Agricultural skin grafting

A method of forming a material structure from structural units contained within a liquid solution in a spray head is described. The liquid solution includes a solvent and a solute, the solute comprising a plurality of the structural units, the structural units including monomer units, oligomer units, or combinations thereof. The method comprises forming droplets of the liquid solution including the structural units, and spraying the droplets on a substrate, thereby substantially increasing the reactivity of the structural units within the droplets relative to the structural units within the liquid solution in the spray head. The increase in reactivity can result from the droplets containing an excess of a particular ion, the ion excess resulting from a voltage applied to conductive walls of the device which dispenses the droplets. The material structure is then formed on the substrate from the more highly reactive structural units within the droplets.

AGRICULTURAL SKIN GRAFTING

A method of forming a material structure from structural units contained within a liquid solution in a spray head is described. The liquid solution includes a solvent and a solute, the solute comprising a plurality of the structural units, the structural units including monomer units, oligomer units, or combinations thereof. The method comprises forming droplets of the liquid solution including the structural units, and spraying the droplets on a substrate, thereby substantially increasing the reactivity of the structural units within the droplets relative to the structural units within the liquid solution in the spray head. The increase in reactivity can result from the droplets containing an excess of a particular ion, the ion excess resulting from a voltage applied to conductive walls of the device which dispenses the droplets. The material structure is then formed on the substrate from the more highly reactive structural units within the droplets. 1. A method of forming a material structure from structural units contained within a liquid solution in a spray head , the liquid solution including a solvent and a solute , the solute comprising a plurality of the structural units , the structural units including monomer units , oligomer units , or combinations thereof , the method comprising:forming droplets of the liquid solution including the structural units, and spraying the droplets on a substrate, thereby substantially increasing the reactivity of the structural units within the droplets relative to the structural units within the liquid solution in the spray head; whereinthe material structure is formed on the substrate from the structural units within the droplets.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein substantially increasing the reactivity of the structural units enables the structural units to covalently bond with one another or with the substrate at a higher rate than before the increase in the reactivity.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the material ...

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof for application in agricultural coating formulations, and in particular, to methods of preparing plant extract compositions that include functionalized and non-functionalized fatty acids and fatty esters (as well as their oligomers and mixtures thereof), which are substantially free from accompanying plant-derived compounds (e.g., proteins, polysaccharides, phenols, lignans, aromatic acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, alcohols, alkanes, and aldehydes) and can be used in agricultural coating formulations.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof for application in agricultural coating formulations, and in particular, to methods of preparing plant extract compositions that include functionalized and non-functionalized fatty acids and fatty esters (as well as their oligomers and mixtures thereof), which are substantially free from accompanying plant-derived compounds (e.g., proteins, polysaccharides, phenols, lignans, aromatic acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, alcohols, alkanes, and aldehydes) and can be used in agricultural coating formulations.

Object throughput using trained machine learning models

Disclosed are techniques for determining object throughput. A method may include obtaining first data representing a first image corresponding to a first time, identifying a first portion of the first data that depicts a first object at a first location, obtaining second data representing a second image corresponding to a second time, identifying a second portion of the second data that depicts the first object at a second location, obtaining third data indicating a counting threshold, determining based at least on the third data and the second location, that the first object satisfies the counting threshold, generating a value indicating a number of objects satisfying the counting threshold, the number of objects including the first object, generating a data value indicating a throughput of the number of objects based on the value indicating the number of objects satisfying the counting threshold and elapsed time between the first and second times.

Plant Extract Compositions for Forming Protective Coatings

Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.

Methods of Controlling the Rate of Ripening in Harvested Produce

The present disclosure provides methods for controlling the rate of ripening for agricultural produce. The present disclosure further provides coating compositions that can be applied to produce to control (e.g., lessen) the rate of ripening of the produce.

Precursor compounds for molecular coatings

Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, R a , R b , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R1 3 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.

Modified fiber-based materials and methods of making the same

Compounds, monomers, and compositions that are useful for modifying the properties of fiber-based materials, and methods of manufacturing those materials are described.

Use of sulfur donating compounds to prevent post-harvest physiological deterioration

本公开涉及防止农产品(例如块根，例如木薯根)腐败。本公开教导了使用供硫化合物(例如硫代硫酸盐，例如硫代硫酸钠)以使所述农产品能够清除内源产生的HCN，防止活性氧的积累，防止不溶性副产物的积累，和/或防止所述农产品中淀粉的损失。

It is used to form the composition of plant extracts of protective coating

本文描述了从含角质的植物物质制备角质‑衍生的单体、寡聚体或它们的组合的方法。所述方法可以包括在升高的温度和压强在溶剂中加热角质‑衍生的植物物质。在某些优选的实施方案中，所述方法可以在不使用另外的酸性或碱性物质的情况下进行。

Prediction of infection in plant products

A method for predicting a likelihood of infection in a set of similarly sourced plant products is disclosed. A subset of plant products is selected from the set of plant products. For each plant product in the subset, a level of expression of one or more infection biomarkers, and optionally a level of expression of one more housekeeping biomarkers, are determined. A set of biomarker expression statistics for the subset of plant products is determined based on the determined levels of expression of the one or more infection biomarkers and optionally the levels of expression of the one or more housekeeping biomarkers for each plant product in the subset. A likelihood of infection in the set of plant products is then predicted based at least in part on the determined set of biomarker expression statistics for the subset of plant products.

Prediction of infection in plant products

公开了一种用于预测相似来源的植物产品的集合中感染的可能性的方法。从植物产品的集合中选择植物产品的子集。对于子集中的每个植物产品，确定一种或多种感染生物标志物的表达水平，以及任选地确定一种或多种管家生物标志物的表达水平。基于子集中的每个植物产品的确定的一种或多种感染生物标志物的表达水平和任选地一种或多种管家生物标志物的表达水平确定植物产品子集的生物标志物表达统计数据集。然后至少部分地基于植物产品子集的确定的生物标志物表达统计数据集来预测植物产品的集合中感染的可能性。

Prediction of latent infection in plant products

A method for predicting a likelihood of infection in a set of similarly sourced plant products is disclosed. A subset of plant products is selected from the set of plant products. For each plant product in the subset, a level of expression of one or more infection biomarkers, and optionally a level of expression of one more housekeeping biomarkers, are determined. A set of biomarker expression statistics for the subset of plant products is determined based on the determined levels of expression of the one or more infection biomarkers and optionally the levels of expression of the one or more housekeeping biomarkers for each plant product in the subset. A likelihood of infection in the set of plant products is then predicted based at least in part on the determined set of biomarker expression statistics for the subset of plant products.

Precursor compounds for molecular coatings

Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, R a , R b , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R 13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.

Plant extract compositions for forming protective coatings

Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.

System and method for hyperspectral image processing to identify object

A system includes a memory and at least one processor to acquire a hyperspectral image of an object by an imaging device, the hyperspectral image of the object comprising a three-dimensional set of images of the object, each image in the set of images representing the object in a wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum, normalize the hyperspectral image of the object, select a region of interest in the hyperspectral image, the region of interest comprising at least one image in the set of images, extract spectral features from the region of interest in the hyperspectral image, and compare the spectral features from the region of interest with a plurality of images in a training set to determine particular characteristics of the object.

Precursor compounds for molecular coatings

Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, R a , R b , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R 13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.

Devices, systems, and methods for plasma treatment of products in an edible coating system

Disclosed herein is a plasma coating system, including a plasma treatment device configured to generate a plasma discharge to treat a product; a coating station that treats the product with a liquid coating; and a transport surface that transports a product from the plasma treatment device to the coating station.

Compounds and formulations for protective coatings

Compositions for forming protective coatings on, e.g., agricultural products, can form a lamellar structure on the surface of the agricultural product that forms a barrier to, e.g., water and gas.

Devices, systems, and methods for reducing microbial load during product coating

A treatment system, including a conveyor bed configured to transport a plurality of products; a brushing device located along the conveyor bed and having one or more brushes that include a first antimicrobial compound; a surface treatment device including a lamp configured to emit light of a peak wavelength directed toward a portion of the conveyor bed; and a coating device configured to deliver a coating mixture onto the plurality of products on the conveyor bed.

Plant extract compositions for forming protective coatings

Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Plant extract composition and method for preparing the same

本文描述的实施方式一般地涉及植物提取物组合物和分离角质衍生的单体、低聚物及其混合物以用于农业包衣配制剂中的方法，和尤其是涉及制备植物提取物组合物的方法，所述组合物包括官能化的和非官能化的脂肪酸和脂肪酸酯(以及它们的低聚物及其混合物)，其实质上不含所伴随的植物衍生的化合物(例如蛋白质、多糖、酚、木酚素、芳族酸、萜类化合物、类黄酮、类胡萝卜素、生物碱、醇、烷烃和醛)和能够用于农业包衣配制剂中。

Method for preparing and preserving sanitized products

Described herein are methods of sanitizing and preserving produce and other agricultural products, for example for consumption as Ready-to-Eat. The methods can comprise treating the products with a sanitizing agent and forming a protective coating over the products.

Industrial equipment for the treatment of produce

Described herein are industrial application systems for treating (e.g., forming protective coatings on) produce, agricultural products, or other items. An exemplary application system can include a bed comprising a plurality of rollers, one or more sprayers over a first portion of the bed, one or more blowers over a second portion of the bed, a mixing system configured to prepare a mixture comprising a coating agent in a solvent, and a liquid delivery system connected inline between the mixing system and the one or more sprayers. Items placed on the bed can have the mixture applied to their surfaces via the one or more sprayers, after which the one or more blowers can at least partially remove the solvent from the surfaces of the perishable items, thereby causing the protective coatings to be formed over the perishable items.

The composition and preparation method thereof formed by plant extracts

本发明所述的实施方案一般性涉及植物提取物组合物和分离衍生自交联聚酯的脂肪酸酯的方法。具体的实施方案涉及通过用酸和醇处理交联聚酯或其它交联网状结构来制备脂肪酸酯的方法。

Edible coating with antimicrobial properties

Presented are compositions that can be used as antimicrobial coatings or protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) products. The compositions can comprise one or more saturated glycerides selected from monoglycerides and diglycerides; one or more surfactants; and one or more food-safe antimicrobials. The antimicrobial coatings or protective coatings can be used to prevent or delay food spoilage due to, for instance, infection by a foreign pathogen, moisture loss, or oxidation.

Process for depolymerising cutin

Apparatus and method for product handling and inspection

本文描述了可以用于传输并同时处理或帮助处理和检查产品、农产品或其他物品的输送系统和应用单元。所述输送系统和应用单元可以被配置为允许产品在其沿包装流水线移动时同时旋转，这可以帮助均匀施加喷射涂层和/或允许所述产品在其移动时被均匀吹干。示例性输送系统和应用单元可以包括由多个辊子形成的基床以及旋转引导装置，所述旋转引导装置使所述辊子在其横向传输时旋转，从而使位于所述基床顶部上的产品在传输期间旋转。

For the precursor compound of molecular coatings

本发明提供可用作农业(例如食品)基材的保护性涂层的组合物。该组合物可包含式I化合物： 及添加剂，其中变量m、n、q、r、R a 、R b 、R 1 、R 2 、R 3 、R 4 、R 5 、R 6 、R 7 、R 8 、R 9 、R 10 、R 11 、R 12 及R 13 如本申请中所定义。由所述组合物形成的保护性涂层可用以预防食品因为(例如)湿度损失、氧化、或被外来病原所感染而腐败。

Compounds extracted from plant matter and methods of preparation thereof

Compositions from refined oil from plant matter, and in particular from seed, bean, nut, kernel, or pulp (e.g., wood pulp) material of virgin and/or non-virgin plant matter, and methods of forming those compositions. The methods typically include the steps of (i) at least partially separating the seed, bean, nut, kernel, or pulp material from other portions of the plant matter; (ii) extracting an oil comprising one or more triglycerides from the seed, bean, nut, kernel, or pulp material; (iii) refining the oil to remove one or more impurity components; and (iv) chemically or physically modifying the refined oil.

Edible coating with antimicrobial properties

Presented are compositions that can be used as antimicrobial coatings or protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) products. The compositions can comprise one or more saturated glycerides selected from monoglycerides and diglycerides; one or more surfactants; and one or more food-safe antimicrobials. The antimicrobial coatings or protective coatings can be used to prevent or delay food spoilage due to, for instance, infection by a foreign pathogen, moisture loss, or oxidation.

Barrier film composition

Presented herein are barrier film compositions that can be used to extend the shelf life of agricultural products. The barrier film compositions can comprise a monoglyceride, a fatty acid or a salt thereof, a biopolymer, and water and have a yield stress of at least 0.1 Pa.

Precursor compounds for molecular coatings

Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, R a , R b , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R 13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.

Compositions formed from plant extracts and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate fatty acid esters derived from crosslinked polyesters. Particular embodiments are directed to methods of preparing compositions of fatty acid esters by treating crosslinked polyesters or other crosslinked networks with an acid and an alcohol.

Apparatus and method for treatment and inspection of produce

Described herein are conveyor systems and application units which can be used to transport and simultaneously treat, or to facilitate treatment and inspection of produce, agricultural products, or other items. The conveyor systems and application units can be configured to allow products to be simultaneously rotated as they are moved along a packing line, which can facilitate the uniform application of spray coatings and/or allow the products to be uniformly blow dried while they are moved. Exemplary conveyor systems and application units can include a bed formed of a plurality of rollers and a rotation inducing device that causes the rollers to rotate while they are laterally transported, thereby causing the products lying on top of the bed to rotate during transport.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof for application in agricultural coating formulations, and in particular, to methods of preparing plant extract compositions that include functionalized and non-functionalized fatty acids and fatty esters (as well as their oligomers and mixtures thereof), which are substantially free from accompanying plant-derived compounds (e.g., proteins, polysaccharides, phenols, lignans, aromatic acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, alcohols, alkanes, and aldehydes) and can be used in agricultural coating formulations.

Compounds and formulations for protective coatings on products such as agricultural products

Compositions for forming protective coatings on, e.g., agricultural products, can form a bilayer structure on the surface of the agricultural product that forms a barrier to fluids such as water and gases.

Methods of controlling the rate of ripening in harvested produce

The present disclosure provides methods for controlling the rate of ripening for agricultural produce. The present disclosure further provides coating compositions that can be applied to produce to control (e.g., lessen) the rate of ripening of the produce.

Devices, systems, and methods for coating products

A method of treating a perishable item with a coating is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying operational parameters associated with a drying tunnel, identifying a desired coating requirement, determining optimal drying tunnel parameters based on the operational parameters and the desired coating requirements, and operating the drying tunnel based on the optimal drying tunnel parameters.

Machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

Described herein are systems and methods for determining quality levels for food items using image data, such as time lapse RGB, hyperspectral, thermal, and/or multispectral images. The method can include receiving, from imaging devices, image data of food items, performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each food item, and identifying a quality level of each food item by applying trained models to the bounding boxes. The models were trained using image training data of other food items that was annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items as having poor quality features and a second portion as having good quality features. The other food items and the food items are a same type. The method also includes determining, for each food item, a quality level score based on the identified quality level of the food item.

Methods for isolating antimicrobial microorganisms from agricultural products and uses thereof

Provided herein are compositions comprising one or more antimicrobial microorganisms and one or more fatty acid derivatives, especially fatty acids or salts or esters thereof. Furthermore provided are methods of identifying an antimicrobial microorganism from a plurality of spoiled agriculture products as well as methods of reducing microbial growth on agricultural products, of delaying the onset of microbial growth on agricultural products, of improving the shelf-life of agricultural products and of reducing desiccation of an agricultural product comprising in each case coating the product with a plurality of antimicrobial microorganisms.

Methods for isolating antimicrobial microorganisms from agricultural products and uses thereof

Provided herein are compositions comprising one or more antimicrobial microorganism and methods of use thereof for inhibiting spoilage of agricultural products.

Systems and methods for pre-harvest detection of latent infection in plants

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying pre-harvest latent infection in plants. In one aspect, a method can include operations of obtaining data describing a level of expression of one or more infection biomarkers present in a plant, encoding the obtained data into a data structure for input to a machine learning model, providing, by the one or more comptuers, encoded data structure as in input to the machine learning model that has been trained to generate output data indicating a likelihood that the plant has a latent infection based on processing the encoded data structure, obtaining the generated output data indicating a likelihood that the plant has a latent infection, determining based on the generated output data, that the plant has a latent infection, and performing one or more operations to mitigate the latent infection in the plant.

Systems and methods for assessment of produce shelf life using time lapse image data

Systems and techniques for determining duration of produce using image data. A method can include receiving, by a computing system and from an imaging device, image data of produce that is captured at consistent time intervals during a period of time, the image data including one or more treated produce that is coated in a shelf life extension coating solution and one or more untreated produce that is not coated in the shelf life extension coating solution, performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each produce in the image data, identifying quality attributes in each bounding box at each of the time intervals during the period of time, and determining, for each produce, one or more duration scoring metrics based on comparing the identified quality attributes over the period of time.

Compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Described herein are methods of preparing compounds derived from triglycerides or condensation polymers such as polyesters and/or polyamides. The methods may include subjecting triglyceride or condensation polymer containing matter to mechanical processing in the presence of a nucleophile.

System using machine learning model to determine food item ripeness

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a ripeness, firmness, or consumption suitability for food items, such as produce and fruit. The disclosure can provide for generating a machine learning model to detect food item ripeness. The model can be generated using destructive and non-destructive measurements of one or more food items. The model can then be applied to spectral imaging data of food items in real-time. The spectral imaging data can be captured by a point spectrometer. Using the model and spectral imaging data, the ripeness of the food items can be determined in a non-destructive manner. The determined ripeness of the food items can then be used to determine one or more supply chain modifications.

Devices, systems, and methods for reducing microbial load during product coating

A treatment system, including a conveyor bed configured to transport a plurality of products; a brushing device located along the conveyor bed and having one or more brushes that include a first antimicrobial compound; a surface treatment device including a lamp configured to emit light of a peak wavelength directed toward a portion of the conveyor bed; and a coating device configured to deliver a coating mixture onto the plurality of products on the conveyor bed.

Edible barrier film composition

Presented herein are barrier film compositions that can be used, for example, as protective coatings for plant matter (e.g., agricultural products). In some embodiments, the compositions delay moisture loss and/or decrease respiration to extend the shelf life of the plant matter. In one embodiment, the barrier film composition comprises a first component comprising a charged long chain alkyl and a second component having an opposing charge. The barrier film composition can be used to prevent or delay spoilage due to, for instance, desiccation and ripening.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Compositions formed from plant extracts and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate fatty acid esters derived from crosslinked polyesters. Particular embodiments are directed to methods of preparing compositions of fatty acid esters by treating crosslinked polyesters or other crosslinked networks with an acid and an alcohol.

Gas phase treatment of produce

A produce treatment method to mitigate latent infections, such as fungal infections, and to delay ripening in produce is described. The produce treatment method includes providing an antimicrobial agent to an enclosure comprising a plurality of produce items, and contacting the plurality of produce items with the antimicrobial agent, wherein the antimicrobial agent is in gaseous form and is selected to deactivate latent microbes in the plurality of produce items.

控制收获产品成熟速率的方法

本公开提供了用于控制农产品成熟速率的方法。本发明还提供了涂敷组合物，其可被施用于产品以控制(例如，减缓)产品的成熟速率。

Systems and methods for assessment of produce shelf life using time lapse image data

Systems and techniques for determining duration of produce using image data. A method can include receiving, by a computing system and from an imaging device, image data of produce that is captured at consistent time intervals during a period of time, the image data including one or more treated produce that is coated in a shelf life extension coating solution and one or more untreated produce that is not coated in the shelf life extension coating solution, performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each produce in the image data, identifying quality attributes in each bounding box at each of the time intervals during the period of time, and determining, for each produce, one or more duration scoring metrics based on comparing the identified quality attributes over the period of time.

Ultraviolet light and machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

The disclosed technology provides for determining infection in food items using image data of the food items under ultra-violet (UV) light. A method includes performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each of the food items in the image data, determining, for each food item, an infection presence metric by applying a model to the bounding box, the model being trained using image training data of other food items under UV light, the image training data being annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items having infection features and a second portion having healthy quality features, and determining, based on a determination that the infection presence metric for each of the food items indicates presence of an infection, an infection coverage metric for the food item.

Object throughput using trained machine learning models

Disclosed are techniques for determining object throughput. A method may include obtaining first data representing a first image corresponding to a first time, identifying a first portion of the first data that depicts a first object at a first location, obtaining second data representing a second image corresponding to a second time, identifying a second portion of the second data that depicts the first object at a second location, obtaining third data indicating a counting threshold, determining based at least on the third data and the second location, that the first object satisfies the counting threshold, generating a value indicating a number of objects satisfying the counting threshold, the number of objects including the first object, generating a data value indicating a throughput of the number of objects based on the value indicating the number of objects satisfying the counting threshold and elapsed time between the first and second times.

Controlling produce ripening during transit

Described herein are systems and methods for ripening produce in a container during transit. The method includes maintaining, by a controller, an initial refrigerated climate in the container, detecting a first climate modification event, controlling automated vents in the container to an open state that exposes an interior of the container to an external environment until a temperature within the container increases to a predetermined temperature value, controlling, when the temperature reaches the predetermined temperature value, a ripening agent generator to inject a ripening agent into the container, continuously monitoring and controlling the ripening agent generator to maintain a target concentration of the ripening agent, detecting a second climate modification event, controlling the ripening agent generator to stop injecting the ripening agent, controlling a refrigeration unit to lower the container temperature to the initial refrigerated climate, and maintaining the initial refrigerated climate until arrival at a destination location.

Ultraviolet light and machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

The disclosed technology provides for determining infection in food items using image data of the food items under ultra-violet (UV) light. A method includes performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each of the food items in the image data, determining, for each food item, an infection presence metric by applying a model to the bounding box, the model being trained using image training data of other food items under UV light, the image training data being annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items having infection features and a second portion having healthy quality features, and determining, based on a determination that the infection presence metric for each of the food items indicates presence of an infection, an infection coverage metric for the food item.

使用机器学习模型确定食品成熟度的系统

公开了用于确定诸如农产品和水果之类的食品的成熟度、硬度或食用适合度的系统和方法。本公开可以提供生成机器学习模型以检测食品成熟度。可以使用一个或多个食品的破坏性测量结果和非破坏性测量结果来生成模型。然后可以实时将模型应用于食品的光谱成像数据。光谱成像数据可以由点光谱仪捕获。使用模型和光谱成像数据，可以以非破坏性的方式确定食品的成熟度。所确定的食品成熟度然后可以用于确定一个或多个供应链修改。

Edible coating compositions

Compositions and coating mixtures for coating agricultural and other consumable products, and methods of preparing the compositions and coating mixtures.

Coating compositions comprising monoglycerides of a c4-c28 fatty acid and alkyl esters of a c8-c20 fatty acid

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and alkyl esters of fatty acids. An exemplary embodiment includes about 15 wt% to about 99 wt% of one or more monoglycerides of a C4–C28 fatty acid, and about 1 wt% to about 75 wt% of one or more alkyl esters of a C8–C20 fatty acid.

Edible coating compositions

Compositions and coating mixtures for coating agricultural and other consumable products, and methods of preparing the compositions and coating mixtures.

Compounds and formulations for protective coatings

Compositions for forming protective coatings on, e.g., agricultural products, can form a lamellar structure on the surface of the agricultural product that forms a barrier to, e.g., water and gas.

Barrier film composition

Presented herein are barrier film compositions that can be used to extend the shelf life of agricultural products. The barrier film compositions can comprise a monoglyceride, a fatty acid or a salt thereof, a biopolymer, and water and have a yield stress of at least 0.1 Pa.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof for application in agricultural coating formulations, and in particular, to methods of preparing plant extract compositions that include functionalized and non-functionalized fatty acids and fatty esters (as well as their oligomers and mixtures thereof), which are substantially free from accompanying plant-derived compounds (e.g., proteins, polysaccharides, phenols, lignans, aromatic acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, alcohols, alkanes, and aldehydes) and can be used in agricultural coating formulations.

Compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Described herein are methods of preparing compounds derived from triglycerides or condensation polymers such as polyesters and/or polyamides. The methods may include subjecting triglyceride or condensation polymer containing matter to mechanical processing in the presence of a nucleophile.

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Plant extract compositions and methods of preparation thereof

Embodiments described herein relate generally to plant extract compositions and methods to isolate cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof for application in agricultural coating formulations, and in particular, to methods of preparing plant extract compositions that include functionalized and non-functionalized fatty acids and fatty esters (as well as their oligomers and mixtures thereof), which are substantially free from accompanying plant-derived compounds (e.g., proteins, polysaccharides, phenols, lignans, aromatic acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, alcohols, alkanes, and aldehydes) and can be used in agricultural coating formulations.

可食用的屏障膜组合物

本文提供了可以用作例如植物物质(例如，农产品)的保护性涂层的屏障膜组合物。在某些实施方案中，所述组合物延迟水分损失和/或减少呼吸以延长植物物质的保存期限。在一个实施方案中，所述屏障膜组合物含有包含带电荷的长链烷基的第一组分和具有相反电荷的第二组分。所述屏障膜组合物可以用于防止或延迟由于例如干燥和成熟而导致的腐败。

防止物品降解和分解的方法

在一种或多种基材的表面上形成保护性包衣的方法。所述方法包括提供包含在溶剂中的包衣剂的混合物，由混合物形成雾，使雾接触所述一种或多种基材的外表面，使得一部分混合物积聚在所述一种或多种基材的至少一部分外表面上。然后从所述一种或多种基材的表面至少部分地除去混合物中的溶剂，例如通过蒸发或强制对流，从而在所述一种或多种基材的至少一部分表面上由包衣剂形成保护性包衣。保护性包衣可以例如至少在一定程度上保护基材免受生物或非生物应激因素的影响，例如质量或水分损失、氧化、霉菌、真菌或侵染。

Method for preparing and preserving sanitized products

Described herein are methods of sanitizing and preserving produce and other agricultural products, for example for consumption as Ready-to-Eat. The methods can comprise treating the products with a sanitizing agent and forming a protective coating over the products.

Systems and methods for pre-harvest detection of latent infection in plants

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying pre-harvest latent infection in plants. In one aspect, a method can include operations of obtaining data describing a level of expression of one or more infection biomarkers present in a plant, encoding the obtained data into a data structure for input to a machine learning model, providing, by the one or more comptuers, encoded data structure as in input to the machine learning model that has been trained to generate output data indicating a likelihood that the plant has a latent infection based on processing the encoded data structure, obtaining the generated output data indicating a likelihood that the plant has a latent infection, determining based on the generated output data, that the plant has a latent infection, and performing one or more operations to mitigate the latent infection in the plant.

用于植物中潜伏感染的收获前检测的系统和方法

本文公开了用于识别植物中收获前潜伏感染的系统和方法。在一个方面，一种方法能够包括以下操作：获得描述植物中存在的一种或多种感染生物标志物的表达水平的数据，将获得的数据编码到数据结构中以输入到机器学习模型，由所述一个或多个计算机将编码的数据结构作为输入提供给机器学习模型，该机器学习模型已经被训练以基于处理编码的数据结构生成指示植物具有潜伏感染的可能性的输出数据，获得生成的指示植物具有潜伏感染的可能性的输出数据，基于生成的输出数据确定植物具有潜伏感染，以及执行减轻植物中的潜伏感染的一个或多个操作。

Testing of agricultural products volatiles to predict quality using machine learning

This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for assessing quality characteristics of food items based on analyzing volatiles outgassed by them. The quality characteristics can include presence of infection, ripeness stage, flavor, taste, and smell. Determining quality characteristics can be advantageous to make supply chain modifications that optimize on quality and reduce food-based waste. A tube having a sorbent material can be placed in an environment containing the food items. Volatiles outgassed by the food items can collect on the sorbent material. A computing system can receive the volatiles presence and concentration data and can apply a machine learning model to the data to determine quality characteristics of the food items. The model can be trained using human observations of quality characteristics, historic supply chain information, and processed volatiles data associated with other food items, wherein the other food items are a same type as the food items.

Machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

Described herein are systems and methods for determining quality levels for food items using image data, such as time lapse RGB, hyperspectral, thermal, and/or multispectral images. The method can include receiving, from imaging devices, image data of food items, performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each food item, and identifying a quality level of each food item by applying trained models to the bounding boxes. The models were trained using image training data of other food items that was annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items as having poor quality features and a second portion as having good quality features. The other food items and the food items are a same type. The method also includes determining, for each food item, a quality level score based on the identified quality level of the food item.

Coating compositions including co-surfactants

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and co-surfactants. An exemplary embodiment includes about 40 wt % to about 99 wt % of one or more monoglycerides of a C4-C28 fatty acid, about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % of one or more salts of a C4-C28 fatty acid, and about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % of one or more zwitterions.

具有抗微生物性能的可食用涂层

提供了可用作农业(例如，食品)产品的抗微生物涂层或保护涂层的组合物。所述组合物可以包含：一种或多种选自甘油单酯和甘油二酯的饱和甘油酯；一种或多种表面活性剂；以及一种或多种食品安全的抗微生物剂。所述抗微生物涂层或保护涂层可以用于防止或延迟由于例如外来病原体感染、水分损失或氧化而导致的食品腐败。

Coating compositions including co-surfactants

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and co-surfactants. An exemplary embodiment includes about 40 wt% to about 99 wt% of one or more monoglycerides of a C4–C28 fatty acid, about 0.1 wt% to about 20 wt% of one or more salts of a C4–C28 fatty acid, and about 0.1 wt% to about 20 wt% of one or more zwitterions.

Devices, systems, and methods for reducing microbial load during product coating

A treatment system, including a conveyor bed configured to transport a plurality of products; a brushing device located along the conveyor bed and having one or more brushes that include a first antimicrobial compound; a surface treatment device including a lamp configured to emit light of a peak wavelength directed toward a portion of the conveyor bed; and a coating device configured to deliver a coating mixture onto the plurality of products on the conveyor bed.

Edible coating compositions

Compositions and coating mixtures for coating agricultural products, and methods of manufacturing compositions and mixtures are described.

使用机器学习测试农产品挥发物以预测质量

本公开针对用于基于分析食品物品释放的挥发物来评估食品物品的质量特点的系统和方法。质量特点可以包括感染的存在、成熟阶段、风味、味道和气味。确定质量特点能够有利于对供应链进行优化，从而优化质量并减少基于食品的浪费。可以将具有吸附剂材料的管放置在包含食品物品的环境中。由食品释放的挥发物能够被收集在吸附剂材料上。计算系统能够接收挥发物存在和浓度数据，并且能够将机器学习模型应用于数据以确定食品物品的质量特点。可以使用人类对质量特点的观察、历史供应链信息和与其它食品物品相关联的经处理的挥发物数据来训练该模型，其中其它食品物品与所述食品物品是相同的类型。

Testing of agricultural products volatiles to predict quality using machine learning

This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for assessing quality characteristics of food items based on analyzing volatiles outgassed by them. The quality characteristics can include presence of infection, ripeness stage, flavor, taste, and smell. Determining quality characteristics can be advantageous to make supply chain modifications that optimize on quality and reduce food-based waste. A tube having a sorbent material can be placed in an environment containing the food items. Volatiles outgassed by the food items can collect on the sorbent material. A computing system can receive the volatiles presence and concentration data and can apply a machine learning model to the data to determine quality characteristics of the food items. The model can be trained using human observations of quality characteristics, historic supply chain information, and processed volatiles data associated with other food items, wherein the other food items are a same type as the food items.

Gas phase treatment of produce

A produce treatment method to mitigate latent infections, such as fungal infections, and to delay ripening in produce is described. The produce treatment method includes providing an antimicrobial agent to an enclosure comprising a plurality of produce items, and contacting the plurality of produce items with the antimicrobial agent, wherein the antimicrobial agent is in gaseous form and is selected to deactivate latent microbes in the plurality of produce items.

农产品质量评估和定价量度系统

本文中描述了可以非破坏性地确定当前农产品质量的系统和方法。评价系统可以在第一时间接收农产品的图像数据，并且使用机器学习技术识别农产品的类型。农产品可以被发送到最终消费者零售环境。质量评估系统可以在第二时间从零售环境中的用户设备接收针对特定农产品的当前质量的请求，所述请求包括该农产品的扫描数据。质量评估系统可以识别该农产品，从数据存储库取回用于识别该农产品的质量特征的机器学习训练的模型，基于对扫描数据应用所述模型确定该农产品的当前质量，并且向用户设备发送所述当前质量。还可以基于该农产品的当前质量动态地调整农产品价格。

Systems and methods for assessment of food item dryness

Described herein are systems and methods for determining dryness of produce using image data. A method can include receiving, by a computing system and from an imaging device, image data of a batch of produce, performing, by the computing system, object detection to identify each produce in a frame of the image data, extracting, by the computing system, temperature values in pixels of the identified produce in the frame, and determining, by the computing system, distribution characteristics of the extracted temperature values. The method can also include predicting, by the computing system, a dryness metric for the batch of produce based on applying a trained model to the determined distribution characteristics. The model can be trained using temperature distributions of other produce, the temperature distributions being annotated based on previous mappings of skewness of the temperature distributions to dryness.

Hyperspectral image compression using a feature extraction model

Disclosed are techniques for obtaining tensor data representing a hyperspectral image including a first portion depicting an object and a second portion depicting at least a portion of a surrounding environment where the object is located, identifying, by one or more computers, a portion of the tensor data representing the hyperspectral image that corresponds to the first portion of the hyperspectral image, providing, by the computers, the identified portion of the tensor data representing the hyperspectral image as an input to a feature extraction model; obtaining, by the computers, one or more matrix structures as output by the feature extraction model based on the feature extraction model processing the identified portion of the tensor data, the one or more matrix structures representing a subset of features extracted from the identified portion of the tensor data, and storing, by the computers, the one or more matrix structures in a memory device.

Ultraviolet light and machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

The disclosed technology provides for determining infection in food items using image data of the food items under ultra-violet (UV) light. A method includes performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each of the food items in the image data, determining, for each food item, an infection presence metric by applying a model to the bounding box, the model being trained using image training data of other food items under UV light, the image training data being annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items having infection features and a second portion having healthy quality features, and determining, based on a determination that the infection presence metric for each of the food items indicates presence of an infection, an infection coverage metric for the food item.

Ultraviolet light and machine learning-based assessment of food item quality

The disclosed technology provides for determining infection in food items using image data of the food items under ultra-violet (UV) light. A method includes performing object detection on the image data to identify a bounding box around each of the food items in the image data, determining, for each food item, an infection presence metric by applying a model to the bounding box, the model being trained using image training data of other food items under UV light, the image training data being annotated based on previous identifications of a first portion of the other food items having infection features and a second portion having healthy quality features, and determining, based on a determination that the infection presence metric for each of the food items indicates presence of an infection, an infection coverage metric for the food item.

Coating compositions including lecithins or derivatives thereof

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and alkyl esters of fatty acids. An exemplary embodiment includes about 15 wt % to about 99 wt % of one or more monoglycerides of a C4-C28 fatty acid, and about 1 wt % to about 75 wt % of one or more alkyl esters of a C8-C20 fatty acid.

Coating compositions including lecithins or derivatives thereof

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and alkyl esters of fatty acids. An exemplary embodiment includes about 15 wt% to about 99 wt% of one or more monoglycerides of a C 4 –C 28 fatty acid, and about 1 wt% to about 75 wt% of one or more alkyl esters of a C 8 –C 20 fatty acid.

Coating compositions including alkyl esters

The present disclosure relates to compositions including monoglycerides and alkyl esters of fatty acids. An exemplary embodiment includes about 15 wt % to about 99 wt % of one or more monoglycerides of a C4-C28 fatty acid, and about 1 wt % to about 75 wt % of one or more alkyl esters of a C8-C20 fatty acid.

用于保护性涂层的化合物和制剂

本公开内容涉及例如农业产品上的保护性涂层，其可以包括在农业产品的表面上形成的甘油磷脂双层结构。

用于农业产品等产品上的保护性涂层的化合物和制剂

用于在例如农业产品上形成保护性涂层的组合物可以在农业产品的表面上形成双层结构，所述双层结构对诸如水和气体的流体形成屏障。

Edible coating compositions

Compositions and coating mixtures for coating agricultural products, and methods of manufacturing compositions and mixtures are described.

Compounds and formulations for protective coatings

The present disclosure relates to protective coatings e.g., on agricultural products, that can include a glycerophospholipid bilayer structure formed on the surface of the agricultural product.

屏障膜组合物

本文提出了可以用于延长农产品的储存期限的屏障膜组合物。所述屏障膜组合物可以包含甘油单酯、脂肪酸或其盐、生物聚合物和水并且具有至少0.1Pa的屈服应力。

Method of protecting items from degradation and decomposition

Methods of forming a protective coating on a surface of one or more substrates. The methods include providing a mixture including a coating agent in a solvent, forming a fog from the mixture, allowing the fog to contact the outer surface of the one or more substrates so that a portion of the mixture accumulates on at least a portion of the surface of the one or more substrates. The solvent from the mixture is then at least partially removed from the surface of the one or more substrates, e.g., by evaporation or forced convection, causing a protective coating to be formed from the coating agent on at least a part of the surfaces of the one or more substrates. The protective coating can, for example, protect at least to some extent the substrates from biotic or abiotic stressors such as mass or moisture loss, oxidation, mold, fungi, or infestation.

Coating compositions including wax

The present disclosure relates to compositions including a wax and one or more salts of fatty acids. An exemplary embodiment includes about 20 wt % to about 98 wt % of a wax, and about 2 wt % to about 40 wt % of one or more salts of a C4-C28 fatty acid.

Large scale mixing systems, devices, and methods

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a mixing system (100) that includes a heating assembly (300) configured to heat liquid, and a mixing assembly (400) including a tank (240) defining a cavity and configured to retain liquid, an inlet in fluidic communication with the cavity and configured to receive liquid from the heating assembly, a mixing impeller assembly configured to mix contents of the cavity, an actuator configured to actuate the mixing impeller assembly to mix contents of the cavity, and an outlet (140) in fluidic communication with the cavity and having a valve configured to selectively prevent and permit egress of contents of the cavity.