16290 results about "Plant growth" patented technology

A method for promoting the health of a plant comprises administering malic acid to the plant or the soil in an amount effective to recruit plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to the plant. Administration of malic acid promotes biofilm formation of PGPR on the plant's roots, thereby restricting entry of a foliar pathogen through stomatal pores present in the leaves. Another method for promoting the health of a plant comprises administering acetoin to the plant or the soil in an amount effective to increase pathogen resistance in aerial parts of the plant.

The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the sensitivity of cells to cytotoxic compounds and other active agents. In accordance with the invention, compositions are provided comprising combinations of ectophosphatase inhibitors and active agents. Active agents include antibiotics, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, chemotherapeutic agents, and plant growth regulators. By increasing the efficacy of active agents, the invention allows use of compositions with lowered concentrations of active ingredients.

A first set of orange LEDs with a peak wavelength emission of about 612 nanometers, a second set of red light emitting LEDs with a peak wavelength of about 660 nanometers, and blue light LEDs. Two beam spreads, 15° and 30°, were provided for both the 660 nm LEDs and 612 nm LEDs. When directed perpendicularly upon tops of the plant leaves, 10% light transmission occurred through the leaves for the 30° LEDs, and 80% light transmission for the 15° LEDs. Thus, fully 50% of the orange / red spectrum primarily used for photosynthesis was transmitted through the upper leaf canopy, making it available to support photosynthesis in leaves below. LED lamps are positioned at varying distances from the growing plants for controlling plant growth rates that vary with these distances, thereby to control plant inventory, because growth of plants can be greatly slowed to preserve them during periods of slow sales.

A method of fractionating biomass, by permeability conditioning biomass suspended in a pH adjusted solution of at least one water-based polar solvent to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the pH adjusted solution with at least one non-polar solvent, partitioning to obtain an non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, and recovering cell and cell derived products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution. Products recovered from the above method. A method of operating a renewable and sustainable plant for growing and processing algae.

The invention provides preparation and an application of a compound chemical fertilizer capable of promoting growth and health of plants. The compound chemical fertilizer capable of promoting growth and health of plants is composed of a natural organic plant nutrient liquid, a plant extract liquid having bactericidal activity, a macroelement fertilizer and / or a secondary-element fertilizer and / or a microelement fertilizer and / or a plant growth regulator, and auxiliaries, and an efficiency low-toxic bactericide if necessary. The compound chemical fertilizer capable of promoting growth and health of plants is mainly in the form of a water-based preparation, and has an obvious control effect for some common diseases of crops without causing a residue problem. The compound chemical fertilizer capable of promoting growth and health of plants provided by the invention is safe for utilization, friendly to the environment, and capable of effectively improving the yield of agricultural products and improving the quality of the agricultural products. Besides, the compound chemical fertilizer is high in popularization and application values, and has good comprehensive economic benefits and social benefits.

A system (1) for modulating growth or attributes of at least one part (2) of one or more plants comprising chlorophyll is disclosed. The system (1) comprises at least one light emitting device (3), such as a light emitting diode (LED), for irradiating the at least one part (2), at least one light sensor (4) for picking up light from the at least one part (2), communication capabilities (5) for facilitating communication between the at least one light sensor (4), the at least one light emitting device, and a processor (6). The processor (6) reads data from the at least one light sensor (4) via the communication capabilities (5), generates a control signal based on the data and a reference, and then controls, based on the control signal, the at least one light emitting device (3) via the communication capabilities in order to modulate plant growth or plant attributes.

A grow light fixture that may be used for the replacement of high intensity discharge (HID) lamp fixtures used for growing plants includes a housing containing a plurality of both red and blue high power LEDs mounted to a circuit board, and powered by an onboard power supply. Control circuitry may include separate, infinitely variable controls to enable independent adjustment of the red and blue LED light output. A plurality of thermal vias made of copper or other thermally conductive material extend through the circuit board to conduct heat from the LEDs to a heat sink mounted on the back of the circuit board, and a fan may be used to vent the heat to the outside of the housing. The housing is mounted an appropriate distance above a plant in a growth media to provide user-controlled lighting for enhanced plant growth.

A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture comprises a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.

Disclosed herein is a high growth, high density, closed environment growing system and methods thereof. A method of accelerating plant cell growth in a growing system may include adjusting the lighting in accordance with an identified plant growth stage.

According to the present invention new isolates of bacterial strains have been shown to possess unique properties. These bacterial strains are plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR), posses an enhanced competitive advantage at colonizing leguminous plants, and enhance the overall performance of leguminous plant growth. Further still, the present invention discloses a novel method for screening and selecting bacterial strains having the aforementioned beneficial characteristics.

The invention discloses coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite. The technical scheme has the essentials that the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite is composed of coal gangues, attapulgite clay, a powdery coal gangue foaming agent, active carclazyte waste dreg, hollow microspheres, lightweight magnesium oxide, expanded perlite, expanded vermiculite, ferrous sulfate and quick lime. The materials of the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite are stirred and mixed, extruded and granulated, dried, roasted, subjected to heat insulation, sieved, sealed and packaged to prepare the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite. The coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite has the characteristics of large specific surface area, small bulk density, high water absorption rate, excellent ventilation performance, beautiful appearance and shape and no odors, no harmful bacteria, good lightweight strength, and consistent micro-pores and macro-pores. When the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite is used for culturing or planting various types of nursery stocks, flowers and vegetables, the roots of the plants can absorb nutrition constituents of water or a liquid fertilizer from the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite, so that good growth and development and the survival rate of the plants are ensured and the coal gangue lightweight through-hole ceramsite is suitable for preparing a soilless culture substrate and nutrient soil.

An organic-based uniprill fertilizer is provided. To produce the fertilizer, organic matter is sequentially pre-treated by first mixing it in a first grinder with a lime admixture, then adding a slurry of reagents and binders, followed by a mixture of acids. The acids can include sulfuric and phosphoric acids, in addition to nitric acid and various organic acids such as citric and fulvic acid, depending on the end requirements of the fertilizer product. Following the mixing of the pre-product with the mixture of acids and reagents, the resultant raw product is preferably processed through a second grinder. This grinding further dries, mixes and granulates the raw product. The particle size of the completed fertilizer is reduced into a flowable, user safe uniprill product that can be further ground to reduce its moisture. Further drying may be necessary for bag or bulk product, or it can be liquified by high speed blending or micro-fluidized for sprinkler or drip applications. The uniprill fertilizer comprises small, preferably microscopic particles that are homogenous in nature, in that any single particle is substantially identical in composition to all other particles of the fertilizer. Additionally, each uniprill particle contains substantially all sixteen nutriments and minerals required for the growth of healthy plants.

The present invention provides novel microorganisms, compositions and methods of use thereof, for treating, inhibiting or preventing the developing of a plant pathogenic disease and for killing or inhibiting growth of a variety of pests or pathogens. Provided are compositions comprising a novel endophytic fungal organism effective to inhibit the growth of or kill pests and pathogenic microbes, including Ganoderma boninense. Invention compositions are especially useful in preventing and treating basal stem rot in the oil palm, and can be applied on or in the vicinity of the plant or used to sterilize the plant growth medium prior to or concurrent with plant growth therein. The disclosure further provides substantially purified polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby, together with methods of using those products, for example for making transgenic organism.

A modular plant growing device includes a main frame mounted on an upright supporting surface. The main frame is configured with an accommodating space defined by an upright rear plate, an inclined top plate extending gradually and upwardly from an upper end of the rear plate, an inclined bottom plate extending gradually and upwardly from a lower end of the rear plate, and opposite lateral plates for receiving a plant unit. The top plate is formed with an inlet unit permitting flow of liquid for plant growth into the accommodating space therethrough. The bottom plate is formed with an outlet unit disposed adjacent to the lower end of the rear plate and permitting leakage of the liquid from the accommodating space therethrough.

The invention relates to a composite microbial fertilizer for controlling crop diseases and insect pests, which contains composite microbial fungicide and is prepared by the following raw materials based on parts by weight: 10-35 parts of composite microbial fertilizer fungicide, 3-15 parts of composite microbial pesticide fungicide, 1-5 parts of insecticidal synergist, 1-5 parts of plant growth regulator, 20-60 parts of grass carbon, 5-15 parts of expanded chicken manure, 5-50 parts of inorganic fertilizer and 1-3 parts of binding agent, wherein the composite microbial fertilizer fungicide is prepared by bacillus megaterium and jelly-like bacillus; and the composite microbial pesticide fungicide is prepared by mixing bacillus thuringiensis and bacillus subtilis, adding sodium percarbonate type solid state oxygen-increasing agent for mixing and fermenting and finally absorbing by the grass carbon. The composite microbial fertilizer adopts strains with good suitability, and the strains are compounded according to a certain proportion to obtain the composite fungicide which has durable activity and stable performance; and the four beneficial strains are compatible with each other and performs the own functions, so that the multiple aims of resisting germs as well as diseases and insect pests, and increasing the crop yield can be achieved.

The invention relates to a group of alive microbial preparations for preparing compound microbial fertilizer and the preparation method thereof. The alive microbial preparations include a microbial inoculant and an organic material degradation agent. The microbial inoculant includes Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus mucilaginosus, Bacillus laterosporus, Azotobocter chroococcum, etc. The organic material degradation agent includes Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus circulans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida lipolytica, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus cereus, Streptomyces griseus, Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Pseudomonas cepacia, Streptococcus salivarius subsp. Thermophilus, Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Streptomyces Thermophilus, Geotrichum candidum and Aspergillus oryzae. The preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out submerged fermentation, directly mixing the bacterial liquids and stirring to obtain a liquid preparation; or mixing with an absorbent to obtain a solid preparation. The alive microbial preparations have the advantages of improving soil fertility, promoting plant growth, enhancing anti-disease, anti-insect and anti-drought capacities of plants, improving quality of agricultural products and so on.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for amending the availability of phosphate and other nutrient supplies in soil, especially acidic sandy soils, while ensuring reduced leaching and / or surface runoff of phosphorous and other nutrients. Compositions of the invention comprise granulated dolomite phosphate rock in combination with organic materials, wherein the level and rate of phosphorous and other nutrients released from the composition is controlled. Use of the compositions of the invention increases the availability of phosphorous and other nutrients while eliminating soil acidity, and also stimulates plant growth, enhances plant vigor, and / or improves crop yield.

A plant growing system configured for high density crop growth and yield, including an environmentally-controlled growing chamber and a vertical growth column within, the column configured to support a hydroponic plant growth module which is configured for containing and supporting plant growth media for containing and supporting a root structure of at least one gravitropic crop plant growing therein and for detachably mounting to the vertical growth column, the hydroponic plant growth module including a lateral growth opening to allow the plant to grow laterally through toward a light emitting source, a nutrient supply system to direct aqueous crop nutrient solution through an upper opening of the hydroponic plant growth module, an airflow source to direct airflow away from the growth opening and through an under-canopy of the plant, so as to disturb the boundary layer, and a control system for regulating, at least one growing condition in an area in or adjacent to the under-canopy.

The invention relates to a biochar-containing composition comprising biochar having organic matter therein and / or thereon, clay associated, optionally intercalated, with the organic matter, a non-clay mineral and optionally also a plant growth promoter.

Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for promoting plant growth that combine beam angle control with spectral control. In one embodiment, an optical device can be configured to emit multiple colors of light at particular wavelengths. The optical device may also be configured to generate an emission spectrum with multiple peaks. The spectrum can be selected based on stimulating biological processes of a plant.

Microbial strains, compositions, and methods of use thereof to enhance the growth and / or yield of a plant are provided. Also provided are materials and methods for presenting, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or phytopathogenic diseases. The disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant and derivatives thereof such as plants artificially infected with a microbial strain of the invention.

The invention discloses a mine ecological remediation and slope vegetation fast restoring method suitable for the arid region. The method comprises a slope protection method and the steps that water collecting devices are arranged; soil improvement is carried out; vegetation configuration is carried out. Firstly, according to the through slope arrangement, mining slide slopes needing to be restored are subjected to step type slope cutting to be stabilized, an ecological catchwater is arranged on the inner side of each stage of a platform, and the steps are continuously provided with desilting basins and water collecting pits every other certain distance. Water collecting devices are mounted in the water collecting pits and connected with the desilting basins and the catchwaters, the other ends of the water collecting devices are provided with controllable drainage ports, the water collecting devices are connected with a slope irrigation system and used for collecting and fully and reasonably utilizing slope runoff, a dry season irrigation water source is provided, meanwhile, slope scouring is avoided, and water and soil losses are reduced. The platform and the slopes are all covered with earth, a planting pit is dug in each stage of the platform, the mode of ecological bags and ecological blankets is adopted in each stage of the slopes, a soil conditioner and foreign soil from other places are mixed, the planting pits, the ecological bags and the ecological blankets are filled with the mixture, and good water and fertilizer conditions are provided for plant growth. Proper trees brushes and grasses are selected to be distributed. The ground conditions of the side slopes are comprehensively improved, and side slope vegetations are restored to the natural ecological state.

The invention discloses a plant growth condition monitoring system based on compute vision and internet of things. The plant growth condition monitoring system is characterized by comprising a high speed digital signal processor (DSP) computer vision module for shooting plant leaves and acquiring and analyzing the shot images, a control execution module for watering plants, and an internet of things module for transmitting the plant leaf information to a remote terminal through a remote server and providing the information for workers to consult and operate, wherein the high speed DSP computer vision module, the control execution module and the internet of things module are connected through data. The traditional detection system is improved, a computer vision-based DSP image processing technology and an improved processing algorithm are used for acquiring and processing leaf images of luxurious flowers and trees, the image acquiring and processing speed and accuracy are improved, theautomation level of the system is improved and the production cost is reduced; and the acquired data is timely transmitted to the workers at the terminal through the remote server by the internet of things technology.

The invention discloses a sodium alginate oligosaccharide coated slow-release fertilizer. Coated materials of the slow-release fertilizer contain sodium alginate oligosaccharide and an auxiliary coated material, wherein sodium alginate oligosaccharide is composed of two structural units, namely a-L-mannuronic acid and b-D-guluronic acid. The two structural units are linked in three ways by 1,4-glucosidic bond, so as to form a unbranched linear segmented copolymer. The coated slow-release fertilizer is mainly applied in commercial crops, fruit and vegetable crops, grain crops, economic forest, flowers and plants, traditional Chinese medicinal materials, lawn and the like. By introducing organism-derived sodium alginate oligosaccharide into the coated materials of the slow-release fertilizer, nutritive elements required by plant growth and development can be supplemented by a slow-release approach, and the plant growth promoting effect of sodium alginate oligosaccharide also can be performed so as to finally achieve the yield-increasing effect. In addition, a medicament prepared by using sodium alginate oligosaccharide as the main coated material composition is safe and nontoxic and has advantages of low cost, small application amount and the like.

Lipo Chitooligosaccharide (LCO) [NodBj-V(C18:1,Mefuc)] isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 532C was able to stimulate seed germination / seedling emergence, or in the case of potato, sprouting, of a number of crop plants representing eight distantly related plant families (Poaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceac, Malvaceae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae and Solanaceae) of plants, at 25 and / or at 15° C. It also promoted sprouting potato minitubers. Other LCOs [NodRM-V(C16:2,5) and LCO from R. leguminosarum] were also shown to also display growth-promoting effects on the tested crop plants. The compositions comprising at least one LCO are shown to be effective in promoting growth under both laboratory and field conditions. The invention thus also relates to methods for promoting seed germination and / or seedling emergence and / or growth of plants comprising subjecting the seeds and / or plants to an effective amount of an agricultural composition comprising at least one LCO.

The invention provides a multifunctional soil nutrient conditioner formula with low cost, practicality and effectiveness and a preparation method thereof aiming at the technical problems. The production technology is simple, the production cost is low, and no harmful gas and sewage are generated during production. The product can effectively provide dozens of nutritive elements required for plant growth, is applied by being combined with a common fertilizer and an organic fertilizer, and can obviously improve the utilization rate of the fertilizer, so as to reduce the fertilizer input; and simultaneously the product can obviously stimulate action of beneficial floras of the soil, inhibit action of causal organisms, and increase the disease suppression of the soil and the resistance of plants, and then can effectively control generation of physiological diseases and soil-borne diseases, so as to reduce the pesticide input. The fertilizer input and the pesticide input can be reduced by more than 15 to 30 percent, and the yield can be increased by more than 15 to 30 percent, and simultaneously the product quality is obviously improved and cost conservation and synergism are obvious. Moreover, the soil improvement effect is obvious, and the sustainable utilization capacity can be obviously enhanced.

The present invention relates to a method for improving plant productivity, and in particular crop yields, via the introduction of an endophytic microorganism to the subject plant. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method for improving cereal crop productivity via the introduction of an endophytic actinomycete to the subject crop. The method of the present invention facilitates the improvement of crop productivity, such as increasing germination, by, inter alia, providing the subject plant with disease bio-control capabilities and up-regulating plant growth promoting activities. The present invention is also directed to novel endophytic microorganisms and uses thereof.