708 results about "Plant stem" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of cosmetics, in particular to a natural plant extract composition and application thereof in the cosmetics. The natural plant extract composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.1 to 10 parts of plant stem cells, 2 to 10 parts of grapefruit extracts, 1 to 10 parts of radix asparagi extracting solution, 1 to 10 parts of gingko extracts, 5 to 10 parts of lucid ganoderma extracting solution, and 1 to 5 parts of burdock extracting solution. The natural plant extract composition provided by the invention not only has remarkable moisturizing and anti-aging effect, but also has the effects in removing acnes, adjusting grease secretion, resisting inflammation and relieving, and can be used for preparing moisturizing, anti-aging or acne-removing cosmetics.

The invention relates to a tea-making method which scientifically, reasonably and integrally applies prior mature application technologies to a tea-making process, in particular to applications of an ozone sterilization strong oxidation technology, a microwave enzyme and germ deactivation technology, a low-temperature freezing, shredding and crushing technology, a vacuum freezing and drying technology, a colloid milling micronization technology and a spray drying technology to the processing and the production of tea. The invention effectively solves the traditional problems influencing the quality of tea products by agriculture residue, pesticide residue, overproof heavy metal content and overproof total bacterial count, enables the quality of tea products to reach the standard of organic tea, effectively improves the quality of the tea products and the utilization rate of tea raw material and can be applied to other plant stem leaf products.

An integrated system for monitoring sap flow and simultaneously performing data-logging and automatically scheduling irrigation in a field; comprising a plurality of in situ sap flow gauges that perform its comprehensive computer-controlled tasks in the field being irrigated. This plurality of sap flow gauge can be detached from and reattached to a like plurality of plant stems as appropriate. A scaling mechanism is used to calculate crop water usage in variously-sized fields. An integrated portable computer apparatus is programmed to perform a plurality of actions including sap flow monitoring via a controller and data-logger; data-logging and automatic irrigation scheduling; a plurality of sap flow gauges; an automatic rain gage; a water meter; an irrigation valve actuator; and any auxiliary and independent weather or soil monitoring sensors. The system is connected to a PC, mounted in a weatherproof enclosure, and powered by rechargeable battery, solar panel, or AC mains power with battery backup. Computerized monitoring and control procedures are initialized via a custom-developed graphical user interface. At any predetermined interval set by a user, the depth or volume of water required to balance transpiration losses is calculated and irrigation is then automatically triggered. The system affords closed loop control with water flow from soil through plant to atmosphere and from irrigation—and having the benefit of a feedback loop.

The invention discloses a stem cell tissue culture seedling raising technique. The technique comprises the steps of 1, taking a fresh plant, conducting sterilization on the surface and cutting the plant; 2, conducting tissue differentiation and reserving a cambium; 3, culturing the cambium on an isolation medium. According to the technique, existing methods are improved based on a traditional tissue culture technique, plant stem cells are taken as a target, induction, separation and explant culture are conducted, and a corresponding stem cell culture system is established. By the adoption of the plant stem cell culture technique, the plant culture technique is enriched, and a novel research direction and opportunity is provided for commercialized production of natural products and development of the plant biotechnology.

An integrated system for monitoring sap flow and simultaneously performing data-logging and automatically scheduling irrigation in a field; comprising a plurality of in situ sap flow gauges that perform its comprehensive computer-controlled tasks in the field being irrigated. This plurality of sap flow gauge can be detached from and reattached to a like plurality of plant stems as appropriate. A scaling mechanism is used to calculate crop water usage in variously-sized fields. An integrated portable computer apparatus is programmed to perform a plurality of actions including sap flow monitoring via a controller and data-logger; data-logging and automatic irrigation scheduling; a plurality of sap flow gauges; an automatic rain gage; a water meter; an irrigation valve actuator; and any auxiliary and independent weather or soil monitoring sensors. The system is connected to a PC, mounted in a weatherproof enclosure, and powered by rechargeable battery, solar panel, or AC mains power with battery backup. Computerized monitoring and control procedures are initialized via a custom-developed graphical user interface. At any predetermined interval set by a user, the depth or volume of water required to balance transpiration losses is calculated and irrigation is then automatically triggered. The system affords closed loop control with water flow from soil through plant to atmosphere and from irrigation—and having the benefit of a feedback loop.

The invention relates to a plant sprouting agent and a preparation method thereof. The materials of the sprouting agent are 6-benzyladenine, kinetin, gibberellin, dimethylsulfoxide, glycerol and lanolin; the dimethylsulfoxide solution and the glycerol are added into a glass beaker and dissolved, so that hormone solution is obtained; the lanolin is put into another big beaker, and is heated to 70 DEG C to be melted, and as the lanolin is stirred to be slowly melted, the hormone solution is slowly added into the lanolin and sufficiently and uniformly stirred; and after being cooled to the room temperature, the hormone mixture is coagulated into paste, which is the high-effective plant sprouting agent. Each component in the sprouting agent can rapidly penetrate the cell membranes of the dormant buds of plants and directionally enter cells, consequently, the efficacy is enhanced, and the acting time is shortened. The plant sprouting agent can increase the plant sprouting speed, shorten the growing time and accelerate seedling formation; bud dormancy is broken, so that the growth of plants is increased; the plant sprouting agent can change the hormonal balance in plant cells, promote sprouting and accelerate the elongation growth of the stems and leaves of plants; and the plant sprouting agent has a moisture-keeping effect, which can help to protect the new sprouts of plants.

This invention discloses one earth plant stem secretion collection method and device, wherein, the collection device comprises growth case and collection case with one block coated with film hole glass board and the upper and down layers of collection cases are connected to cathode and anode resin tubes through tubes. The collection method is to grow plant in the growth case earth and then to pass film into collected case with quartz and glass balls and then to process and collect plant stem secretion inside collection case.

A portable planter for high-density growth of plants is described. The planter contains a bottom and at least one wall disposed on the bottom for forming a cavity. The at least one wall contains a plurality of holes configured for allowing plant stems to extend therethrough in a generally horizontal orientation. At least one drain hole is formed in the bottom or the at least one wall for draining water from the cavity. Plant growth medium is placed in the cavity, and plants are planted in the plant growth medium such that the stems extend through the holes in the wall.

The invention discloses a health-preserving tea, which includes Liupu Tea, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, mulberry leaves, coralhead plant stem leaves, cassia seeds, acacia, roses, phyllanthus emblica, Momordica grosvenori, and radix puerariae. Liupu tea belongs to mild tea, can be used for neutralizing the cold medicinal materials chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, mulberry leaves, and roses, has warming and recuperating functions, and cannot cause influence to the body after long-term use of cold medicinal materials. Pan-fired cassia seeds have moderate cold diarrhea property, sweet taste and neutral nature. The coralhead plant stem leaves have good mouthfeel. Jasmine tea has faint scent, can enhance the tea aroma and make the mouthfeel of the tea better. The phyllanthus emblica can promote people's appetite, and the radix puerariae has very high edible and medicinal value. The health-preserving tea involved in the invention has a simple formula, uses medicinal and edible materials, is safe and reliable to eat, and has the health efficacy of drugs. Also, the raw materials have harmonious properties, are scientific and reasonable, and have mild drug properties. Thus, long-term drinking of the tea can achieve the health care effect of body building.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining video data from a single monocular camera, wherein the video data comprises a plurality of frames, wherein the camera is attached to a mobile robot that is travelling along a lane defined by a row of crops, wherein the row of crops comprises a first plant stem, and wherein the plurality of frames include a depiction of the first plant stem; obtaining robot velocity data from encoder(s), wherein the encoder(s) are attached to the robot; performing foreground extraction on each of the plurality of frames of the video data, wherein the foreground extraction results in a plurality of foreground images; and determining, based upon the plurality of foreground images and based upon the robot velocity data, an estimated width of the first plant stem. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Novel methods, apparatus and kits to provide a new presently-untapped market for state-of-the-art artificial flowers presently sold only as part of artificial plant assemblies that include artificial stems, branches, leaves, etc., the invention comprising various novel improved means, as well as kits including such means, for attaching such artificial flowers to non-blooming (pre-bloom, post-bloom or never-bloom) live vegeation having live stems, branches, leaves, etc., to simulate blooming thereof, for easy care-free instant yard beautification, said kits being devoid of artificial plant stems, branches, leaves, etc.

The invention provides a device and a method for measuring the diameter of plant stems based on machine vision. The measurement device comprises a camera (1), an annular LED light source (2), a support frame (3), a cylindrical reference object (4), an IEEE 1394 signal fiber transmission device (5), a data transmission cable (6) and a computer (7). The measurement method comprises the following steps of utilizing the camera (1) to acquire images of a to-be-measured plant stem and the cylindrical reference object (4) within a certain time interval, transmitting the images to the computer (7) through the IEEE 1394 signal fiber transmission device (5) and the data transmission cable (6) and utilizing image processing software installed in the computer to calculate the diameter of the plant stem. The invention effectively solves the constraint influence of the prior measurement tool on the diameter changes of the plant stem, avoids the trouble of replacing different range sensors for measuring different plant stems, and can be used for nondestructively monitoring the diameter of the plant stem and small variable quantity of diameter within a certain period of time on line.

A harvester for brassicas, the harvester being movable along a plant row and comprising an endless conveyor orientated in the direction of the plant row, the conveyor being of generally tubular form defined by opposed rows of arcuate conveyor fingers movable from an open condition in which free ends of the opposed fingers are spaced so as to define a generally tubular configuration which is open at one side to a closed condition in which the free ends of the opposed fingers are adjacent to define a generally closed tubular configuration, the conveyor having an upper run and a lower run, the conveyor being configured at its forward end portion so that the fingers are in their open condition during transition from the upper run to the lower run and move downwardly onto a plant to be harvested so as to move foliage away from the plant head and to allow the plant head to enter the interior of the conveyor through the open side, with the fingers then moving to a closed condition to thereby capture the plant head with the interior of the conveyor, the harvester further comprising means for cutting the plant stem whereby the plant head severed from the remainder of the plant can be carried by the conveyor for discharge from the conveyor when the fingers by which the head has been retained are returned to their open condition.

A water retention device is used in conjunction with a plant container. The water retention device comprises a resilient plate structure forming a central cover, a sidewall extending from a perimeter of the central cover, and a slot extending through the sidewall and a portion of the central cover. The sidewall engages an inner surface of the plant container and supports the central cover at a spaced distance above a growth medium. The resilient plate structure is manually configurable to open the slot for receiving a plant stem so that the plant stem extends through the central cover. Water may be supplied to the plant container using either a spray stake disposed under the central cover or using a trough formed in the central cover. Where a spray stake is used, the inner surfaces of the sidewall and central cover may include ribs that deflect water.

The invention discloses an Internet of Things greenhouse agricultural growth monitoring system and relates to an agricultural growth monitoring system. The Internet of Things greenhouse agricultural growth monitoring system comprises a plant ecology sensing system, a meteorological environment sensing system, and an equipment control system. The plant ecology sensing system and the meteorological environment sensing system transmits acquired data to a host computer. The host computer controls the start and the stop of the equipment control system. The plant ecology sensing system comprises a plant stem flow gauge, a tree radial growth monitor, a chlorophyll content measuring sensor, a leaf thickness sensor, and a fruit expansion sensor. The meteorological environment sensing system comprises an air temperature sensor, an air humidity sensor, a soil temperature sensor, a soil humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, an in-greenhouse illumination sensor, an out-greenhouse illumination sensor, an out-greenhouse rainfall sensor, and an out-greenhouse wind direction and wind speed sensor. The Internet of Things greenhouse agricultural growth monitoring system guarantees optimum plant growth environment and state, saves production cost, and reduce production energy consumption.

The present invention relates to an ecological environment-protecting type coating for treating seed and plant root and stem. Said coating contains film-forming agent and colouring agent. It is characterized by that it also contains porous inorganic material capable of enriching oxygen gas or also contains porous inorganic material capable of enriching oxygen gas and inorganic material capable of releasing negative ions or also contains porous inorganic material capable of enriching oxygen gas and natural macromolecular metal coordination compound capable of adsorbing oxygen gas or also contains porous inorganic material capable of enriching oxygen gas, inorganic material capable of releasing negative ions and natural macromolecular metal coordination compound capable of adsorbing oxygen gas, in which the oxygen-enriching porous inorganic material content is 50%-90%, and the contents of inorganic material capable of releasing negative ions and natural macromolecular metal coordination compound capable of adsorbing oxygen gas are respectively 1-20%. Said coating can improve seed and plant root and stem growth microenvironment, can promote health growth of seed embryo and can raise disease resistance of seed.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polymer materials and relates to a recyclable high-strength biological packaging material which is used as a basic material for making various packaging products. The recyclable high-strength biological packaging material comprises the following components in part by mass: 50 to 70 parts of starch, 10 to 30 parts of polyethylene, 5 to 15 parts of plant fibers, and 1 to 5 parts of additive. The starch comprises natural starch or chemical-modified starch, such as dialdehyde starch which is oxidized starch obtained by oxidizing the starch by using periodic acid and salt; the plant fibers are made from rice husk, rice straw, wheat straw, corn stalks, cotton stalks, wood dust and bamboo dust and other crop straw or plant stems; and the additive is one or more of a foaming agent, a plasticizing agent, a stabilizer, a filler, a coupling agent and a moisture proof agent. The technical process of the method is simple, the principle of the method is safe and reliable, the raw materials are readily available, and the practical value of the method is high; and the prepared material has high strength, and can be recycled and degraded.

The invention discloses a method for soil heavy metal pollution remediation through grass family with enrichment capacity, which is characterized by including the following steps: a) detection in advance for heavy metal content of soil; b) soil cultivation; c), selection and cultivation of grass family; d) groove backfill and young ear uprooting; e), process detection of heavy metal content; f) plant stem recovery; and g) final detection of heavy metal content. The method improves burying height of plant stems of the grass family and root quantity of plants to improve the absorption and enrichment of plants to soil heavy metal pollution, and has the advantages of low cost, safety, reliability, and remarkable remediation effect on heavy metal pollution.

An apparatus which includes a growing container in which plants are hydroponically grown on a support medium is disclosed. The growing container includes a plurality of openings in which seals are installed. The seals include holes through which the plants grow. When seeds are planted, a hollow tube is placed through the seal hole to maintain the seed in position. After the seed germinates, it grows through the tube. As continued growth expands the plant's stem to the size of the tube, the tube breaks apart and does not constrain future plant growth. Moreover, as the plant grows further, the seal hole expands to accommodate the plant stem. The seal surrounds and contacts the plant stem to reduce evaporation of nutrient solution from the growing container and to keep insects and contamination out of the growing container. A holding container is positioned above the growing container and coupled to the growing container through a manifold arrangement. The holding container may be quickly filled with a single, measured nutrient solution charge for the growing container. Then, a valve is opened, and the manifold arrangement slowly distributes the nutrient solution to the growing container where it is substantially absorbed by the support medium and wicked to the vicinity of the plant within the growing container.

The invention discloses a comprehensive maintaining method for submerged plants. The comprehensive maintaining method comprises the following steps that firstly, a flocculating agent is added into a water body with the quantity of 1-20 mg / l to reduce the turbidity of the water body; secondly, according to the specific circumstance of dirt attached to the submerged plants, a disinfecting agent or organic acid or pesticide or algicide or surfactant or a substrate modifying agent or a microbial agent or microorganism growth promoting liquid is added into the water body with the amount of 0.1-1 mg / l, and flow disturbance is artificially made; thirdly, a nutrition regulator or a heavy metal complex is applied in the growing stage of the submerged plants with the quantity of 0.2-1 mg / l; fourthly, plagiognathops microlepis or barbels are introduced into the water body with the quantity of 50-100 pieces per 666.7 m<2> to eat fixation algae, and chub or bighead carp are introduced with the quantity of 10-30 g / m<3> to eat planktonic single-spore algae. By means of the comprehensive treatment method, the ecology of the water body is balanced, the transparency of the water body is quickly increased so as to promote the growth of aquatic plants in the water body, dirt attached to the stems and leaves of the aquatic plants is quickly removed, and finally the purpose of long-acting cleaning of the stems and leaves of the aquatic plants and the effect of enhancing water ecological restoration are achieved.

The invention relates to a method for preparing haulm fragrant plant water, wherein it uses rosemary, thyme, lemongrass, etc as material; it collects their stems to be washed and distilled by distiller, while the water content at pot bottom is constant; and it uses hyperfiltration water to improve water quality; via controlling the distilling time, the oil content can be controlled, to improve quality and save cost; when distillation is end, the water layer of oil-water separator is recycled, to be filtered via membrane, to obtain clear fragrant plant; disinfecting and packing. The invention has wide application.

The invention relates to a method for preparing natural plant granular materials for filter tips, which comprises the steps of: taking dry plant stem pith, removing impurities and pulverizing and sieving the stem pith to obtain powdery materials with the mesh number greater than 80 meshes; uniformly mixing the powdery materials and auxiliary materials according to the proportion of the mass ratio being 10 / 10 to 0, obtaining the powdery mixed materials, stirring and uniformly mixing the powdery mixed materials by ethanol solution or water according to the proportion of the material liquid ratio being 4 to 0.5 / 1 and making the mixed materials into soft materials; or stirring and uniformly mixing the powdery mixed materials and water solution of the auxiliary materials according to the proportion of the material liquid ratio being 4 to 0.5 / 1 and making the mixed materials into soft materials; carrying out extrusion type granulation on the soft materials, and then drying granules; and sieving the dried granules by a sieve of 20 to 80 meshes, and the required natural plant granular materials for the filter tips are obtained. The natural plant granular materials for the filter tips prepared by the method has the advantages that when natural plant stem pith granules are thinner, static electricity and agglomeration properties can be eliminated, the powder granulation performance is enhanced, and the addition operability of the natural plant stem pith granular materials during the cigarette filter stick manufacture is improved.

An apparatus which includes a growing container in which plants are hydroponically grown on a support medium is disclosed. The growing container includes a plurality of openings in which seals are installed. The seals include holes through which the plants grow. When seeds are planted, a hollow tube is placed through the seal hole to maintain the seed in position. After the seed germinates, it grows through the tube. As continued growth expands the plant's stem to the size of the tube, the tube breaks apart and does not constrain future plant growth. Moreover, as the plant grows further, the seal hole expands to accommodate the plant stem. The seal surrounds and contacts the plant stem to reduce evaporation of nutrient solution from the growing container and to keep insects and contamination out of the growing container. A holding container is positioned above the growing container and coupled to the growing container through a manifold arrangement. The holding container may be quickly filled with a single, measured nutrient solution charge for the growing container. Then, a valve is opened, and the manifold arrangement slowly distributes the nutrient solution to the growing container where it is substantially absorbed by the support medium and wicked to the vicinity of the plant within the growing container.

The invention relates to feed for cattle and sheep, which is prepared by mechanically processing crop straw and various types of non-toxic and harmless plant straw powder, special type plant leaf green powder, corn, bean cakes and wheat bran. In the feed, by utilizing plant straw or stem leaves of green plants fully, chlorophyll and various kinds of nutrition in the plant stem leaves are maintained to the maximum extent, a large amount of grain is saved, various diseases of animals in the growth process are prevented effectively, and harmless feeding of the animals is promoted, so that the animals grow quickly, lay more eggs and produce more milk.

A moisture probe or sensor including an attachment element configured for attachment to a plant, bush or tree to determine a moisture content of the plant bush or tree. The moisture probe including a transceiver configured to transmit a moisture signal indicative of the moisture content of the plant, tree or plant.

The invention relates to a method for using plant straw to produce composite humic acid plant growth adjusting agent, which comprises that breaking and mixing at least one of corn straw, jowar straw, wheat straw and rice straw, to be disinfecting at 80-90Deg. C for 10-30min, reducing temperature to 35-40Deg. C to ferment, adding high-speed bacterial to ferment for 10-20 days, to prepare extractive solution. The inventive mixture can be stored for long time at normal temperature. The invention can use plant stem as corn straw, jowar straw, wheat straw and rice straw as materials, with health-care function, immunity improve function and disease prevention. The invention can improve yield with significant social and economic benefits.

Fixed microbial filler and its production are disclosed. The process is carried out by taking animals, plant, carbon, textile and particle or fiber of engineering plastic as skeleton of filler, immersing bacterial liquid from cultured active sludge, washing, curing, sizing and obtaining fixed microbial filler with purified microbial membrane. The filler is particle or fibrous mixture and consists of peat, active carbon, mixture of various plants stems or leaves, hollow plastics and mixture of above various substances.

The invention discloses an induction and in-vitro culture method of plant stem cells derived from apical meristem of catharanthus roseus roots. The induction method comprises the following steps: cutting off a root cap from the root tip of the catharanthus roseus, performing inoculating to an induction culture medium, performing culturing in dark, and proliferating and growing a stem cell layer inan explant to form a cell cluster; transferring the layered stem cell layer to a subculture medium for culturing for 10-15 days, and performing complete culturing in dark; and performing transferringto a new subculture medium, and performing culturing for 10-15 days under the same condition to obtain a catharanthus roseus stem cell line with stable cell morphology. A catharanthus roseus stem cell culture system is established by inducing apical meristem of the catharanthus roseus roots, stable subculture can be performed under certain conditions, and epigenetic variation is avoided. The catharanthus roseus stem cell culture system established by the invention has the characteristics of being high in growth speed, high in genetic stability and the like, and culture with a 10L bioreactor is preliminarily realized.

The invention discloses a method for synthetically treating and using plant stem leafs and straws in large scale and a device thereof. The method comprises the steps of: taking the plant stem leafs and straws as raw materials; and generating marsh gas, marsh slag and marsh liquid by means of microbial fermentation. The marsh gas is collected by the technology of the invention to be synthesized into fuel carbinol, or is purified and liquefied to be used as fuel for a vehicle to replace the natural gas; and the marsh slag and the marsh liquid are taken as fertilizer to be returned to the soil to maintain the ecological balance of the soil.

The present invention relates to a stem cell derived from cambium of family Gingkoaceae and to method for the isolated culturing thereof. The stem cell derived from cambium of family Gingkoaceae according to the present invention is advantageous as it is isolated at a non-differentiated state without passing through a dedifferentiation process and stably maintained without causing a variation in the cellular growth rate and growth pattern even during a long-term culture, thereby enabling a mass culture. In addition, the stem cell derived from cambium of family Gingkoaceae according to the present invention showed an antioxidant effect similar to or higher than that of existing synthetic antioxidants when the radical-scavenging activity for scavenging radicals generated by the treatment of an oxidant is measured, and thus can be valuably used as an excellent anti-inflammatory composition.