1969results about "Germinating apparatus" patented technology

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.

An automated seed sampler includes a sampling station; a sampler for removing material from a seed in the sampling station; a seed conveyer for conveying the seed from the sampling station to a compartment in a seed tray; and a conveyor for conveying the material removed from the seed to a corresponding compartment in a sample tray. The method of the present invention comprises feeding seeds individually to a sampling station, removing a sample from the seed in the sampling station; conveying the sample to a compartment in a sample tray, and conveying the seed to a corresponding compartment in a seed tray. The samples can be tested, and the seeds can be sorted according to the results of the testing of their corresponding samples.

An apparatus for the automated testing of seeds includes a testing device having a testing stage, for analyzing a seed delivered to the testing stage; and a conveyor for automatically individually conveying each of a plurality of seeds in a tray between individual compartments in the tray and the testing stage of the testing device.

A capacitive touchpad comprises a membrane and a printed circuit board combined together. The membrane comprises an X trace and a Y trace with an insulator layer inserted therebetween, and the printed circuit board has connection pads on a top side of a substrate that are electrically connected to the X and Y traces. The printed circuit board further comprises vias connected between the connection pads and a conductor layer on the bottom side of the substrate. To form the capacitive touchpad, the membrane and printed circuit board are individually produced in advance, and then combined together. Alternatively, the membrane is printed on the printed circuit board.

An automated seed sampler includes a sampling station; a sampler for removing material from a seed in the sampling station; a seed conveyer for conveying the seed from the sampling station to a compartment in a seed tray; and a conveyor for conveying the material removed from the seed to a corresponding compartment in a sample tray. The method of the present invention comprises feeding seeds individually to a sampling station, removing a sample from the seed in the sampling station; conveying the sample to a compartment in a sample tray, and conveying the seed to a corresponding compartment in a seed tray. The samples can be tested, and the seeds can be sorted according to the results of the testing of their corresponding samples.

This invention provides method and devices for receiving and/or delivering liquid to an object, devices for delivering liquid to a plant/seed/growing medium comprising: a conduit comprising: at least two about parallel plates one or more walls substantially sealing the plates and forming a substantially enclosed space, such that the devices are useful in hydroponic gardens. This invention also provides hydroponic gardens with such devices. The parallel plates and the walls can be rigid and hydrophobic.

The invention relates to a method for treating plant seeds by plasmas and a device for realizing the method. The plasmas of the invention are cold plasmas generated by dielectric barrier discharge under the atmospheric pressure, wherein the cold plasmas are generated in the air; the working air pressure is the atmospheric pressure; an electric source for the dielectric barrier discharge is a high-frequency and high-voltage electric source with the frequency range from 50 Hz to 20 kHz and the voltage range from 1 kV to 10 kV; and the plant seeds are treated by the plasmas for 5 to 129 sec. Thedevice for realizing the seed treating method of the invention comprises a seed treating cavity, a plasma generator for generating the plasmas in the seed treating cavity and a transmitting device capable of controlling the retention time of the seeds in the seed treating cavity. The treating operation on the plant seeds by using the atmospheric-pressure plasmas does not refer to DNA recombination, does not relate to structural genovariation of the plant seeds, and cannot cause hazards. The method only denatures the plant seeds to make the advantages become more prominent.

The invention discloses a method for propagating Phytoseiulus Persimilis, which comprises the steps: planting and cultivation of host plant, inoculation and feeding of Tetranychus cinnabarinus, inoculation and feeding of Phytoseiulus Persimilis as well as collection, package and refrigeration of Phytoseiulus Persimilis. The method takes mass propagation of Phytoseiulus Persimilis as the purpose, provides technical support for feeding Phytoseiulus Persimilis on scale, and provides special predacity natural enemy for Tetranychus pest mites on greenhouse crops for biological control. The invention is a production method in which living hosts (firstly host plant and host Tetranychidae are cultivated) are adopted for feeding Phytoseiulus Persimilis, and makes a series of breakthroughs on key techniques for artificial mass propagation of Phytoseiulus Persimilis. The method of the invention can lead the production cost of Phytoseiulus Persimilis to be stabilized, the production period to be 25 days, and the production scale to reach 10,000/m<2>.

The invention relates to a technique of ginseng planting, in particular to a method for planting ginseng on a farmland, which includes: land selection, soil improvement, bed making, seed sprouting, seeding, transplanting, shed erection, field management, overwintering cold protection, and ginseng root harvesting. By improving and regulating relevant technical steps and parameters in ginseng planting, the method is more reasonable and highly operable, regulated planting is achieved, farmland soil quality is improved, the requirements of ginseng cultivation are met, ginseng quality is guaranteed, and popularization of ginseng planting on farmlands is benefited. The sprouting is achieved by the sand and water process, seed opening rate reaches more than 90%, and germination rate is increased. Annual ginseng seedlings are used for transplanting, the transplanted seedlings continue growing for 4-5 years on the same farmland, and accordingly land resources are saved, ginseng growth and double-tuber ginseng formation are benefited, photosynthetic area is enlarged, and ginseng quality and yield are increased.

This invention provides methods, devices, and kits for growing a plant or germinating a seed into a plant; methods and devices for delivering oxygen to a plant or a seed which will germinate into a plant; methods and devices for delivering liquid to a plant; methods and devices for increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in a liquid to be delivered to a plant; methods and devices for increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in a liquid within a hydroponics device; terraced oxygenators; aspirators, downdraft venturis, net baskets; germination caps, sets of germination caps; methods for increasing the likelihood of germination of a seed; seed-bearing support media; methods for germinating a seed; and smart garden devices for hydroponics growing systems.

The invention provides a paddy seedling culture method. The steps of laying plastic film 1 by a seedbed, laying and cultivating seedling substance 2, spraying liquid fertilizer 3, processing 4 before sowing paddy, sowing 5, covering film 6, managing seedbed 7 and preventing and treating diseases 8 in seedling stages are adopted for paddy seedling culture. When used for paddy seedling culture, the paddy seedling culture method of the invention can realize quick seedling emergence, strong seedling, plant disease and insect pest prevention and well-developed root system, is easy to form continuous seeding pieces, is favourable for mechanized transplantation and can quickly survive seedlings after transplantation. The invention is suitable for paddy seedling culture.

A method for cultivating plants is described. The method comprises the steps of sowing seeds in the growing medium in sterilised pots (17) using a sowing device (7), allowing the seeds to germinate in a germination device (8), automatically moving the pots through a greenhouse (2) to allow the germinated seeds to grow into plants (43), harvesting the grown plants using a harvester (5), and sterilising the pots with the growing medium in a sterilisation device (6) after harvest in order to provide sterilised pots (17) with a growing medium. An arrangement for performing the method is also described.

The invention discloses a method for directly seeding rice, which comprises the following steps of: preparing soil; preparing a slag fertilizer; soaking seeds and accelerating germination; digging holes and seeding in a dry field; weeding; fertilizing in a land for growing field crops; thinning; and preventing and controlling plant diseases and insect pests. Since the method for directly seeding the rice directly digs holes and seeds in the field, the method can ensure that rice in a dry area grows normally by using a little amount of water before the head sprouting process of the rice, achieves good drought-resisting and water-saving effects, eliminates the transplanting step, avoids damaging root systems of the rice, strengthens the tillering capacity of the rice, achieves high yield, simplifies the working procedure, saves labor force, has low production cost, high efficiency and convenient operation, and can be widely used for planting rice in mountain areas, hilly areas, easily droughty areas and water-lacking dead angles of pieces of paddy fields.

The invention belongs to the biotechnology field and relates to a hormone-free cultivation and rapid propagation method of dendrobium candidum axenic seedlings. The hormone-free cultivation and rapid propagation method comprises the steps: germinating dendrobium candidum seeds in an axenic mode; forming and preserving protocorms and seedlings; rooting and proliferating unrooted seedlings, cultivating sound seedlings; and toughening and transplanting the axenic seedlings. The technology has convenient operation, small occupied space and low production cost, is convenient to industrially produce and apply on a large scale and is beneficial to retaining the excellent property of the seedlings and increase the use safety of the seedlings when being used for propagating the dendrobium candidum.

The invention discloses a hydro-fluctuation belt wetland vegetation restoration proper species screening method. The method includes: investigating region vegetation, and preliminarily selecting species suitable for region vegetation restoration from the aspects of life form and growth form of species; adopting a soil seed bank germination experiment to screen to obtain omissive proper plants; inferring proper plants for vegetation restoration of a hydro-fluctuation belt according to vegetation investigation on the hydro-fluctuation belt and the soil seed bank germination experiment of the same; performing a waterlogging tolerance experiment on the proper plants, and screening proper species for region vegetation restoration; according to waterlogging tolerance and region hydrologic changing characteristics, arranging the proper species obtained by screening, and conducting practice demonstration of vegetation restoration. The method is conducive to preventing genetic drift caused by gene flow and maintaining a gene bank of local species stable, less prone to causing intrusion of foreign species and provides technical support and scientific guidance for large-area demonstration and popularization of vegetation restoration in regions like reservoir hydro-fluctuation belts, riparian zones and tidal flat wetland.

The invention discloses an organic pepper substrate cultivation method and belongs to the field of vegetable cultivation. The method includes the following steps of cultivation substrate preparation, variety selection, seedling sowing, cultivation management, disease, pest and weed control and harvesting. According to the organic pepper substrate cultivation method, substrates are easy to prepare, the sources of raw materials are wide, the effect of fertilizers is good, the method is suitable for large-scale production of organic peppers, the cultivation modes of greenhouse cultivation and field cultivation can be chosen according to the actual situation, the production process is in full compliance with national organic product certification standards, products can be sold as organic vegetables in the market after a 3-year transition period, the occurrence of diseases and pests is low in the production process, the products are high in yield and good in quality, the food safety is guaranteed, and the economic input-output ratio is high.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of a seed. In various embodiments, the method may comprise vibrating the seed to orient the seed on an axis, identifying a location of a known feature of the seed, determining a sample location on the seed based on the location of the known feature, and performing a non-destructive testing procedure on the seed proximate the sample location. In one embodiment, the method may comprise removing a sample portion of the seed from the sample location without damaging the embryo of the seed. Accordingly, the viability of the seed may be maintained while allowing for subsequent testing on the sample portion of the seed.

The invention discloses a hyperspectrum-based seed germination rate online-detection method. The method comprises the following steps: 1, carrying out hyperspectral image acquisition of seed training samples, and extracting the characteristic parameters of the hyperspectral images of the seed training samples under a characteristic wave band; 2, testing the seed training samples by utilizing a traditional process to obtain a germination result of the seed training samples; 3, establishing a hyperspectrum-based seed germination rate predication model with the characteristic parameters and spectral reflection values of the hyperspectral images of the seed training samples under the characteristic wave band as input and the seed germination result as output; and 4, carrying out hyperspectral image acquisition of seeds for detection, and utilizing the seed germination rate predication model to detect in order to obtain the germination rate of the seeds for detection. The invention also discloses a hyperspectrum-based seed germination rate online-detection apparatus. The simple, rapid, lossless and real time detection of the germination rate of seeds is realized in the invention.

The invention discloses a paddy rice planting method comprising the steps of: 1, land preparation; 2, seed soaking and germination accelerating; 3, seedling raising; 4, transplanting; 5, irrigating; 6, fertilizer top dressing; 7, pest and disease controlling; and 8, harvesting. According to the paddy rice planting method, a standardized cultivation manner is adopted. The land is prepared, and fertilizer top dressing is carried out. Certain fertilizer ratios are strictly adopted. Therefore, problems of low survival rate, low yield, and high pest and disease rate of prior arts are overcome. Fertilizing is reasonable, such that the method is environment-friendly. The method is simple to operate, and assists in improving germination rate of paddy rice seeds and promoting healthy growth of paddy rice during the seedling period. The method is highly practical.

Apparatus, methods, and systems for useful sampling of seed, wherein viability is maintained, are disclosed. Seed from one generation in a plant advancement experiment is individually sampled by removal and collection of tissue from the seed using a hand-held and manually operated tool having one or more cutting edges. The tissue is then processed to derive one or more biochemical, genetic, or phenotypic characteristic of the seed before a decision is made whether to utilize that seed further in a plant advancement experiment or other plant research and development. In some embodiments of the method, the sampling is controlled to remove a useful amount of tissue for analytical purposes without significant effect on viability potential of the sampled seed. In some embodiments, the sampling is controlled to deter contamination of the sample. In some embodiments, the seed is held in pre-determined orientation to facilitate efficient and accurate sampling.