Dr. Sylvia M. Blankenship

Professor
Associate Dean for Administration

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
110 Patterson Hall
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7601

Office Phone: 919.515.6213
E-Mail: sylvia_blankenship@ncsu.edu
Web: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/index.cfm?showpage=45

Ph.D. 1983, Oregon State University

Formerly in the department of Horticultural Science, with teaching responsibilities for undergraduate and graduate level courses in postharvest physiology. Research emphasis is on the postharvest physiology of apples, including ethylene physiology and biochemistry, ripening, and other changes characteristic of senescence. Research emphasis was on the postharvest physiology of fruits and vegetables, including ethylene physiology and biochemistry, ripening, and other changes characteristic of senescence. Skin adhesion and postharvest handling in sweetpotatoes are also research topics. Cooperative studies are done on cut flower postharvest life.