Ashraf El-Kereamy

 

Dr. Ashraf  EL KEREAMY is a Lecturer at Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture-Ain Shams University, Cairo , Egypt . He obtained his B.Sc. in 1991 from the department of horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture-Ain Shams University, Cairo , Egypt . with an honour degree. He obtained his M.Sc. in 1996  in Pomology and layer in 2003 received his Ph.D. from  Institut nat ional polytechnique de Toulouse, France. In 2003 he was awarded  Léopold Escande” from that institute for his excellent work. In 2004 he visited the laboratory of breeding and physiology of small fruits, (CRDH) agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in St Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec and initiated a collaborative work on the role of antioxidant in post harvest quality and disease resistant with Shahrokh Khanizadeh.
 
His major research interests are:

Physiology and molecular biology of fruit ripening

  • The molecular mechanism of poor coloration of some grape cultivars and 

  • Grapevine rootstocks and its effect on grape berries maturation

Department of Horticulture,
Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University,
P.B. 68 Hadayek Shoubra,
11241 Cairo, Egypt
ashrafelkereamy@yahoo.com