Carlos Crisosto’s Consulting CV

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Internationally recognized postharvest physiologist and UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus with more than 45 years of experience developing science-based solutions that improve the quality, storage, handling, and marketability of fresh fruits and tree nuts. At UC Davis, Dr. Crisosto led a globally recognized research and extension program, collaborating with growers, packers, exporters, retailers, commodity organizations, and government agencies. His work spans stone fruit, table grapes, tree nuts, figs, kiwifruit, mangos, blueberries, persimmons, and other specialty crops, with a particular emphasis on the orchard-level factors that determine postharvest outcomes. Following a 34-year career at the University of California, Davis, Dr. Crisosto now provides strategic technical consulting for growers, packers, shippers, and other industry partners to help maintain fruit and nut quality from the orchard through the supply chain. His approach is to develop short-term commercial solutions, while simultaneously pursuing the mid-term goal of better physiological understanding to support the long-term goal of plant improvement.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

  • Developed and Established fruit ripening protocols for shippers and retail stores.
  • Understanding Orchard Factors on Fruit Postharvest Consumer Flavor Quality and Postharvest Life.
  • Established Fruit Consumer Flavor Indexes based on Consumer testing.
  • Created short (temperature management) and long-term solutions (genomic approach) to control chilling injury in peaches.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024-Present  Postharvest Consultant at Postharvest Quality Consultants.

1990-2024      Postharvest Specialist and Pomologist at University of California, Davis.

2008 -2019     Director, Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center at University of California, Davis.

2008-2014      Associate Director, Postharvest Technology Center at University of California, Davis.

1989-1990       Plant Physiologist at the Hawaiian Sugar Planter’s Association (HSPA). Developed technology to synchronize the mechanical harvesting of coffee.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Distinguished Professor at UC Davis (the highest campus-level award for faculty who demonstrate outstanding scholarship), 2021.
  • UCCE-ANR 2019/2020 Outstanding Research Distinguished Service, 2020.
  • California Tree Fruit Agreement ‘Save the Stone Fruit Award’, 2004.
  • National Peach Council-Carroll R. Miller Award, which recognizes noteworthy research related to improving marketing and utilization of stone fruit (first recipient in the UC system), 1999.

EDUCATION

1984-1988       Doctor of Philosophy, Tree Physiology, Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture. Role of Ethylene and Manipulation on                          Flower Bud Development of Prunus persica and Prunus domestica and on Pyrus communis Ovule Senescence.

1982-1983       Master of Science, University of California, Davis, Department of Pomology. Factors that Affect Olive (Olea europea L.) Seed                                  Germination.

1973-1979       Ingeniero Agronomo, Catholic University of Chile. Departamento de Fruticultura e Enologia. Influencia de Amarra y Desbrote de                              Cargadores, Cycocel, y Anilladura en la Producción de Parronales Vigorosos.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATION RECORD

Author or co-author of more than 190 peer-reviewed publications and 60 book chapters; research cited over 19,600 times with an h-index of 76 (Google Scholar, September 2026). As of September 2026, Google Scholar lists 19,617 citations, an h-Index of 76 and an i10-Index of 215. A complete academic CV and full publication record are available upon request.

REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 years)

  1. Po-Kai Huang, Diane M Beckles, Pedro J Martínez-García, and Carlos H Crisosto. 2026 Postharvest methyl jasmonate dipping modulates lipid composition and volatile profiles to alleviate chilling injury in yellow-fleshed peach fruit. BMC Plant Biol, 2026 Feb 14;26(1):524. doi: 10.1186/s12870-026-08308-0.
  2. Po-Kai Huang, Manganaris GA, Gasic K, Saski CA, Beckles DM, Crisosto CH. 2025. Comprehensive transcriptional analysis of ethylene and softening regulation in plums with distinct climacteric ripening behaviors. BMC Plant Biol. 2025 Jul 12;25(1):908. doi: 10.1186/s12870-025-06932-w.PMID: 40652170.
  3. Irwin Donis-González, James Thompson, Patrick Brecht, Jeffrey K. Brecht and Chris Bishop, Carlos H. Crisosto. 2025. Transportation and Destination Handling. Technical editor James Thompson, Adel Kader and Mikal Saltveit. 2025. UC ANR Postharvest Technology Fourth Edition.
  4. Diane M. Beckles, Adel Kader, Elizabeth Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto, Mary Lou Arpaia, and David M. Obenland. 2025. Fruit Crops and Tree Nuts. James Thompson and Irwin Donis-González. Technical editor Adel Kader, James Thompson and Mikal Saltveit. 2025. UC ANR Postharvest Technology Fourth Edition.
  5. Elizabeth Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto, James Thompson, Marita Cantwell, Devon Zagory, James Gorny. 2024. Preharvest, Harvest, and Packing Operations. In Fruit Crops and Tree Nuts. Technical editors Adel Kader, James Thompson and Mikael Salveit. UC ANR Postharvest Technology Fourth Edition.
  6. Andrea M. Velasquez, Rosalba Contreras, Manuel A. Baez and Carlos H. Crisosto. Skin Discoloration and Softening are the Primary Factors Impacting Arrival Quality of Hot Water-Treated Mangos (Mangifera indica, L.). Scientia Horticulturae (accepted).
  7. Andrea M. Velasquez and Carlos H. Crisosto. Imported mango (Mangifera indica) quality survey at arrival to retail stores across the United States. Acta Horticulturae (accepted).
  8. Andrea M. Velasquez and Carlos H. Crisosto. Testing the Performance of Exogenous Ethylene Application on Ripening of Hot Water Treated Imported Mangos (Mangifera indica, L.). Acta Horticulturae (accepted).
  9. Zaini, P.A., Feinberg N., Grilo, F., Saxe H., Crisosto C.H., and Dandekar, A.M. (2020). Comparative proteomic analysis of English walnut (Juglans regia) pellicle maturation process in cultivars Chandler and Tulare. Life 10: 314.
  10. Fields, R.P., Donis-Gonzalez, I.R., Lampinen, B., and Crisosto, C.H. (2020). Late maturity and excess irrigation trigger amber walnut (Juglans regia) kernel color at harvest in ‘Howard’, but not in ‘Chandler’. Journal of the American Pomological Society 74(3): 135-145.
  11. Donis-Gonzalez, I., Sideli, G., Bergman, S., Slaughter, D., and Crisosto, C.H. (2020). Color vision system to assess English walnut (Juglans regia) kernel pellicle color. Postharvest Biology and Technology 167: 111199. org//10.1016/j.postharvbio.2020.111199.
  12. Young, C.A., Choudhury, R.A., Crisosto, C.H., and Gubler, W.D. (2020). Brown spot in table grape Redglobe controlled in study with sulfur dioxide and temperature treatments. California Agriculture 74(3): 163-168.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Costa, A. Bottom, and C. H. Crisosto. 2023. Peach: Fruit Thinning. Chapter 7 In: G. A. Manganaris, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto (Eds.), Peach CABI Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture.
  2. A. Manganaris, S. Sansavini, T. Gradziel, Bassi, and C. H. Crisosto. 2023. Peach: An Introduction. Chapter 1 In: G. A. Manganaris, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto (Eds.), Peach CABI Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture. 
  3. A. Manganaris, A. Vicente, G. Echeverria, and C. H. Crisosto. 2023. Postharvest Supply Chain Management Protocols and Handling of Physiological Disorders. Chapter 10 In: G. A. Manganaris, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto (Eds.), Peach CABI Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture. 
  4. A. Manganaris, T. Gradziel, N. Christofi, and C. H. Crisosto. 2023. The Peach Canning Industry. Chapter 15 In: G. A. Manganaris, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto (Eds.), Peach CABI Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture.
  5. Reig, L. Cisneros-Zevallos, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto. 2023. Peach Fruit Quality: Components, Composition, and Nutritional and Health Benefits. Chapter 11 In: G. A. Manganaris, G. Costa, and C. H. Crisosto (Eds.), Peach CABI Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture. 
  6. Jarafi, A. Yavari, M. Crivelli, C. H. Crisosto and A. Sarkhosh. 2022. Fig Fruit Maturity, Harvest, Methods, and Technologies. In: Ali Sarkhosh, Alimohammad Yavari, and Louise Ferguson (Eds.) The Fig Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, pp. 367-383.
  7. Ramezanian, A. Amiri, and C. H. Crisosto. 2022. Postharvest Physiology and Physiological Disorders of Fresh Fig Fruits. In: Ali Sarkhosh, Alimohammad Yavari, and Louise Ferguson (Eds.) The Fig Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, pp. 384-398.
  8. Crisosto, C.H., Campos-Vargas, R., and Lichter, A. (2020). Table Grape. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp. 184-221.
  9. Crisosto, C.H., Connell, J.H., and Saa, S. (2020). Almond postharvest handling. Chapter 1. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp.1-25.
  10. Crisosto, C.H., Echeverria, G., and Manganaris, G.A. (2020). Peach and nectarine postharvest handling. Chapter 3. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp. 53-87.
  11. Crisosto, C.H., and Ferguson, L. (2020). Pistachio postharvest handling. Chapter 5. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp. 134-160.
  12. Crisosto, C.H., López Corrales, J.M., Serradilla, M.J., and Colelli, G. (2020). Fresh figs postharvest handling. Chapter 2. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp. 26-52.
  13. Manganaris, G.A., and Crisosto, C.H. (2020). Stone fruits: Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, Chapter 15.1. In: M.I. Gil and R. Beaudry (Eds.), Control and Modified Atmospheres for Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce. Academic Press, pp. 311-322.
  14. Salvador, A., Besada, C., and Crisosto, C.H. (2020). Persimmon postharvest handling. Chapter 4. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp. 88-133.
  15. Valero, D., and Crisosto, C.H. (2020). Pomegranate postharvest handling. Chapter 6. In: C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto (Eds.), Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts Postharvest Handling. CAB International, pp.161-183.
  16. Manganaris, G.A., Vicente, A.R., Martínez-García, P.J., and Crisosto, C.H. (2019). Peach and nectarine. Chapter 13. In: S.T. de Freitas and S. Pareek (Eds.), Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables. CRP Press, pp. 253-259.

BOOKS

A. Manganaris, G. Costa and Carlos H. Crisosto (Eds). (2023). Manual of Peach Crop production and Science in Horticulture. CAB International https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781789248432/Peach/.

 C.H. Crisosto and G.M. Crisosto. (Eds). (2020). Manual on Postharvest Handling of Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts. CAB International. https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781789247176/.

Crisosto C.H. and I. Donis-Gonzales. (Eds). (2018). Fruit Ripening and Ethylene Management (English and Spanish). UC Davis Postharvest Center Series.