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Optimizing AVG and ACC for Better Apple Ripening
THE CHALLENGE Apple growers face a significant challenge in balancing fruit quality and yield due to the complex role of ethylene, a plant hormone that both enhances red coloration and accelerates fruit drop before harvest. While ethylene inhibitors like AVG and 1-MCP are used to reduce losses from premature fruit detachment, they also suppress anthocyanin...
Published: 7/10/2025   |   Inventor(s): Sherif Sherif
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture
Delaying Bloom in Crops via Jasmonic Acid Inhibitors
THE CHALLENGE The challenge of protecting deciduous fruit crops from spring frost lies in the lack of cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally sustainable solutions that align with both biological timing and unpredictable weather patterns. Traditional methods like frost fans, heaters, and sprinklers are not only expensive and energy-intensive...
Published: 6/25/2025   |   Inventor(s): Sherif Sherif, Jianyang Liu, Tabibul Islam
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture
Fiber Optic Hydrophone Sensors- Optimum Design and Implementation
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Hydrophone devices are capable of detecting pressure amplitude in immersion media such as liquids or gases and in solids. Piezoelectric hydrophones are commonly used for measurement of large frequency bandwidths; however, problems arise from the generation of high temperatures and cavitation effects that are produced...
Published: 2/19/2025   |   Inventor(s): Afshin Daryoush, Peter Lewin, Rupa Gopinath Minasamudram, Mahmoud El-Sherif
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Category(s): Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Communications