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The present invention discloses a drought-resistant maize soaking liquid. The soaking liquid per liter comprises the following components: 0.23-23mg of melatonin, 0.13-13mg of L-aspartic acid, 9-11mg of potassium hydroxide, 0.4-0.6ml of ethanol and the balance of water. The maize seeds are soaked by using the drought-resistant maize soaking liquid disclosed by the invention before seeding, so that the problem that the maize seed germination rate is low under the drought condition in current maize production is effectively solved. The drought-resistant maize soaking liquid disclosed by the present invention has is reasonable in formula, simple in process, low in investment and good in effect.

The invention discloses a planting method of tea. The planting method of the tea comprises the following steps of: selecting seeds, carrying out soil preparation, adjusting soil pH value, applying base fertilizer, carrying out field planting, pruning and carrying out tea garden management, wherein cold-resistant tea species applicable to high-altitude mountainous area planting are selected, the soil pH value is adjusted to be 4.6-5.0 according to soil texture condition after the soil preparation is carried out; a two-row single plant manner needs to be adopted in the field planting of tea seedlings, the row spacing is 30cm, a triangle is formed among plants, cinnamomum camphora and persimmon trees are planted between rows of tea trees and at the periphery of a tea garden, organic fertilizer top dressing is carried out according to growth condition of the tea trees, the tea trees are appropriately pruned, and growth of lateral branches of the tea trees is facilitated. A multi-dimensional mode is adopted for developing an efficient tea planting method, an organic fertilizer is applied, multilayer greening is realized, ecology is protected, and the planting method disclosed by the invention is applicable to high-altitude mountainous area planting.

The invention discloses a soilless straw matrix of rice dry-raising water pipe and a seedling culture method. The method includes the following steps that a seedbed and the soilless straw matrix are manufactured; by means of the deep-ditch and high-box mode, water and fertilizer are controlled and growth of rice seedlings is regulated through a seedling box, wherein the seedling age of seedlings transplanted by machines is prolonged by 5-10 days, and the crop rotation contradiction of rice transplantation is effectively relieved; meanwhile, the soilless straw matrix matched with seedling culture of the method is formed by smashing oilseed rape straw serving as the main raw material and adding disinfectant, a water-retaining agent, modifier, an acid regulating agent, fertilizer and the like; a plastic tray with the specification of 58.8 cm*28 cm*2 cm is used for seedling culture; seedlings grow in the disinfected and appropriate acid condition; growth of seedlings is regulated through the water control and fertilizer control measures in the seedling culture process, and therefore the aims of being strong in seedling, large in root number, thick in rod and green in leaf are achieved. Straw is directly used as the soilless straw matrix after being smashed, the production processes of soil taking, soil screening and the like are reduced, and the labor intensity of rice farmers is lowered.

A road soil slope willow post protection technique comprises a slope protection and a bridge protection. The invention is characterized in that the slope protection comprises seed selection, ground furnish and mechanical posting; the bridge protection comprises seed selection, ground furnishing, drawing line and positioning, digging concaves, and planting the seed. The invention can be used to protect two side slopes of road.

The invention discloses a cultivation method of oil-tea camelia dwarfing multi-branch seedlings and belongs to the technical field of agricultural planting. The cultivation method includes that a conventional grafting seedling growing method to cultivate oil-tea camelia seedlings, and after the seedlings grow into a 2-year period, thinning is performed before spring-top germination and after spring-top semi-lignification respectively; trimming is performed on the seedlings for three times for height controlling in a spring-top semi-lignified period, after summer tops stop growing and in an autumn-top semi-lignified period; fertilizing is performed in a spring-top germination period, a summer-top germination period and an early autumn-top germination period respectively; flood drainage work is enhanced in rainy seasons, irrigation is performed properly in drought seasons, and out-of-nursery afforestation transplanting can be performed after the seedlings are cultivated to the end of the 2-year period. The seedlings cultivated by the method have the advantages of being dwarf, robust, branch-rich and high in outplanting qualification rate.

The invention relates to a degeneration haloxylon ammodendron forest brush stumping rejuvenation method. The degeneration haloxylon ammodendron forest brush stumping rejuvenation method aims at solving the problem that a desert haloxylon ammodendron forest is slow in natural rejuvenation and prone to being limited by natural conditions and influenced by manual interference, a brush stamping processing method which is simple and easy to operate is adopted, and the problems that the haloxylon ammodendron forest is degenerated and the forest form is early degenerated are solved. After brush stumping processing is carried out, the haloxylon ammodendrons are high in germinating capacity, exuberant in branch growing and less in disease and pest harm, and the forest stand quality is greatly improved. Compared with an existing rejuvenation technology of the desert haloxylon ammodendron forest, the degeneration haloxylon ammodendron forest brush stumping rejuvenation method is simple and practicable; compared with existing irrigation-free forestation, manual work seeding rejuvenation and enclosure rejuvenation of the haloxylon ammodendron forest, cost is low, the period is short, the high practicability and the high operability are achieved, and the healthy and stable development and the sustainable utilization of the desert haloxylon ammodendron forest can be effectively prompted.

The invention discloses a method for improving chilling resistance of plant via glycine betaine, and belongs to the technical field of pesticides. The method for improving the chilling resistance of the plant via the glycine betaine has the advantages that four methods of soaking the seeds with glycine betaine, applying soil to root, spraying to leaf surfaces or soaking the fruit are conducted to process the plant of different types, and thus the chilling resistance of the plant and fruit can be obviously improved; the applicable scope is wide, and no potential risk is caused.

The invention discloses a fixed-stem cultivation method for annual cutting seedling of Yakushima lagerstroemia. The method comprises the following steps: (1) cutting a tender twig; (2) performing facility cultivation; (3) stumping; (4) controlling sprout branches; (5) managing water and fertilizer; (6) fixing a stem. When the cultivation method is used for propagating and culturing, the Yakushima lagerstroemia is upright and grows fast; the fixed-stem cultivation period is short; the obtained fixed-stem seedlings have tidy specifications.

The invention discloses a severe soda saline-alkaline land elaeagns angustifolia afforestation keep-alive method, and aims to provide new tree species and new methods for severe soda saline-alkaline land elaeagns angustifolia afforestation keep-alive in the northeast western area. The method comprises the steps of: planting with nutrient soil, timely nurturing and arranging necessary auxiliary engineering facilities, wherein the step of planting with nutrient soil comprises the following sub-steps of: 1, selecting the planting time; 2, selecting elaeagns angustifolia seedlings and cutting trunks; 3, determining the planting density; 4, preparing the nutrient soil; 5, digging seedling planting holes; and 6, adopting a method of burying for three times, stamping twice and lifting the seedlings once, timely watering and sealing piles in proper time; the step of timely nurturing comprises the sub-steps of loosening the soil and weeding twice in the first year, and cutting stubbles in the second year; and the step of arranging the necessary auxiliary engineering facilities comprises the sub-step of forming a deep-water motor-pumped well, protection trenches with the width of 4m and the depth of 2m and dual-purpose ditches for drainage and storage, wherein the step of forming the dual-purpose ditches comprises the step of forming dual-purpose ditches with the width of 0.6m and the depth of 0.8m at an interval of 30 to 50m in an afforestation plot.

The invention relates to a breeding method of crops, and particularly to a breeding method of broccolini, belonging to the technical field of plant breeding. The breeding method has the advantages that 1. the male sterility line belongs to cytoplasmic male sterility and maternal inheritance, and is stable in sterility, the sterile plant rate and the sterility are 100 percent, nectary is developed, more nectars grow, stigma is normal, flowering and fruiting characters are good, and a seedling does not yellow under the condition of low temperature and can not deteriorate after multi-generation backcross, transform is easy, growth is vigorous, and combining ability is strong; 2. a transformation early generation sterile line is stronger in growth vigor in comparison with a maintainer line and has the advantage of interspecies cross; 3. a later producing shoot of the transformation early generation sterile line is stronger than that of the maintainer line, and thus the transformation early generation sterile line material is early planted by 5 days in comparison with a backcross male parent; 4. F1 is prepared by using the sterile line, the seed yield is high, the seed producing cost is low and the labor is saved; and 5. a new variety prepared by using the sterile line is strong in disease resistance, and is remarkable in production increasing.

The invention mainly relates to the technical field of seed treatment and discloses a processing method for boosting hawthorn seed germination. The method comprises the steps of soaking, freezing, fermenting, accelerating germination and sowing. The method is simple and is suitable for batch treatment; the germination treatment time for the hawthorn seeds is shortened to 12-14 days; the seeds can germinate within 17-19 days after the sowing; the germination rate is 82.7%; the planting efficiency of the hawthorn is obviously increased; the seed source is saved; the economic income is increased by 1.2%; the hawthorn seeds are soaked in acetum under low temperature, so that the pH of the seeds is reduced, the dormant matter activity is weakened, the dormant time of the hawthorn seeds is shortened and the seed germination is quickened.

The invention provides a velvet crape myrtle top grafting seedling growing method. The method mainly includes following steps: (1), selecting and cultivating rootstock seedlings; (2), selecting and collecting scions; (3), treating before grafting; (4), grafting; (5), managing after grafting. Compared with the prior art, the velvet crape myrtle top grafting seedling growing method has the advantages that conditions are simple and convenient, operation is easy, breeding cost is low, grafting success rate is increased remarkably, powdery mildew occurrence probability is lowered, and quality of grafting seedlings is improved obviously.

The invention relates to a somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration method for Picea asperata Mast. The method comprises the following steps: collecting freely-pollinated clonal cones of the Picea asperata Mast, and isolating immature zygotic embryos for somatic embryogenesis. The somatic embryogenesis comprises four phases: an embryonic callus induction phase, an embryonic callus proliferation phase, a somatic embryo mature phase and a somatic embryo germination phase. Compared with the conventional international research on the same or similar tree species, the frequency of embryonic callus induction is greatly increased, and the differentiation capacity and germination capacity of somatic embryos are also greatly increased. Meanwhile, a long-time keeping and proliferation method for embryonic callus is obtained, thus greatly reducing the risk of embryonic loss.

The invention relates to the technical field of separating and preserving ustilaginoidea virens, in particular to a simple method for separating and preserving the ustilaginoidea virens. The separation method comprises the following steps that fresh yellow, green and black rice false smut ball samples are collected from an attacked rice field, drying is conducted at the room temperature for 7-10 d for standby application; rice false smut balls of which the covering depth of chlamydospore powder is larger than 1 mm are selected in the collected samples and placed on an ultra-clean working table, and sterilization is conducted through an ultraviolet lamp for 30-40 min; single-grain rice false smut balls are taken through tweezers under the aseptic condition, and a small amount of chlamydospore powder on the surfaces of the rice false smut balls is shaken off slightly on a PSA culture medium; 150-200 microliters of sterile water is taken through a pipette and drips on a PSA flat plate containing chlamydospore. By means of the simple method for separating and preserving the ustilaginoidea virens, the ustilaginoidea virens can be separated to the objective strains rapidly and preserved, the problems that time is consumed, and the efficiency is low during separation of the ustilaginoidea virens are solved, and meanwhile the problems that in the preservation process of the strains, the pathogenicity is deteriorated, and the space is occupied and consumed are solved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of crop cultivation, and in particular relates to a novel red Fuji apple uniaxial extension fruit-bearing branch group updating technology. The technology comprises the following steps of: frequently removing branches but never cutting off the branch group to reduce fruit quantity and make fruits grow upwards; cultivating a new branch group; girdling, ringing, exciting and pinching a dorsal vegetative shoot at proper time; and retracting and updating at the right time. The technology has the advantages that: a new dorsal vegetative shoot is re-cultivated on the substrate of the uniaxial extension fruit-bearing branch group, and after the branch is cultivated into a new uniaxial extension fruit-bearing branch group, the branch is retracted at the right time to complete updating, so that the fruit-bearing branch can still be rejuvenated after a high quality period to ensure the permanency and high yield stability of the fruit-bearing branch group.

The present invention provides an antiseptic composition comprising a germinant and an antimicrobial agent, wherein the germinant increases a pathogen's susceptibility to attack from the antimicrobial agent and wherein the antimicrobial agent does not inhibit the germinant. The present invention also provides an antiseptic wipe, handwash or paint comprising such antiseptic composition and a method of sterilizing a surface using such a composition.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural microorganisms, in particular to a biological seed coating and an application thereof. The biological seed coating can remarkably improve the germination effect of crop seeds of rice, corn and the like due to the synergistic effect of three beneficial microorganisms including paenibacillus polymyxa, bacillus cereus and bacillus pumilus and addition of exogenous phytase, the seed germination rate and the seedling survival rate are generally higher than those of a control group, seedlings have thick stems and developed root system, the plant height is increased by over 23%, the control efficiency of the biological seed coating on underground pest is higher than 95%, the control effect of the biological seed coating on the bakanae disease of rice, corn head smut and basal stalk rot reaches 85% or higher, the application dosage of pesticides in the crop planting process can be effectively reduced, environmental pollution is reduced, and grain safety is guaranteed. The provided biological seed coating finally can effectively increase yield of the crops by improving the seed germination efficiency and quality, so that the yield of the crops such as corn, rice, wheat, soybean and the like is generally increased by 6%-10%, and the effect is remarkable.

The invention discloses an entomopathogenic nematode symbiotic bacteria strain for inhibiting various plant fungal diseases and application. The bacteria strain is a high-toxicity bacteria strain NN6of xenorhabdus bovienii, the preservation number is CCTCC NO: M 2020097, and the bacteria strain is preserved in China Center for Type Culture Collection on April 29, 2020. The xenorhabdus bovienii NN6 disclosed by the invention has relatively strong ability of inhibiting growth of fusarium oxysporum f.sp.niveum, fusarium oxysporium f.sp.cucumerinum, fusarium graminearum, pyricularia grisea, botrytis cinerea and phytophthora capsici hypha, the ability is increased along with the increase of volume concentration, and the antibacterial effect is obvious. The bacteria strain also has the effect of inhibiting the germination of fusarium spores, and the inhibition effect is remarkable. The bacteria strain has the characteristics of low culture condition requirement, long lasting period, environment-friendly and non-toxic source and the like, has important significance in protecting the ecological environment and improving the added value of agricultural products, and has good market development and application prospects due to the advantage of wider antibacterial spectrum.

The invention discloses an Isaria fumosorosea water dispersible granule. The water dispersible granule is prepared from Isaria fumosorosea spore powder, sodium lignosulfonate (CMN), sodium dinaphthylmethanedisulfonate (NNO), isooctyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether polyoxypropylene ether (CA-60), sodium alpha-olefin sulfonate, corn starch, fumed silica, ammonium sulfate, polyvinylpyrrolidone K30, pre-gelatinized starch, a combination of fumed silica and acid yellow 25 or chrysophenine 12, skim milk powder or chitosan oligosaccharide, water-absorbent resin SAP and diatomaceous earth. Low-cost andhigh-stress resistance fermentation, drying and coarse spore powder preparation processes are adopted; a surfactant with best biocompatibility, wettability, dispersibility, disintegration property and adhesion property is screened; and the invasion and germination ability of the above preparation in low-humidity fields is improved. The production cost is reduced, the performances of the preparation are effectively improved, the shelf life is especially prolonged, and the field drug effect is especially improved.

The invention mainly relates to the technical field of planting, and discloses a Chinese redbud seed propagation method comprising the steps of seed maturation, seed drying, seed fermentation, seed pregermination, seed planting, management after planting and seedling exercising and transplantation. The method is simple and convenient to operate, Chinese redbud seeds are prevented from being hidden by sand, pregermination time is 6-7 days, germination is achieved for 7-8 days after planting, a germination rate achieves 69.3%, planting efficiency is significantly improved, and economic income is improved by 10.7%; seeds as well as pod are picked together, sodium bicarbonate solution is sprayed for many times, seed maturation is sped up, the seeds are prevented from being hidden by sand, the method is simple and rapid, and large-batch seed treatment is facilitated; bacillus natto is introduced into the dried seeds for fermentation, seed coats are softened, generated nattokinase can break seed dormancy and prompt growth of germ, added warm water is the frozen water generated when bean curd is prepared, so that nutrition constituents can be increased, waste material is recycled, and planting cost is saved.

The invention provides a seedling raising method of Capsicum annuum L. var. conoides (Mill.) Irish. The method comprises the following steps: seed treatment and germination, seedling raising preparation, seedling raising management and transplant cultivation. According to the planting method, the germination rate and the survival rate are improved though disinfection and germination treatment of Capsicum annuum L. var. conoides (Mill.) Irish seeds, and through special seedling substrate seedling raising and strict seedling raising management; and the purposes of biomass recycling and seedling-raising cost reducing are realized through rational utilization of crop straws.

The invention discloses application of lantana camara to remediation of heavy metal zinc, lead and copper polluted soil and relates to the technical field of remediation of heavy metal polluted environments. The lantana camara is planted into soil polluted by heavy metal zinc, lead and copper; the zinc, lead and copper in the soil are absorbed and accumulated according to the enrichment characteristic of the plant on the zinc, lead and copper, and most of the zinc, lead and copper are transferred to the overground part of the plant; finally, the overground part of the plant is harvested or the whole plant is harvested to be subjected to ashing treatment, and the heavy metal is extracted, so that the aim of remedying the zinc, lead and copper polluted soil is fulfilled. The lantana camara is thermophilic, hygrophilous, dry heat-resistant, barren-resistant, healthy and vigorous in growth and high in viability, can be trimmed and harvested and remain stubs to geminate shoots, and also can be integrally harvested and then reseeded, so the cost is low, the operability is high, and a new plant resource variety is developed for plant remediation of the heavy metal polluted soil.

The invention mainly relates to the technical field of planting and discloses a method for accelerating germination of celery seeds. The method comprises the steps of enzymolysis, fermentation, vacuumtreatment, germination accelerating and sowing. The method is simple and operation is convenient. The germination time of the celery seeds is shortened to 40-48 h, the time for sprouts to come up outof the ground after sowing is shortened to 3-4 days, and celery planting efficiency is improved remarkably. The celery seeds are placed in a refrigerator for short-time freezing to stimulate the vitality of plantule and promote the germination of the seeds, the seeds are subjected to enzymolysis after being frozen, so that the elimination of a fat layer of a seed coat is accelerated, a seed coatstructure is damaged, infiltration of external water and nutrients is promoted, plantule growth is accelerated, and germination time of the seeds and the time for sprouts to come up out of the groundare shortened. Lactic acid bacteria are inoculated after enzymolysis for fermentation, so that the pH value of the seeds is reduced, the damage of the seed coat can be accelerated by the multiple lactic acid bacteria in the fermentation process, infiltration of micromolecule nutrients generated from fermentation into the seed coat is promoted, the germination potential of the seeds is enhanced, the germination capacity of the seeds is improved, and germination is accelerated.

The invention discloses an agricultural compound microbial agent and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of microorganisms. The agricultural compound microbial agent comprises enterobacter aerogenes CT-B09-2, acinetobacter calcoaceticus WYS-A01-1, bacillus amyloliquefaciens JL-B05, bacillus amyloliquefaciens JL-B06 and bacillus licheniformis LYN-3, wherein the total viable bacteria concentration is (5-8)*10<8> cfu / ml or (2-3)*10<9> cfu / g. The agricultural compound microbial agent can promote the growth of crops, improves the disease-preventing, disease-resisting, stress-resisting and continuous-cropping-resisting capabilities of the crops, increases the yield of the crops and improves the quality of agricultural products.

The present invention relates to lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L.) which may comprise a genetic determinant, which when homozygous present in a seed, provides the seed in an unprimed state with the capability to germinate at a high temperature, which genetic determinant is obtainable from a lettuce plant which may comprise said genetic determinant, representative seed which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41914, NCIMB 41915, NCIMB 41916, NCIMB 41917, NCIMB 41918, NCIMB 41919, NCIMB 41922, NCIMB 41923, and NCIMB 41926.

The invention discloses an adjusting method capable of improving germination of a small-grain vegetable seed. The method comprises the following steps: 1) carefully choosing and weighing to-be-treated seeds; 2) preparing humic acid powder with a particle size of less than 40 meshes; and 3) fully mixing the seeds, the humic acid powder and water according to a weight ratio of 1: 1-2: 1-2 in an aluminum pot, standing the obtained mixture at a temperature of 10 to 20 DEG C for 1 to 7 d, then separating the seeds from humic acid and carrying out dehydration at a temperature of 25 DEG C until water content is less than 7%. According to the invention, the natural agriculture grade humic acid powder is employed as an adjusting medium, and the treated seeds have accelerated seed germination speeds and enhanced stress resisting ability in germination. The method is applicable to small-grain vegetable seeds of green vegetables, amaranth, etc.

The invention relates to a sterile micro grafting method of koelreuteria bipinnata var. intergrifoliola 'Jinyan'. The method mainly comprises the steps of stock culture, scion culture, stock selection, scion selection, test tube grafting and culture after grafting. Specifically, the good-liquid single-plant tissue culture bud shoot of the Huangshan goldenrain tree is taken as a stock and cultured for 15-45 days in a culture medium; the bud shoot obtained from the sowing seedling of koelreuteria bipinnata var. intergrifoliola 'Jinyan' by virtue of grafting and tissue culture is taken as a scion and cultured for 15-45 days in the culture medium; the test tube grafting method is a cleft grafting method, and the culture conditions after grafting are as follows: in an improved culture medium of 1 / 2MS+6-BA0.02mg / L+NAA(0.01-0.05)mg / L++IAA(0.03-0.08)mg / L+IBA(0.02-0.06)mg / L+cane sugar(20-40)g / L, illumination intensity is 2500lx, temperature condition is 25-27 DEG C, and illumination period is 12 hours; according to the grafting method, the survival rate is above 88% and the germination rate is above 88%.

The invention provides a rice seed priming agent for low-oxygen adverse conditions and a use method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of rice planting. The rice seed priming agent for the low-oxygen adverse conditions comprises a seed priming agent and a seed stress buffering agent, each litre of the seed priming agent is prepared from 80-120 g of PEG, 0.1-0.6 mg of salicylic acid and 0.1-0.5 mg of jasmonic acid, and each litre of the seed stress buffering agent is prepared from 20-30 g of glucose, 20-30 g of saccharose, 10-20 g of alpha-ketoglutaric acid, 10-20 g of fumaric acid, 10-20 g of L-glutamine, 10-20 g of ascorbic acid and 25-35 g of citric acid. According to the rice seed priming agent for the low-oxygen adverse conditions and the use method thereof, on the basis of utilizing seed priming for improving the stress resistance, according to limiting factors possibly existing in the seed germination process under the anaerobic stress condition, different priming agents and seed soaking agents are used, therefore, the seed germination capacity is improved, and the seed germination rate is increased.

The invention discloses an isaria fumosorosea wettable powder. The isaria fumosorosea wettable powder is composed of a combination of isaria fumosorosea spore powder, sodium lignosulfonate (CMN), anddispersing agent NNO, a combination of isooctyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether polyoxypropylene ether (CA-60) and sodium alpha-olefin sulfonate, a combination of polyvinylpyrrolidone-K30, aerosol, andacid yellow 25 or chrysophenine G, skimmed milk powder or chitosan oligosaccharide, super absorbent polymer SAP, and diatomite. The advantages are that: low cost and high resistance fermenting, drying, and spore powder preparation technology is adopted, so that the optimum preparation surfactant is selected based on biocompatibility and wetability, dispersibility and suspensibility tests. The preparation method is capable of improving preparation invasion and germination capability at low humidity conditions, improving the performance of the isaria fumosorosea wettable powder effectively, prolonging preparation self life, and improving preparation field drug effect and effect lasting performance.

The invention provides a cultivation method of seedless watermelons and belongs to the field of agricultural planting. The cultivation method specifically comprises the following steps: firstly, selecting and preparing soil suitable for seedless watermelons to grow, and applying a base fertilizer prepared from a self-made organic fertilizer, a phosphorus fertilizer and a potassium fertilizer to the soil, wherein the self-made organic fertilizer is prepared by carrying out mixed fermentation on cucumber stems, straws, mushroom residues, watermelon vines, cassava wastes, orange peels, pig manure, pond sludge, faecal matters and a corrosion catalyst; then, placing the treated seedless watermelon seeds into a seedling raising tray for raising seedlings; next, transplanting the seedlings to a field, and watering for field planting; and carrying out reasonable management until harvesting. The invention provides the cultivation method of the seedless watermelons. By using the method, the survival rate and taste quality of the seedless watermelons can be improved, resources can be saved, artificial consumption can be reduced, furthermore, the nutrient value of a product is increased, and therefore, the cultivation method is suitable for large-scale systematized plantation and capable of increasing the production and income of growers.