and rare orchard and garden plants and biologically active substances are investigated in order to select the most valuable cultivars.
Chemical and technological properties of spicery plants are investigated in order to expand the use and export of the local spices.
The optimal conditions of the storage of various orchard and garden plant production are established.
The methods of investigation of plant chemical composition are improved; data bank of chemical composition is accumulated.

Projects:

Quality and protection of Lithuanian food (project ES BP6).
VMSF grant “Improvement of Technologies of Herb Growing, Development of the New Technological Elements and Investigation of the Influence of Drying Methods on Herb Quality, Chemical Composition and Technological Properties”.
Preparation and continual training of the inspectors of State Food and Veterinary Service and State Plant Protection Service.
Projects of Socrates “ISEKI-Food2”, COST 863 “Euroberry” and Lithuanian priority science fields (“FUINMAKOSA”).
 

Projects:

Quality and protection of Lithuanian food (project ES BP6).
VMSF grant “Improvement of Technologies of Herb Growing, Development of the New Technological Elements and Investigation of the Influence of Drying Methods on Herb Quality, Chemical Composition and Technological Properties”.
Preparation and continual training of the inspectors of State Food and Veterinary Service and State Plant Protection Service.
Projects of Socrates “ISEKI-Food2”, COST 863 “Euroberry” and Lithuanian priority science fields (“FUINMAKOSA”).

Services:

Seminars:
- fruit and vegetable quality;
- fruit and vegetable storage and processing.
Consultations:
- fruit and vegetable quality questions;
- fruit and vegetable storage and procession questions;
- fruit, berry and vegetable freezing questions;
- herb and spice growing, drying and processing questions.
Course of lectures “Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables” is being delivered in Kaunas Technological University.