Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Foods

The Group focus the research activities on coloured foods, ingredients and additives. In line with food quality and safety area, the chemical and…

Molecular analysis of virus-fungus-plant interactions

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Interaction between plant viruses and insect vectors

Vegetable crop breeding

The group is mainly focused on agriculture in a broad sense, aiming at a multidisciplinary approach to specific problems in the agri-food industry. A…

Sustainable Innovation in the Food Industry

Lines of research on Circular Economy in the food industry: Process Development and Valorisation of By-products. These research lines aim to…

Interactions between soils. plants and microorganisms

Food Proteins and Immunonutrition (PROT-IN)

The group works on obtaining and characterizing bioactive food compounds, mainly proteins and peptides, from by-products and products of the agri-…

Biotechnology of subtropical and temperate crops

Sustainable agro-food materials

The Sustainable Agro-Food Materials Group makes research about circular bioeconomy, transforming agricultural waste and food by-products into…

Fruit ripening and quality