Dr. Neus Teixido, Research Institute of Technology food and agriculture (IRTA)
Dr. Neus Teixidó is a senior research scientist and the head of Postharvest Department at IRTA. She is also the coordinator of Fruit.Net, the Plant Health National Program to optimize the use of pesticides and reduce the residues of fruits in Catalonia.
She received her BSc (1993) and the PhD (1997) in Agronomist Engineer from the University of Lleida. Her research activity includes the control of postharvest diseases of fruits (mainly pome, citrus, stone fruits and grapes) using several physical, chemical and biological alternative techniques, the study of epidemiology, and fruit-pathogen interactions in different pathosystems: pome and stone fruit, and Monilinia spp. and Penicillium spp. She has over 20 years of experience in the development of biocontrol agents (production, formulation, stabilization, improvement in front stress conditions and efficacy).
She has participated in more than 40 national and international projects, published more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 50 technical papers, 10 books and books chapters and 4 patents.