Adjunct Professor Barry McGlasson

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Adjunct Professor Barry McGlasson has, for the whole of his career, focused on the postharvest physiology and technology of fresh horticultural food crops. He was first appointed as a Horticultural Research Officer specialising in postharvest with the South Australian Department of Agriculture in 1951, subsequently undertaking a PhD at the University of California Davis, USA and then moving to the former CSIRO Division of Food Research in Sydney in 1964. He retired from CSIRO in 1988 as a Senior Principal Research Scientist and joined the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus where he was responsible for developing a Teaching Major in Postharvest in the undergraduate horticulture degree program and assisting the development of the UWS higher degree research program. Adjunct Professor McGlasson has supervised many PhD candidates over his career and continues to be involved in the supervision of higher degree students both at UWS and at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand as part of his liaison role between UWS and KMUTT. He has had considerable experience in technical assistance projects in Asia dating back to 1975. He has published many research papers, reviews and book chapters over his career in including co-authorship of Postharvest, an introductory textbook now in its 5th edition. This book arose from a technical assistance program to the original five ASEAN countries. Adjunct Professor McGlasson’s research is currently focussed on the genetic regulation of fruit development, ripening, quality and physiological disorders of stone fruit. This work is being conducted in collaboration with Australian and International scientists in Italy and the USA.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Postharvest Horticulture; Stonefruit; Tropical Fruit

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Grants / Current Projects

Production of high quality cured vanilla beans
Co-Researchers: Associate Professor Paul Holford, Associate Professor Robert Spooner-Hart, Dr Mark Williams
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Vanilla Plantation Pty Ltd
Period: 2008-2010

Understanding fruit physiology to minimise low temperature disorders of summerfruit
Co-Researchers: Associate Professor Paul Holford
Partner/Funding Body: Horticulture Australia Limited
Period: 2008-2010

Application of new genomic tools for the improvement of quality and cool storage life of stone fruit
Co-Researchers: Associate Professor Paul Holford, Dr Mark Jones
Partner/Funding Body: University of Western Sydney International Research Initiatives Scheme
Period: 2006–2007

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Awards and Recognition

• Technical editor for summerfruit Australian Fruitgrower.
• Awarded Australian horticulture’s highest accolade, the Graham Gregory Award for excellence in horticulture by ‘enhancing the industry through research and development, education, training, technology transfer, advertising and promotion’. Benefactor: Horticulture Australia Limited, 2009.
• Awarded Honorary PhD by King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, 2002.
  Elected Fellow of the American Society of Horticultural Science, 2001.
• Elected Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2000.
  

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Selected Publications

Books
Jitareet P, Srilaong V, Tanprasert K, Uthairatanakij A, Wongs-Aree C, McGlasson B, (2008) Postharvest: A Technology for Living Produce, Published CD, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Singapore

Book Chapters
McGlasson WB, Golding JB and Holford P, (2009) Improving the dessert quality of stone fruit, in Postharvest Technologies for Horticultural Crops, Vol 2, (Ed) Benkeblia N, pp 49–92, Research Signpost, Keralla

Ramina A, Tonutti P, McGlasson B, (2008) Ripening, nutrition and postharvest physiology in The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses, CABI Publishing, UK. pp 550-574

Journal Articles
Malcolm P, Holford P, McGlasson B, Barchia I, (2008) ‘Leaf development, net assimilation and leaf nitrogen concentrations of five Prunus rootstocks in response to root temperature’, Scientia Horticulturae, vol.115, pp 285-291. IF 0.694

Yingsanga P, Srilaong V, Kanlayanarat S, Noichinda S, McGlasson WB, (2008) ‘Relationship between browning and related enzymes (PAL, PPO and POD) in rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum Linn.) cvs. Rongrien and See-Chompoo’, Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol.50, no.2-3, pp 164-168. IF 1.590

Chaowarat S, McGlasson WB, Markham J, Kanlayanarat S, (2007) ‘Packaging for minimally processed capsicum fruit (Capsicum annuum L.)’ Food Australia, vol.59, no.5, pp 208-214. IF 0.088

Malcolm P, Holford P, McGlasson B, Conroy J, Barchia I, (2007) 'Growth and its partitioning in Prunus rootstocks in response to root zone temperature', Scientia Horticulturae, vol.112, no.1, pp 58-65. IF 0.697

Malcolm P, Holford P, McGlasson WB, Barchia I, (2007) ‘Leaf development, net assimilation and leaf nitrogen concentrations of five Prunus rootstocks in response to root temperature', Scientia Horticulturae, vol.115, pp 285-291. IF 0.697

Malcom P, Holford P, McGlasson B, Conroy J, (2006) ‘Root zone temperature influences growth, partitioning, leaf morphology and physiology of the peach rootstock, Green Leaf Nemaguard’, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol.46, pp 689–696. IF 0.676

Mcglasson B, Rath A, Legendre L, (2005) 'Preharvest application of aminoethoxyvinylglycine(AVG) modifies harvest maturity and cool storage storage life pf 'Arctic Snow' nectarines', Postharvest Biology and Tecchnology, vol.36, pp 93-102

Uthairatanakij A, Holford P, McGlasson B, (2005) 'Changes in total proteins related to chilling injury of nectarine.', European Journal of Horticultural Science, vol.70, pp 271-277

Uthairatanakij A, Holford P, McGlasson B, Penchaiya P, (2005) 'Changes in ACC and conjugated ACC following CA storage of nectarine', The Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol.45, pp 1635-1641

Yokotani N, Tamura S, Nakano R, Inaba A, McGlasson B, Kubo Y, (2004) 'Comparison of ehtylene- and wound-induced responses in fruit of wild-type, rin and nor tomatoes', Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol.32, pp 247-252

Conference Proceedings
McGlasson WB, Golding JB, 2008 ‘Providing consumers with consistently high quality stone fruit’, Proceedings of the Europe- Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems – Eurasia 2007, December 3–6 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, Acta Horticulturae 804, pp 45-50.

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