Charles, Marie Thérèse, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

430 Gouin Blvd
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec J3B 3E6
Telephone: 450-515-2027
Fax: 450-346-7740
Email: marietherese.charles@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• food quality
• food
• food storage and distribution

Current Projects:

• Evaluation, maintenance and potentialization of the bioactive content of preserved fresh horticultural products
• Development of methods promoting an optimal response in fresh horticulture products to specific physical treatments immediately after harvesting
• Quick measurement of the physico-chemical and sensory quality of foods through spectral analysis
• Developing high-quality, disease-resistant raspberry and strawberry cultivars for Canad
• An Eastern Canada Research Network for the study of organic vegetable rotational cropping systems

Research Publications:

2012:

• Fan, L., Dubé, C., Fang, C.Q., Dominique, R., Charles, M.T., Desjardins, Y., and Khanizadeh, S. (2012). "Effect of production systems on phenolic compositions and oxygen radical absorbance capacity of ‘Orléans’ strawberry.", Food Science and Technology / Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie (LWT), 45(2), pp. 241-245. doi : 10.1016/j.lwt.2011.09.004
• Goyette, B., Vigneault, C., Charles, M.T., and Raghavan, G.S.V. (2012). "Effect of hyperbaric treatments on the quality attributes of tomato.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(3), pp. 541-551. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2011-168
• Khanizadeh, S., Charles, M.T., Yu, C., Tao, S., and Fan, L. (2012). "Effected Cultural Practices on Fruit Quality and Polyphenols Content.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 926, pp. 401-406.
• Yaganza, E.-S., Arul, J., Tweddell, R.J., and Charles, M.T. (2012). "Postharvest Application of Organic and Inorganic Salts to Control Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Storage Soft Rot: a Physico-Chemical Basis.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 945, pp. 435-439.
• Zhang, Z.-M., Zhao, Z.-Y., Liu, H., Dubé, C., Charles, M.T., Kempler, C., and Khanizadeh, S. (2012). "Horticultural characteristics and chemical composition of advanced raspberry lines from British Columbia.", Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment (JFAE), 10(3-4), pp. 883-887.

2011:

• Charles, M.T., Arul, J., and Benhamou, N. (2011). "UV-C-Induced Disease Resistance in Tomato Fruit is a Multi-Component and Time-Dependent System.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 905, pp. 251-260.
• Goyette, B., Vigneault, C., Raghavan, G.S.V., and Charles, M.T. (2011). "Hyperbaric treatment on respiration rate and respiratory quotient of tomato.", Food and Bioprocess Technology, 5(8), pp. 3066-3074. doi : 10.1007/s11947-011-0671-y
• Jagadeesh, S.L., Charles, M.T., Gariépy, Y., Goyette, B., Raghavan, G.S.V., and Vigneault, C. (2011). "Influence of Postharvest UV-C Hormesis on the Bioactive Components of Tomato during Post-treatment Handling.", Food and Bioprocess Technology, 4(8), pp. 1463-1472. doi : 10.1007/s11947-009-0259-y
• Li, D., Charles, M.T., Carisse, O., Tsao, R., Dubé, C., and Khanizadeh, S. (2011). "Changes in ascorbate-glutathione pathway enzymes in response to Mycosphaerella fragariae infection in selected strawberry genotypes.", Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 44(8), pp. 712-725. doi : 10.1080/03235400903266297
• Yu, C., Ranieri, M., Lv, D., Zhang, M., Charles, M.T., Tsao, R., Rékika, D., Kempler, C., and Khanizadeh, S. (2011). "Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Newly Developed Strawberry Lines from British Columbia and Quebec.", International Journal of Food Properties, 14(1), pp. 59-67. doi : 10.1080/10942910903131415

2010:

• Lu, J., Charles, M.T., Vigneault, C., Goyette, B., and Raghavan, G.S.V. (2010). "Effect of heat treatment uniformity on tomato ripening and chilling injury.", Postharvest Biology and Technology, 56(2), pp. 155-162. doi : 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.01.005
• Lu, J., Vigneault, C., Charles, M.T., Raghavan, G.S.V., and Goyette, B. (2010). "Design of a forced-air-twin-chamber for investigating the effects of controlled levels of non-uniformity in heat treatment of tomatoes on product quality.", Journal of Food Engineering, 96(2), pp. 279-286. doi : 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.07.024
• Tao, S., Zhang, S., Tsao, R., Charles, M.T., Yang, R., and Khanizadeh, S. (2010). "In vitro antifungal activity and mode of action of selected polyphenolic antioxidants on Botrytis cinerea.", Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 43(16), pp. 1564-1578. doi : 10.1080/03235400802583834
• Wang, Q., Tury, E., Rékika, D., Charles, M.T., Tsao, R., Hao, Y.-J., Dubé, C., and Khanizadeh, S. (2010). "Agronomic Characteristics and Chemical Composition of Newly Developed Day-Neutral Strawberry Lines by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.", International Journal of Food Properties, 13(6), pp. 1234-1243. doi : 10.1080/10942910903013415

2009:

• Charles, M.T., Tano, K., Asselin, A., and Arul, J. (2009). "Physiological basis of UV-C-induced resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato fruit: V. Constitutive defence enzymes and inducible pathogenesis-related proteins.", Postharvest Biology and Technology, 51(3), pp. 414-424. doi : 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.08.016
• Khanizadeh, S., Deschênes, M., Levasseur, A., Carisse, O., Charles, M.T., Rékika, D., Gauthier, L., Gosselin, A., Tsao, R., Yang, R., DeEll, J.R., and Sullivan, J.A. (2009). "‘St-Jean d’Orléans’ Strawberry.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 814, pp. 275-276.
• Khanizadeh, S., Ding, L., Tsao, R., Rékika, D., Yang, R., Charles, M.T., and Rupasinghe, H.P.V. (2009). "Phytochemical profile of Selected Processing Apple Genotypes.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 814, pp. 545-550.
• Khanizadeh, S., Groleau, Y., Levasseur, A., Charles, M.T., Tsao, R., Yang, R., DeEll, J.R., and Toivonen, P.M.A. (2009). "Eden™ a non Browning apple suitable for fresh cut slice and fruit Salad.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 814, pp. 273-274.
• Khanizadeh, S., Rékika, D., Ehsani-Moghaddam, B., Tsao, R., Yang, R., Charles, M.T., Sullivan, J.A., Gauthier, L., Gosselin, A., Potel, A.-M., Reynaud, G., and Thomas, É. (2009). "Horticultural Characteristics and Chemical Composition of Advanced Raspberry Lines from Quebec and Ontario.", Food Science and Technology / Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie (LWT), 42(4), pp. 893-898. doi : 10.1016/j.lwt.2008.08.016
• Khanizadeh, S., Tao, S., Zhang, S., Tsao, R., Rékika, D., Yang, R., Charles, M.T., Gauthier, L., and Gosselin, A. (2009). "Profile of antioxidant activities of selected strawberry genotypes.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 814, pp. 551-556.
• Khanizadeh, S., Tsao, R., Rékika, D., Yang, R., Charles, M.T., and Rupasinghe, H.P.V. (2009). "Advances in Fruit Breeding In Eastern Canada - Role of Phytochemicals in Designing Specialty Fruits.", Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 814, pp. 205-208.
• Lu, J., Toussaint, V., Charles, M.T., Vigneault, C., and Raghavan, G.S.V. (2009). "Effect of Heat Treatment Uniformity on the Control of Botrytis cinerea on Harvested Tomato.", Transactions of the ASABE, 52(1), pp. 201-211.

Other Science Related Publications:

2010:

• Goyette, B., Charles, M.T., Vigneault, C., and Raghavan, G.S.V. (2010). "Effects of Hyperbaric treatment on quality attributes of tomato fruits.", 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 20-23, 2010, pp. 2734-2748.