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2024

[10/20/24 ~ 10/25/24] Taeyeup Kim will be giving an oral presentation on “Unveiling On-Tree Fruit Softening: A New Physiological Disorder in Sweet Persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) Triggered by Pre-Harvest High Temperature Stress” at the International Society for Horticultural Science conference held in Yangling, China.

[05/29/24 ~ 05/31/24] At the 2024 Annual Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, an oral presentation was given on “A New Type of Physiological Disorder: On-Tree Fruit Softening Caused by Abnormally High Temperature Conditions near Harvest in Sweet Persimmon.“

 * Best Oral Presentation Award, Annual Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (KSHS), 2024

[04/22/24 ~ 04/23/24] Taeyeup Kim attended the 2024 Korean Persimmon Research Association Symposium held in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do.

  • Presenter : Dr. Kazuya Ohita (Orchard Researcher, Shimane Prefectural Agricultural Technology Center, Japan)

2023

[11/20/23] The Director of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) visits the Sweet Persimmon Research Institute to celebrate sweet persimmons as a regional specialty crop! 

[05/03/23 ~ 05/03/23] Taeyeup Kim gave a presentation titled “Major Research Projects of the Sweet Persimmon Research Institute” at the 2023 Korean Persimmon Research Association Symposium held in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do.