2879results about "Fruit crop cultivation" patented technology

A system for automating the growing of crops, such as grapevines. Combinations of data from sensors local to a vineyard, and from optional remote stations and sensors, is combined with a control system to accurately control the dispensing of water and chemicals such as insecticides, disease prevention fungicides and fertilizers. The materials are dispensed through a multiple channel conduit which allows conflicting, or incompatible, types of materials to be transported through a common assembly. Sensors are attached to the conduit so that the placement of sensors can occur simultaneously with the laying of the conduit. This approach also ensures correct placement and spacing of the sensors with respect to each plant, or plant area, to be monitored and treated.

The described invention is an integrated multi-trophic farming process and methods thereof that creates a linkage between aquaculture, hydroponics, agriculture, and algae production. The process and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art of aquaculture, agriculture, hydroponics, and/or algae production to integrate aquaculture practices with their respective industry. The process and methods described within are applied to freshwater, brackish, and/or saltwater aquaculture production systems. The processes and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art to produce fish and/or aquatic animals in conjunction with plant and/or algae crops with less consumption of water, feed, and/or fertilizers when compared to conventional open source farming practices such as but not limited to aquaculture, agriculture, and/or algae production

The invention relates to method for increasing the yield of a plant grown under conditions that cause periodic oxidative stress in said plant, comprising the step of growing a seedling, tissue culture or plantlet into a plant, and further comprising the step of manipulating said plant or the environment of said plant such that an increase in the rate of respiration and/or protein turnover in said plant due to said periodic oxidative stress is intentionally prevented during the early ontogeny of said plant.

A lighting system and method for the growing of a plant seedling is disclosed, including at least one light source (30) for illuminating the plant seedling (39) with grow light during growth stages of the plant seedling growth process, and a controller for the controlling the spectral power distribution of the grow light emitted from the light source (30) such that the grow light in at least some growth stages of the plant seedling growth process comprises more energy in the blue wavelength range than in other growth stages of the plant seedling growth process. In use cases where the grow light is supplementing available daylight, an additional sensor (33) may be used to measure the amount and spectral composition of daylight and control the grow light such that spectral power distribution of total light received by the plant seedling is controlled accordingly.

Disclosed are: a lighting environment control facility capable of controlling light to be irradiated on cultivated crops to an optimum condition for the growth of the crops, thereby activating a natural defense of the crops against pests; a pest control method capable of determining whether or not to control pests of cultivated crops and controlling the pests on the basis of the determination; and an intensive cultivation method. The facility is used for pesticide-free cultivation, and includes a crop cultivation house which is formed of a light transmissive material and in which crops are cultivated, and a lighting control unit that controls the light to be irradiated upon the crops in the crop cultivation house. The lighting control unit is adapted to control spectral radiance (B₁) of a wavelength range of blue light, spectral radiance (R₁) of a wavelength range of red light, and spectral radiance (FR₁) of a wavelength range of far-red light among the light to be irradiated on the crops that are cultivated in the crop cultivation house so as to be a predetermined condition.

A material for assisting in at least one of germination, protection, hydration, and thriving of seeds and the plants originating therefrom treats a seed with a tackifier or binder, such as corn syrup or the like, which secures a layer of hydrating polymer particles thereto. Nutrients, protectants, and the like may be absorbed in the polymer before or after coating of a seed thereby. Weighting materials, extenders, flowing agents, and the like may assist in the functioning or handling of the coated seeds.

A method and a system for increasing the degree days in the immediate environment of fruit bearing vines for the cultivation of particular fruit bearing vines, such as non-rustic vinifera variety vines, in unfavourable climatic regions where the degree days is insufficient for the full maturity of the fruit, is described. Rows of the vines are protected in removable shelters which have a removable tarp cover disposed over a support frame structure to shield the rows of vines from the harsh, vine damaging, winter month temperatures while keeping the vines in a controlled temperature environment. Heated liquid circulation conduits are supported in the shelters at predetermined locations and provide controlled heat during the winter months to prevent the vines and the cordon bearing spuds of the vines from damaging cold temperatures. In the early spring the roots are activated early and the tarp is removed and a transparent film sheet covering is substituted to admit sunlight to help activate the vine early to gain degree days. The method and system is also applicable to semi-rustic or rustic wine producing grape vines grown in these climatic regions having degree days down to about 1200.

The invention discloses a premature efficient cultivation method of greenhouse vegetables. The method comprises the following steps of step I, constructing a greenhouse; step II, adjusting and controlling environment conditions in the greenhouse; step III, performing anniversary crop rotation arrangement of greenhouse vegetables; step IV, cultivating vegetables in the greenhouse; and step V, controlling diseases and insect pests and physiological barriers. According to the method disclosed by the invention, appropriate vegetable varieties are selected, fertilizer damage, pesticide damage, drought damage and continuous cropping obstruction can be overcome, and the cultivation efficiency is improved.

The present invention relates to cucumber lines having increased resistance to Downy Mildew. The present invention also relates to parts of cucumber plants from lines having increased Downy Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing cucumber plants with increased Downy Mildew resistance. Further provided are methods of producing such plants by genetic marker assisted selection.

The present invention relates to methods of improving germination rates of plants or crops, and of preventing or arresting water evaporation loss from targeted soil areas by use of soil additives, which allow for improved water utilization by crops, plants, grasses, vegetation, etc.

A device for promoting root function of a plant may include a first container configured to retain a root growing medium; a second container below the first container, wherein the second container is configured to store a liquid; an insulated enclosure surrounding the first container and the second container and including an opening above the first container that is sized so that the plant may grow through the opening; a pump configured to transport the liquid from the second container to the first container; a heater within the insulated enclosure; and a flow path from the first container to the second container that allows the liquid to flow from the first container to the second container after the liquid is transported to the first container.

The invention discloses a greenhouse system and a greenhouse plantation method. The greenhouse system comprises a supporting frame and a first greenhouse film arranged on the supporting frame. The greenhouse system is characterized by also comprising a film rolling mechanism, wherein the film rolling mechanism comprises a film rolling shaft for rolling the first greenhouse film, and a driving mechanism which drives the film rolling shaft to move; the film rolling shaft is provided with a rotation part used for converting linear movement into rotary movement to drive the film rolling shaft to rotate; the supporting frame is also provided with a cooperation part used for cooperating with the rotation part to drive the rotation part to rotate; the lower edge of the first greenhouse film is arranged on the film rolling shaft. The greenhouse system is automatically started in a large range, and the quality of agricultural products is improved.

The invention discloses electrolytic functional water and an application method thereof in crop planting, and relates to the technical field of crop planting. The electrolytic functional water is prepared from: S1. electrolytic water: electrolyzing a potassium carbonate solution to obtain an alkaline electrolyzed water solution; electrolyzing a sodium chloride solution to obtain an acidic electrolyzed water solution; S2, A liquid, adding a plant ash leaching solution into the alkaline electrolyzed water solution, adding a chitosan aqueous solution, and diluting to obtain the A liquid, whereina mass concentration of the plant ash leaching solution in an obtained diluent is 0.5-1%; and S3, B liquid, fermenting and decomposing waste traditional Chinese medicine residues, soaking in water, stirring, filtering, adding a filtrate into the acidic electrolyzed water solution, and then diluting to obtain the B liquid. The electrolytic functional water can reduce use of pesticides and chemicalfertilizers and control a pollution source of environment and agricultural products, protects the environment, guarantees that crops have good disease and insect resistance and high yield, improves quality of the agricultural products, and has wide application prospect.

The invention relates to a plant growth precision control method based on a production base. The plant growth precision control method comprises the steps of: 1, carrying out monitoring and photographing on a plant, acquiring plant images, and recognizing a current growth stage of the plant according to image recognition processing; 2, performing spectral analysis on the shot plant pictures, determining growth characteristics of the plant, wherein the growth characteristics comprise a coupling relation between canopy leaves of the plant and nutrient elements; 3, collecting environmental factors in a planting region, and determining the environmental factors correspondingly matched with each growth stage of the plant according to the environmental factors; and 4, forming growth environmentfactors according to the current growth stage of the plant in combination with the growth characteristics and the environment factors, matching a growth management and control model corresponding to the growth stage according to the growth environment factors, and controlling and adjusting the growth environment factors of the plant according to the growth control model. According to the plant growth precision control method, the plant production operation and maintenance level is improved, the personnel labor is reduced, the labor cost is reduced, and factory planting of plants is realized.

The invention discloses an organic cultivation method capable of improving a sugar degree of tomatoes, and belongs to the field of organic cultivation of the tomatoes. The organic cultivation method capable of improving the sugar degree of the tomatoes comprises the following steps: (1) soaking seeds of the tomatoes, accelerating germination, after the seeds germinated, performing sowing, and raising seedlings; (2) planting the tomato seedlings in a field, performing field management, and when a first fruit set of the tomatoes enters a fruit setting period, irrigating roots by using an EM fermented calcium chloride solution; and (3) when tomato fruits are matured, performing harvesting, so as to complete the method. According to the organic cultivation method capable of improving the sugardegree of the tomatoes provided by the invention, an EM diluted solution is adopted to soak the seeds, straw is used for covering in a full growth period after the tomatoes are planted, the EM fermented calcium chloride solution is adopted to irrigate the roots in the fruit setting period, and when the tomato fruits enter an expansion period, a low-concentration EM fermented calcium chloride solution is adopted for foliar spraying; and the method can effectively improve the yield and quality of the tomatoes, especially improve a sugar content of the tomatoes, and has a remediation effect on soil.

The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV2794TD and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV2794TD and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

The invention relates to the field of disease and pest control, and provides a green and safe disease and pest control method. Staging control is carried out according to different growth periods of plants. The specific control sequences and steps are as follows: (1), disease and pest control in the early stage comprises: control on damping-off, sheath blight and stubby root nematode before soil is not cultivated, and control on pests having relatively high mobility or needing adults to lay eggs and hatch, such as locusts, armyworms and moths, before plants are planted; (2), disease and pest control in seedling raising and seedling stages comprises: selection and use of disease-resistant varieties and health seedlings, disinfection of seeds and substrates, and control on whiteflies, flea beetles and cutworms in the seedling stage; and (3), disease and pest control in field planting and after field planting comprises: environmental management, water and fertilizer management, and adoption of different botanical fungicides and methods for different diseases and pests. Besides, the invention specifically discloses specific disease and pest control methods of Chinese cabbages, tomatoes, strawberries and hami melons. The green and safe disease and pest control method in the invention has the benefits that: a disease and pest control system is formed; and the method is wide in application range, good in effect and free from pesticide residue.