Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for producing fruit of altered size, or plants that produce fruit of altered size, by altering expression of miRNA172 in the plants producing the fruit. The invention provides methods and materials for producing the plants and fruit of altered size by genetic modification (GM) and non-GM means. The invention also provides the plants and fruit of altered size. The altered size can be increased or decreased size.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular power supply system and method for controlling the same. In one embodiment, a modular power supply is disclosed comprising a housing comprising an equipment enclosure conforming to the requirements of an ISO container; a plurality of power generation modules housed at respective ends of the housing, a respective power generation module including a variable speed diesel engine coupled to a generator, a pair of rectifiers coupled to the generator, a pair of inverters coupled to the rectifiers, an LCL filter coupled to each inverter, a breaker coupled to each LCL filter, the breakers connected to a central AC power bus; and a plurality of energy storage subsystems housed at respective ends of the housing, a respective energy storage subsystem comprising one or more batteries connected to a pre-charge circuit, a DC/DC boost converter connected to the pre-charge circuit, and a DC power bus connected to the input of the inverters.