2820 results about "Plants root" patented technology

The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, software algorithm and system for evaluating plants for conditions or characteristics. In one aspect, the method can include imaging at least a portion of the plant and evaluating the image for discriminating condition(s) or characteristic(s) of interest. In one example, soybean roots are imaged and the image is evaluated to discriminate between soybean cyst nematode (SCN) cysts and the plant roots to count the number of SCN cysts for the plant. In another embodiment, a plant is illuminated by a ultra-violet radiation selected to cause photo-induced fluorescence of a target, e.g. SCN cysts. The fluorescence emitted is collected and analyzed to discriminate between the target and the remainder of the plant.

The invention relates to plant endogenous bacillus velezensis which is capable of preventing and treating plant diseases and insects and has functions of growth promotion and drought resistance, and application thereof. The preservation number of the Bacillus velezensis E6 provided by the invention in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center is CGMCC No. 9665. The strain is separated from a plant root, is rapid to grow, can be rapidly and greatly colonized at plant roots and has ecological niche advantages; the strain E6 not only has an efficient prevention and treatment function on plant soil-borne fungal diseases and is capable of promoting growth of plant root systems and improving drought resistance of plants, but also is capable of damaging formation of pathogenic bacterium bacterial biofilms, is free of drug resistance of bacteria, has relatively good advantages when being compared with other fungicides, is simple in nutrition requirement and low in productioncost, and has good application prospects.

A process of recovering rubber from rubber-bearing plant materials in non-aqueous conditions by first drying the rubber-bearing plant material and then mechanically grinding the rubber-bearing plant material to produce rubber threads and finely ground root tissue. Following the mechanical grinding, rubber threads are separated from finely ground plant root tissue by passing the ground plant material over a dry vibrating mesh screen and blowing away the plant root skins to leave rubber threads. The rubber threads may further be purified by stirring the rubber threads in warm water. Then the mixture is settled and the rubber threads are skimmed off. Optimal purification may be obtained by stirring, settling, and skimming off the rubber threads. Another optimal purification can be achieved by stirring continuously in the flowing warm water.

A device, system and method for producing glycosylated proteins in plant culture, particularly proteins having a high mannose glycosylation, while targeting such proteins with an ER signal and / or by-passing the Golgi. The invention further relates to vectors and methods for expression and production of enzymatically active high mannose lysosomal enzymes using transgenic plant root, particularly carrot cells. More particularly, the invention relates to host cells, particularly transgenic suspended carrot cells, vectors and methods for high yield expression and production of biologically active high mannose Glucocerebrosidase (GCD). The invention further provides for compositions and methods for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases.

An aeroponic growing system, double T-shaped sprayer design and method for cultivating larger plant crops and increasing harvest frequency. The system comprises a series of aeroponic growing units, each of which supports a plant's roots within an enclosure. The enclosure houses a sprayer, an interior volume of plant nutrient solution and a plumbing system for accepting and distributing the aqueous water-nutrient solution. The internal sprayer is a double T-shaped mister that sprays an atomized mist directed from a first set of nozzles onto the plant roots, along with a second set of nozzles directed toward the base of the enclosure to aerate the interior volume of plant nutrient solution. The T-shaped mister provides circumferential coverage of the plant roots, while the aeration of the plant nutrient solution provides an aerated solution that accelerates plant growth through a hybrid process of Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) called a Hyperactive Aeroponic Shallow Water Culture (HAS Culture). Several interconnected aeroponic growing units may be stationed in a parallel grid to provide ample space for rapid growth of crops, while supplying the water and nutrient solution through a network of pipes and tubes between units.

The invention provides a plant enzyme biological fertilizer, comprising the following components: brown sugar, fresh plants or fruits and vegetables and water. The optimized fresh plants or fruits and vegetables are fruit peel, fruit kernels, leaves and roots of vegetables, fresh tree leaves and the like, which are not used or daily discarded by people. Preferably, the weight percentage of the components is 1 to 3 to 10. The plant enzyme biological fertilizer has the advantages of being easily available in materials, and simple in preparation process; household garbage is organically processed; no harmful substance is discharged; the vitality of enzyme is increased by a natural fermentation method; the using effect is excellent; the plants are strong in growth after being sprayed with the plant enzyme biological fertilizer; plant diseases and insect pests can be effectively reduced and prevented; the soil can be fertilized after the filtered residues are buried; the soil is improved; and the plant roots are developed.

The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, software algorithm and system for evaluating plants for conditions or characteristics. In one aspect, the method can include imaging at least a portion of the plant and evaluating the image for discriminating condition(s) or characteristic(s) of interest. In one example, soybean roots are imaged and the image is evaluated to discriminate between soybean cyst nematode (SCN) cysts and the plant roots to count the number of SCN cysts for the plant. In another embodiment, a plant is illuminated by a ultra-violet radiation selected to cause photo-induced fluorescence of a target, e.g. SCN cysts. The fluorescence emitted is collected and analyzed to discriminate between the target and the remainder of the plant.

The present invention is generally directed to fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member. The invention also relates to recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins, formulations containing the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing the fusion proteins. Methods for stimulating plant growth and for protecting plants from pathogens by applying the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members or the formulations to plants or a plant growth medium are also described. The invention also relates to methods for immobilizing spores of a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member expressing a fusion protein on plant roots.

The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth conditions for plants by growing the plants in soil containing, in proximity to the plant roots, both a phosphorus source and at least two strains of the fungus Penicillium, particularly P. bilaiae, more particularly strains NRRL 50162 and NRRL 50169.

The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth conditions for plants by growing the plants in soil containing, in proximity to the plant roots, both a phosphorus source and at least two strains of the fungus Penicillium, particularly P. bilaiae, more particularly strains NRRL 50162 and NRRL 50169.

The invention discloses a kind of plant root box culture equipment used in rhizosphere oil sample which includes a removable block body and in the block body grip lays two pieces of root room separation mesh piece so it slips the block body into one medial cell and two side cells; at the bottom of block body sets up a guide water board with a hole on it and the locelle irrigation bottom cut locates under the guide water board and at one end of the guide water line locates in the locelle irrigation bottom cut and the other end locates in the cavity of block body through the guide water hole; the side cell sets up a inner lining board slipping in the side cell and the plug board may lay between the inner lining board and the block body and the inner lining board parallels with the center line of the plug board. Adopt the invention's equipment can sampling the different distance oil convenience and accurately.

The invention relates to a microbe soil repairing additive and process for preparation. The process for preparation comprises that liquid microbe fertilizer containing photosynthetic bacteria, bacillus, actinomycete and lactic acid bacteria are absorbed to one or a plurality of natural organic fertilizers as grass peat and zeolite powder or the like, to be mixed proportionally. The invention further relates to the application of the microbe soil repairing additive for repairing soil. The invention can lead useful microbe into soil, uses microbe technique to transfer, absorb, degrade, and convert the contaminant in soil, adjust soil pH value, eliminate soil blocking, and restrain soil-borne disease, thereby improving soil structure, to return soil to original ecologic structure. And the viable bacteria group of the invention is planted in plant root, to quickly grow and deeply insert plant root, thereby improving yield, quality and level of agricultural product, as one ideal fertilizer of organic agriculture, with wide application in agriculture continuous development.

The invention discloses an oligosaccharide-containing foliar fertilizer composite which is characterized in that: the composite comprises oligosaccharide with effective treatment quantity and foliar fertilizer with various elements, wherein the content of the oligosaccharide is 1%-5% of the total weight of the composite; the oligosaccharide comprises chitosan oligosaccharide, sodium alginate oligosaccharide and pectin oligosaccharide; the content of the element foliar fertilizer is 5%-50% of the total weight of the composite; and the element foliar fertilizer comprises at least one of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, boron, ferrum, manganese, copper, zinc and molybdenum. The composite is applied to field crops, commercial crops and fruit and vegetable crops. The oligosaccharide which can induce plants to resist diseases and promote a root system to grow is introduced into the foliar fertilizer, so that the foliar fertilizer composite can promote the growthand the nutrient absorption of plant root systems, and has a certain control effect for restraining the happening of the diseases.

The instant invention relates to compositions and methods for the control of nematodes and soil borne diseases using compositions comprising high terpene containing oils and one or more surfactants. The invention also relates to methods for increasing the wetted soil volume available for water utilization by plant roots using the disclosed compositions.

The invention relates to a slow-release pesticide granula, formed by pesticide active compound, modify amidon, powder and assist agents. Wherein, the invention also provides relative application; the granula can control the active component to be released to condition at preset speed; therefore, the invention can function the plant one time to control their growth in whole season.

The invention relates to a combined restoring method of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil, comprising the following restoring steps of: planting lucerne as perennial leguminous plants in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil; inoculating a mixed bacterial inoculum comprising arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, bacillus and flavobacterium; and meanwhile, adding rhamnolipid as a biosurfactant. By rhizosphere effect generated by plant root exudates, the number and the metabolic activity of soil microorganisms are increased; and by inoculating the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, the plant growth is promoted, and the root exudates are increased, thereby increasing the root accumulation of organic pollutants and the number of root soil microorganisms. The inoculated high-efficiency polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria use plant root secretions as a carbon source and an energy source and can quickly grow and propagate. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is stripped from soil grains by the biosurfactant, and the bioavailability and the degradability of the organic pollutants are increased.

A seed treating agent for promoting the germination of plant seeds, especially the seeds of cistanche, contains gibberelline, naphthylacetic acid, cytokinin, carbendazim, and the optional one of the extracts of three plant roots (tamaisk root, vetchleaf sophora root, etc).

The invention relates to a planting method of famous and precious Chinese herb medicine dendrobium officinale, and the method is characterized in that a cultivation bed of a plantation trough with an undulated bottom is established under a certain facility environment, multiple mixed organic matrixes mainly comprising pine bark are paved, a nondestructive planting technology for stretching tissue culture seedling roots is adopted, and scientific and reasonable dendrobium officinale planting method adopting comprehensive cultivation measures such as a photo and temperature control technology, a fertilizer control technology, an insect and harmful organism nuisanceless control technology and a sustainable harvesting technology is adopted in different growth seasons and for different plants according to the biological characteristics of the dendrobium officinale; and due to the adoption of the method, the ventilation, moisture evaporation and moistening functions of a plant root environment can be enhanced, and harmful substances influencing the growth of the plant can be eliminated in time, so that the plant can grow strong, active components are highly concentrated, the resistance is enhanced, a purpose of high yield and excellent quality can be realized, the high yield and stable yield of the dendrobium officinale can be guaranteed, the product quality is excellent, sustainability for harvesting the dendrobium officinale for multiple years can be realized, and super high yield of fresh products about 600kg per Mu every year can be realized after the method is put into production.

The invention discloses a bacterial strain b capable of resisting the growth of heavy metal Cd and reducing sulfate, and a bacterial strain capable of resisting the growth of the heavy metal Cd and solubilizing phosphate. The classification and name of the bacterial strain b and the bacterial strain are respectively enterbacter ludwigii SRB-2-5U-2 and pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum LB-4-4-1c, which are already preserved in the Common Microbe Center of the China Committee for Culture Collection of Microorganisms. The bacterial strains disclosed by the invention can be used for simultaneously remediating the surface soil, deep soil and rhizosphere soil of a plant, reducing the pollution of Cd to surface water and underground water, and also improving the activity and fertility of the soil.

The invention discloses bacillus megaterium and an application thereof, and belongs to the field of microorganisms. A plant growth promoting bacterium (bacillus megaterium JX15) is collected in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on Dec.20, 2011, the class name is bacillus megaterium and the collection number is CGMCC No.5622. The bacillus megaterium has the beneficial effects that a strain can produce indoleacetic acid with high yield, can be used for nitrogen fixation and can grow by using sparingly-soluble phosphates as phosphorous sources, so as to improve the utilization rates of fertilizers, promote plant root development and absorption of the fertilizers, and increases the contents of soil mineral nitrogen and available phosphorus; the strain has a good effect on promoting growth of peanuts; the high-yield indoleacetic acid promotes the growth and the development of the peanuts; and the nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer utilization rates of the peanuts are relatively high due to the increasing of the contents of the soil mineral nitrogen and the available phosphorus.

The invention discloses a tobacco active biological organic-inorganic special fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The tobacco active biological organic-inorganic special fertilizer is prepared by the following steps of: selecting functional microbial strain and adding the following materials in percentage by weight: 50-70 percent of rapeseed meal, 20-40 percent of sesame seed meal and 10-20 percent of bean meal; mixing, then performing solid fermentation and performing enzymolysis on crude protein in cake meal to form a biological fermentation cake fertilizer with bioactive free amino acid and active small peptide; and then uniformly mixing with an activator and an inorganic fertilizer and chelating to prepare the tobacco active biological organic-inorganic special fertilizer. The tobacco active biological organic-inorganic special fertilizer is characterized by comprising the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 8-12 percent of activator, 20-30 percent of biological fermentation cake fertilizer and 55-75 percent of inorganic fertilizer. According to the invention, a method of combining an organic fertilizer with an inorganic fertilizer and combining nitrate nitrogen with ammonium nitrogen is adopted, the biological fermentation cake fertilizer with the rapeseed meal, sesame seed meal and bean meal as carriers is added, and the raw materials are mixed with the activator and the like to prepare a high-efficiency active fertilizer. The fertilizer has the characteristics of high nutrition, high activity and high efficiency; the tobacco plant root environment can be improved, the root system activity is enhanced, the leaf growth is promoted, the requirements of tobacco plant development on mineral nutrition are fully met, the yield of the tobacco plant and the quality of the tobacco leaf can be obviously improved, the environment pollution is reduced, and the soil is improved.

The invention relates to a dual regulating agent for preventing succession obstacle in protecting cultivation, with components according to following weight proportions: 1-10% of functional bacterial agent of bacillus, streptomycete or gliotoxin of 107-108 cfu / g counted by live bacterial content, 70-98% of progressional agent for organic functional expression such as fermentation organic fertilizer, grass peat or / and brown coal mixture, 5-20% of progressional agent for inorganic function such as zeolite, medical stone or shale. The invention discloses the agent and ite preparing method, and the action is realized by regulating both the immune and growth of root microecology and host, adsorbing functional bacterial onto prossessional agent, considering plant root system, root microorganism and root soil as a microecological system and regulating the population and quantity of microorganism in root system and physicochemical feature of soil to inhibit the population of pathogenic bacteria.

The invention relates to a remediation method of heavy metal contaminated soil, which comprises the following steps that: the heavy metal contaminated soil with lower soil nutrient and organic matter contents is selected to be remedied; the remediation plant sedum plumbizincicola is planted; an organic waste and a bio-surfactant are respectively added at a rhizosphere when the plant height grow to be 5 to 10cm; the bio-surfactant is repeatedly added to the soil every 60d; and after the remediation plant matures, the ground and underground parts are harvested and are centrally treated; and the content of heavy metal in soil is determined. By adding agricultural organic wastes, the soil nutrient and organic matter contents are improved, the increase of plant growth and root exudates is promoted, thus increasing the accumulation of heavy metal in underground roots and ground stems and leaves of the plants, and the quantity of rhizosphere soil microbes. The heavy metals are desorbed from soil particles by the bio-surfactant so as to improve the bioavailability of the heavy metals.

A air root pruning container for plants includes a side wall made of a plurality of segments extending in layers above a base wall with each segment having a larger radius as measured from a central axis than the subjacent segment and with the segments being separated from adjacent segments to provide air root pruning openings between the segments; each segment includes outwardly curved wall portions so that the interior wall surfaces will guide root development to an opening.

A process of recovering rubber from rubber-bearing plant materials in non-aqueous conditions by first drying the rubber-bearing plant material and then mechanically grinding the rubber-bearing plant material to produce rubber threads and finely ground root tissue. Following the mechanical grinding, rubber threads are separated from finely ground plant root tissue by passing the ground plant material over a dry vibrating mesh screen and blowing away the plant root skins to leave rubber threads. The rubber threads may further be purified by stirring the rubber threads in warm water. Then the mixture is settled and the rubber threads are skimmed off. Optimal purification may be obtained by stirring, settling, and skimming off the rubber threads. Another optimal purification can be achieved by stirring continuously in the flowing warm water.

A water proof coil material of good plant piercing resistance is made by a modified asphalt water proof layer and polymer sheet with texture. The polymer sheet is stick to polymer cement gel. The modified asphalt layer is of good resistance of aging and crake. The polymer sheet is covered by texture on one or both sides.

The invention relates to a composition for improving soil, in particular relates to a saline-alkali soil conditioner. The saline-alkali soil conditioner is prepared by mixing the following components by weight percent: 20%-35% of sulfur powder, 20%-30% of humic acid, 5%-10% of bentonite, 20%-25% of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, 8%-12% of calcium superphosphate, 1%-2% of zinc sulfate heptahydrate and 2%-3% of boric acid. The saline-alkali soil conditioner can be used for regulating acid-base level of the soil, and effectively supplementing microelements in the soil, improving the nutritional deficiency symptom of crops, chelating harmful heavy metal elements in the soil, reducing saline and alkali degree, promoting the soil to form a granular structure, improving root growth environment of crops, enhancing saline and alkali resistance of crops, disease resistance and cultivation of resilience, reducing the harm of saline and alkali to plant roots, and releasing the effective phosphorous solidified by the soil, increasing soil fertility, holding water and saving fertilizer so as to finally and completely improve the soil, recover the soil fertility, increase both production and income and improve crop quality and utilization rate of the fertilizer.

The invention discloses complex microbial inoculant which comprises the following active ingredients: bacillus subtilis, bacillus megatherium, trichoderma koningii, aspergillus oryzae, trichoderma viride, geotrichum candidum, aspergillus niger, rhizopus oligosporus, lactobacillus plantarum CICC20768 and azotobacter chroococcum. Correspondingly, the invention further discloses a method for preparing an organic fertilizer from the complex microbial inoculant. The method comprises the following steps: a. uniformly mixing the complex microbial inoculant with a plant fiber raw material to obtain a fermented raw material; b, composting and fermenting the fermentation raw material; c, drying the composted fermentation raw material to obtain the organic fertilizer. microbes of the complex microbial inoculant have no antagonism, and can effectively cooperate in the production process of the organic fertilizer, and the chemical components of the production raw materials can be sufficiently utilized to finally produce the high-quality organic fertilizer. The produced organic fertilizer reaches the parameter indexes of the standard (NY884-2012) of China, can improve the planting property of soil, is beneficial to optimization of soil microbial flora, and can provide comprehensive nutrients to a plant root system.

The invention relates to a riverbank ecological buffering band and a construction method for the same. The construction method comprises the following steps of (1) selecting a construction area, (2) adjusting gradient of the construction area, (3) determining a group construction scheme, and (4) planting plants according to the group construction scheme. The invention further provides a riverbank ecological buffering band constructed according to the method. Plants are optimized without a change of an original soil layer structure of the riverbank buffering band, and sewage can be stopped and controlled before entering the river way; resistance of the sewage is increased when the sewage flows through the buffering band, working time of the sewage between the buffering band and plant roots and the soil micro-bial community can be increased; pollutants can be removed; water and soil loss can be reduced; load of pollutants flowing into the river can be reduced; and land resources can be conserved and environment can be beautified.