Minas - Pomology Lab

The Minas Lab specializes in tree fruit research in Colorado and nationally to help farmers continue to grow tasty fruit and maintain healthy orchards. From cropping systems, rootstocks, pre- and postharvest technology development and evaluation, ensuring that farmers are able to produce the best quality fruit is imperative to their livelihood and communities who rely on these orchards for generations.

What are the fruits of Colorado labor?

Peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries, apples, pears, and more! The Minas Lab leads in research to ensure Colorado farmers continue to produce the best fruit in the country.

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Minas Lab's technology commercialized by XLSOR

Learn more about the Minas Lab's commitment to non-intrusive research and how we are shaping the future of tree fruit industry for generations of farmers to come.

Publications

Learn more about the ways in which the Minas Lab is advancing the knowledge of fruit science in Colorado, the United States, and internationally to grow tastier fruit and help farmers make the best use of the places they call home.

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Contact Information

mailing address

301 University Ave,
232 Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building,
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173

phone

(970) 491-7216

e-mail ioannis.minas@colostate.edu