1187results about "Leaf crop cultivation" patented technology

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.

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.

The invention provides a method for restoring the vegetation and ecology of an opencast coal mine dump in a steppe area and relates to the technical field of grassland restoration. The method includes: storing top soil; arranging the mine dump; covering soil, to be more specific, covering the surface layer of the mine dump with the stored top soil after the mine dump arranging; planting plants, tobe more specific, sowing different types of seeds into the mine dump in a mixed manner, wherein mechanical or manual sowing is adopted on the slope of the mine dump, and mechanical sowing is adoptedon the flat part of the mine dump; performing management after the plant planting. By the method, the vegetation of the mine dump can be restored, and the ecological functions of the coal dump can berestored.

The invention relates to the technical field of plant cultivation by artificial light, particularly provides a light environment method for full-artificial light cultivation of plants in order to provide a full-artificial light source for plant growth. The light source herein includes light wave 620-760 nm in frequency; the light wave 620-760 nm in frequency accounts for 64-76% of the whole photonquantity of the light source. Compared with traditional light sources, such as existing fluorescent lamps and high-voltage sodium lamps, the light source proportion and the light source combination mode employed herein help greatly increase the yield of plants. Compared with traditional LED light proportion schemes, the light source proportion herein has the advantages that the selected light frequency is more accurate, influence from other plant growth parameters is little, better specificity is imparted to the promotion of plant growth process, and the precise light wave frequency, peak wavelength and photon ratio precise combination and proportioning allow the plant growth effect to be controlled more precisely, so that plant growth is promoted.

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 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.

The invention provides a crop rotation method for rice and rape. Microbial fertilizer and phosphorus gypsum are matched, and meanwhile earthworms are put, so that soils are improved and fertilizers for rape and rice growth are provided. According to the crop rotation method, on one hand, yields are improved, on the other hand, adsorption of a saline-alkali land to different kinds of saline matterscan be accelerated, improvement speed of the saline-alkali land can be accelerated, yields of rape and rice are increased year by year, and improvement of the saline-alkali land can be basically completed after 2-3 years.

In a method for increasing biological carbon reserve and carbon sequestration, excellent and high-output bio-varieties are selected, small bio-varieties grow big, short bio-varieties grow high, and long, thin bio-varieties grow thick, light bio-varieties grow heavy and amount of bio-varieties increases. The method comprises steps of (1) breeding high-output organisms to improve output and increase biosphere carbon reserve total amount, (2) utilizing organic fertilizers and humic acid, biological bacterial fertilizers to a saline-alkali soil, draught desert lands and polluted soil to improvethe soil, then planting high-output plants, improving output by a cutting technology, accelerating root update and enlarging soil carbon reserve amount, and (3) collecting, forming, seal-packing and comprehensively utilizing the biology, controlling amount of carbon in the biosphere released to the atmosphere. Atmospheric carbon dioxide negative growth can be realized; haze can be eliminated; andglobal climate change can be adjusted.

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.

The invention discloses a method for preventing and controlling Chinese wolfberry aphids. According to the method, a pest-prevention plant is introduced to a Chinese wolfberry garden. The pest-prevention plant is any one of marigold, fenugreek, perilla, alfalfa, clover, mozzie buster, violet, hembane, cumin, dianthus chinensis, calliopsis, lavender and mint. The method for preventing and controlling the Chinese wolfberry aphids is based on the concept of ecological regulation for prevention and control of pests, and the cultivation of the pest-prevention plant in the Chinese wolfberry garden effectively suppresses the Chinese wolfberry from being damaged by the aphids and can achieve continuous control. The use of pesticides is fundamentally reduced, the pesticide residue problem is effectively solved and the product safety and export quality of the Chinese wolfberry are significantly improved.

A holder for producing a plant of any one of lettuce, sprout and herbs, having a container and a semi-permeable filter, for defining a closed space for wholly accommodating the plant; a reservoir for holding an amount of liquid in the close space; and a passage which is open during use for supplying the liquid to the plant, wherein the reservoir, the container and the semi-permeable filter are arranged to allow the whole plant to grow in the closed space, wherein the semi-permeable filter has a vapour permeation capacity related to a type of the plant and the content of the reservoir, and wherein the amount of liquid is pre-determined corresponding to the vapour permeation capacity, such that the amount of liquid is sufficient for the plant to be isolated in the closed space from cultivation through to offering for sale.

A method for cultivating Monarda fistulosa for production of thymoquinone includes planting seeds at rates between about 2.5 and about 5 pounds per acre, preferably about 4 pounds per acre. The heavy rate of planting produces plants bearing oil without weed contamination and reduces herbicide use due to production of natural herbicides by the monarda plants. Seeding and mowing the first season, and harvesting in seasons thereafter reduce costs. The method results in increased production of essential oils including thymoquinone and thymohydroquinone at levels up to about 40% or more of recovered oils, and which may be distilled from the plant.

The invention discloses a green, weather-proof and high-yield oilseed rape planting method. The green, weather-proof and high-yield oilseed rape planting method comprises the following steps of seed preprocessing, preparation of a germination acceleration triggering seed-soaking solution, seed soaking, preparation of a seed coating for oilseed rapes, oilseed rape seed treatment by using the seed coating, germination acceleration, seedling raising, planting field treatment, seedling transplantation and field planting, fertilization at a seedling stage, disease and pest prevention and control and harvesting. By adopting the planting method, the emergence rate of oilseed rape seeds is high, buds are thick, healthy and strong and are resistant to cold and freezing, the use amount of fertilizers is small, the use amount of organic fertilizers is large, pollution is reduced, the method is friendly and non-toxic to the environment, the fertilizer efficiency is improved, the oilseed rape yieldis effectively increased, meanwhile planted oilseed rape seeds are non-toxic, harmless and free of pesticide residues and are green, healthy and good in quality, the cost is reduced, powerful guarantee is provided for large-scale planting, and the green, weather-proof and high-yield oilseed rape planting method has a higher practical value and a good application prospect.

The invention relates to a high-mountain green cultivation method for tender stems and leaves of rapes with extremely early mature, and belongs to the technical field of rape cultivation. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a special variety of the rapes with extremely early mature, performing seed treatment, performing sowing, covering seeds by a phosphate fertilizer, performing covering with an arched film, performing scientific fertilization, performing green pest, disease and weed prevention and control, and performing timely harvesting. The method provided by the inventionutilizes the special variety and a high-mountain green cultivation technology, breaks through the planting bottleneck of the tender stems and leaves of the rapes, and sweet and refreshing products ofthe tender stems and leaves of the rapes can also be planted in April to August. According to the cultivation method, an organic fertilizer is applied in the whole process, so that the method is green and environmentally friendly, and can improve the mouthfeel of the tender stems and leaves of the rapes, and the tender stems and leaves of the rapes are sweet, refreshing, tender and juicy when being eaten, and suitable for stir-fry dishes cooked in a small wok, hot pot, and cold and dressed with sauce, and can be processed into dried vegetables; and the tender stems and leaves of the rapes have good commodity nature, and the method can provide green vegetables in the off seasons of vegetables, seizes an off-season market, cultivates local special industries, improves planting benefits of the rapes, and increases farmer income.

The invention discloses selenium-rich vegetable seedlings, a cultivation method thereof and vegetables produced rich in organic selenium. The selenium-rich vegetable seedlings have a total selenium content of 18-1620 microgram / piece when being transplanted. The method comprises the steps of adding nano-selenium plant nutrient into nursery soil or a nursery land during vegetable seedling raising phase, and cultivating selenium-rich vegetable seedlings according to a vegetable seedling raising method. The vegetables rich in organic selenium have a selenium content of 10-300 microgram / kg, with an organic selenium content of over or equal to 80 percent. The invention have the advantages that the vegetables are rich in selenium, the overall selenium content is uniform, and the ratio of organic selenium is improved by the method, thereby solving the problem of selenium content stability in different batches of vegetables in the prior art, ensuring uniform selenium content in the vegetables, and realizing standardized scale production.

The invention discloses a method for treating continuous cropping soil of panax pseudo-ginseng by using a soil fumigant dazomet. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) soil preparation, (2)fumigation pretreatment, (3) film covering for fumigation and (4) film removing for ventilation. The method has the advantages that: the seedling survival rate of seed twigs of panax pseudo-ginseng inthe continuous cropping soil can be improved effectively, and meanwhile the growth trend of plants of panax pseudo-ginseng can be enhanced effectively; and the continuous cropping soil can be supplemented with trace elements through pretreatment of the continuous cropping soil, so that the seedling survival rate of the seed twigs of panax pseudo-ginseng in the soil is improved.

The invention discloses a Foeniculum vulgare cultivation method. The Foeniculum vulgare cultivation method includes the following steps: a first step, selecting a land, turning up the land, and applying a fertilizer; a second step, soaking seeds of Foeniculum vulgare; a third step, using a drill seeder to sow the processed seeds of the Foeniculum vulgare in the second step to the land covered by amulching film in the first step; a fourth step, watering the Foeniculum vulgare in a day and night alternative manner watering manner after the Foeniculum vulgare germinate, wherein a spraying watering manner is adopted at daytime, and an atomizing watering manner is adopted at nighttime; spraying leaves with a foliage fertilizer during the 2-4 leaf period of seedlings of the Foeniculum vulgare;thinning the seedlings timely after all the seedlings of the Foeniculum vulgare emerge, wherein two parallel Foeniculum vulgare plants should be thinned into a single Foeniculum vulgare plant, the plant spacing is about 5 cm, and seedling thinning and weeding are performed. The Foeniculum vulgare cultivation method can perform management from seed processing, can improve the germination rate of the seeds through scientific processing, can shorten the germination period of the seeds of the Foeniculum vulgare, and can increase the yield of the Foeniculum vulgare; and the foliage fertilizer is applied to the Foeniculum vulgare, thereby promoting microelement absorption of the Foeniculum vulgare and improving the nutrimental value of the Foeniculum vulgare.

A method for producing baby leaf lettuce is disclosed. The invention relates to using dwarf lettuce plants for baby leaf lettuce production in the field and in the greenhouse instead of non-dwarf conventional lettuce. The invention further relates to planting dwarf lettuce seed at a high density in the field and harvesting dwarf baby leaf lettuce leaves over a longer period of time than that for non-dwarf conventional lettuce.

The invention discloses a prevention and control method for coriander frankliniella occidentalis. The method comprises the steps that 1) preparation is completed before planting; 2) a silicon fertilizer is applied, and the applying method is that in the early stage of coriander planting, the silicon fertilizer with the concentration of 2-10 kilograms per mu is used for flushing, applying and dropirrigation; 3) a nitrogenous fertilizer is applied, the nitrogenous fertilizer is one or more of 1.0%-3.0% of urea solution, 0.5%-1.5% of ammonium bicarbonate solution, 0.3%-1.0% of sal volatile solution and 0.1%-1.0% of hartshorn, and the fertilizer is sprayed to portions outside roots; 4) artificial isolation is adopted. The method is used for preventing and controlling the frankliniella occidentalis, pesticide residues on coriander are reduced, coriander quality is improved, safety threat of pesticide to creatures is reduced, and chemical pesticide resistance generation of the frankliniellaoccidentalis is reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of plant lighting, in particular to a light environment control method for controlling plant metabolic substances. In all stages of plant cultivation, traditional full artificial continuous lighting is adopted, and at least one type of intermittent lighting is added, by cooperating with other growing environments, aubergine vegetables good in coloring can be rapidly obtained, reduction of output cannot occur, and meanwhile the anthocyanin content, vitamin C and soluble protein content in the aubergine vegetables can be improved; the quality of the aubergine vegetables is further improved, and the appearance and flavor of the aubergine vegetables are improved.

The invention discloses a planting method for greenhouse organic spinach. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of 1, organic fertilizer manufacturing, wherein organic fertilizer raw materials are subjected to high-temperature sterilization, ammoniation treatment and dual-fermentation; 2, soil treatment, wherein organic fertilizer is applied to greenhouse planting soil, a sodium hypochlorite solution and a plant fungicide are used for performing atomization sterilization separately, and then a mixed bacterium solution is sprayed to the planting soil; 3, seed germinationacceleration, wherein spinach seeds are soaked into hot water for soaking and germination acceleration, and then soaked into the plant fungicide to be cultivated; 4, greenhouse planting, wherein germinated seeds are sown in a greenhouse seedling bed for greenhouse cultivation; 5, pest control, wherein the mixed bacterium agent and the plant fungicide are used separately for spraying every 3-4 days, and then the ozone volume concentration in the greenhouse is increased every 12-15 days.

Provided is a method of producing an inoculum, which can drastically reduce a time to complete a reaction for mineralizing an organic material into nitrate nitrogen and can add a large amount of the organic material at one time in a multiple parallel mineralization for generating nitrate nitrogen as inorganic nutrients from the organic material, resulting in efficient generation of a high concentration of nitrate nitrogen and drastic reduction of the amount of a microorganism source added. The method of producing an inoculum comprises: placing water in a container that can store water therein, inoculating microorganisms capable of conducting a multiple parallel mineralization thereinto, and maintaining an environment that allows the multiple parallel mineralization to proceed in the water, thereby culturing the microorganisms capable of conducting a multiple parallel mineralization; forming a biofilm on a solid surface that contacts with the water and then collecting the biofilm; and utilizing the collected biofilm as an inoculum of the microorganisms optimized as a catalyst for the multiple parallel mineralization.

The invention provides seed and plants of the spinach line designated SMB66-1114F. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach line SMB66-1114F, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing a plant of spinach line SMB66-1114F with itself or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of spinach line SMB66-1114F, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

The invention discloses an optimized fertilization method for winter rape. The optimized fertilization method comprises the following steps: 1) determining the target yield of the winter rape in a target area according to the recent three-year output in the target area; 2) determining the soil nutrient supply grade and the winter rape fertilization yield response as well as the agronomic efficiency; 3) calculating in combination with the target yield, the yield response, the agronomic efficiency and the soil nutrient supply grade to obtain the recommended fertilization amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium required by the winter rape to obtain the target yield; 4) fertilizing soil according to the recommended fertilization amount of the nitrogen, the phosphorus and the potassium. The fertilization method is suitable for a winter rape rotation planting area in the Yangtze River Basin of China; the recommended fertilization method obtained by calculation has the characteristic ofbeing highly-targeted, and can effectively improve the yield of the winter rape and improve the fertilizer utilization rate and the economic efficiency.