3593 results about "Agricultural crops" patented technology

An agricultural robot system and method of harvesting, pruning, culling, weeding, measuring and managing of agricultural crops. Uses autonomous and semi-autonomous robot(s) comprising machine-vision using cameras that identify and locate the fruit on each tree, points on a vine to prune, etc., or may be utilized in measuring agricultural parameters or aid in managing agricultural resources. The cameras may be coupled with an arm or other implement to allow views from inside the plant when performing the desired agricultural function. A robot moves through a field first to “map” the plant locations, number and size of fruit and approximate positions of fruit or map the cordons and canes of grape vines. Once the map is complete, a robot or server can create an action plan that a robot may implement. An action plan may comprise operations and data specifying the agricultural function to perform.

Embodiments of the invention comprise a system and method that enable robotic harvesting of agricultural crops. One approach for automating the harvesting of fresh fruits and vegetables is to use a robot comprising a machine-vision system containing rugged solid-state digital cameras to identify and locate the fruit on each tree, coupled with a picking system to perform the picking. In one embodiment of the invention a robot moves through a field first to “map” the field to determine plant locations, the number and size of fruit on the plants and the approximate positions of the fruit on each plant. A robot employed in this embodiment may comprise a GPS sensor to simplify the mapping process. At least one camera on at least one arm of a robot may be mounted in appropriately shaped protective enclosure so that a camera can be physically moved into the canopy of the plant if necessary to map fruit locations from inside the canopy. Once the map of the fruit is complete for a field, the robot can plan and implement an efficient picking plan for itself or another robot. In one embodiment of the invention, a scout robot or harvest robot determines a picking plan in advance of picking a tree. This may be done if the map is finished hours, days or weeks before a robot is scheduled to harvest, or if the picking plan algorithm selected requires significant computational time and cannot be implemented in “real time” by the harvesting robot as it is picking the field. If the picking algorithm selected is less computationally intense, the harvester may calculate the plan as it is harvesting. The system harvests according to the selected picking plan. The picking plan may be generated in the scout robot, harvest robot or on a server. Each of the elements in the system may be configured to communicate with each other using wireless communications technologies.

A control arrangement is provided for controlling the transfer of agricultural crop from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle, the transport vehicle comprising a loading container. The control arrangement based on signals from a sensor arrangement detects the fill level and/or the outer contours of the loading container and controls the position of the output end of a discharge device with respect to the harvesting machine and/or the ejection direction of the discharge device, and/or the position of the transport vehicle with the loading container with respect to the harvesting machine, automatically in such a manner that the loading container is successively filled with the crop. It is further proposed that the sensor arrangement is designed to detect the position of a second loading container and that the control arrangement can be operated so that after detection of an overall sufficiently filled first loading container, the discharge device will be automatically aligned to the second loading container based on the signals from the sensor arrangement.

A method and system for evaluating crop performance obtains weather data and soil data for a defined geographic area. Further, management data is obtained, where the management data is associated with a particular agricultural crop affiliated with the defined geographic area. At least one of the obtained weather data, the obtained soil data, and the obtained management data is evaluated in comparison to reference weather data, reference soil data, and reference management data. The estimated performance level of a performance characteristic is determined for the particular crop associated with at least a portion of the defined geographic area based upon the evaluation.

The invention discloses a hydraulic deep and rotary cultivation powdery ridge machine which comprises a traveling gear, a cab, an engine, a powdery ridge machine and a framework. The cab and the engine are arranged on the framework, the traveling gear is mounted on the lower portion of the framework and is driven by the engine, a cutting disc which is driven by a hydraulic motor is arranged on the front lower portion of the framework, and the powdery ridge machine is connected to the rear of the framework by hinge seats and hydraulic cylinder supports. The hydraulic deep and rotary cultivation powdery ridge machine has the advantages that the hydraulic deep and rotary cultivation powdery ridge machine can travel stably, is simple and practical, is high in soil smashing efficiency and favorable for growth of roots of crops, deep soil loosening, surface soil loosening and soil lump smashing functions are integrated, deep soil drilling effects can be realized, and the oxygen contents of deep positions of soil and the yield of the crops can be increased.

The invention provides an organic/inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following special steps of: at first, carrying out harmless treatment on raw materials of an organic fertilizer, such as livestock excrement, crop straws, kitchen garbage, fallen leaves, turf and peat, humic acid and the like, so as to obtain the organic fertilizer; then adding a macromolecule moisture retention material and an inorganic fertilizer at a certain ratio and uniformly stirring; and finally obtaining the organic/inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer by extruding granulation. The organic/inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer disclosed by the invention has functions of drought resistance and moisture retention, nutrient slow release and soil fertilization, so that the effects of increasing production and income of the crops are achieved. Furthermore, the organic/inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer can effectively solve the environment pollution caused by the livestock excrement, straw burning and domestic garbage.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cultivation of agricultural crops and provides a pollution-free high-yield rice cultivating method. The pollution-free high-yield rice cultivating method includes selecting a production base accordant with pollution-free rice production standards and selecting novel high-quality high-yield anti-disease variety; selecting drought seedlings and strong seedlings of the right age, fertilizing a soil bed and cultivating the seedlings dryly; slinging the seedlings without tillage and for multiple tillers; fertilizing pollution-free rice according to the principle of taking base fertilizer as the principal and topdressing as complement, and simultaneously, interplanting glutinous rice; comprehensively preventing and controlling disease and pests, and timely harvesting in sunny days when the ripeness degree of the rice is up to 85-90%; and storing and processing the harvested rice and processing by-products of the harvested rice. The rice produced by the pollution-free high-yield rice cultivating method is high in quality and yield, safe and pollution-free, low in planting cost and simple in management method and has higher popularization and application value.

A method for improving and utilizing the serious saline-alkaline land at seaside includes such areas as digging ponds to build high-level field, arranging water supplying and draining ditches in the field, planting agricultural crops in the high-level field, and culturing aquatic animals in ponds.

A system for controlling crop transfer from a self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine into the loading container of a hauling vehicle includes a transfer device assigned to the harvesting machine from which the crop emerges in the form of a crop discharge flow and a detection device which detects the position of the loading container relative to the harvesting machine and transmits it to a control unit. The control unit actuates at least one actuator assigned to the transfer device in such a way that the crop discharge flow lands within the loading container in order to fill it with crop. The control unit generates a control signal (S) for the hauling vehicle that specifies a position of the hauling vehicle relative to the harvesting machine that is suitable for transfer into the loading container.

A spectroscopic method, preferably Raman scattering, is used to rapidly determine the general health or stress status of living plants and plant products, including agricultural crops, forests, and harvested fruits and vegetables. In the preferred embodiments, carotenoid levels are used to provide an indication of oxidative deterioration. Based upon the results of the analysis, further action may or may not be taken, for example, in terms of choosing, picking, harvesting or sorting the agricultural product in accordance with the carotenoid level. Concentration levels of an analyte substance can be determined relative to an external standard, to each other, or relative to another substance in the item being analyzed. Carotenoids such as lycopene, beta-carotene, lutein, violaxanthin, neoxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin are determined according to the invention, through other plant components may be analyzed such as other terpenes, polyenes, chlorophyll, proteins, starches, sugars, overall nitrogen levels, flavonoids, and vitamins. The hardware associated with the invention may be field portable or mounted on a piece of equipment such as a harvester or sorter.

Novel pest control compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for using such compounds and compositions against a variety of pests, including pests of agricultural crops.

The invention provides universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors which are competent to stably transform and integrate genes of interest into chloroplast genome of multiple species of plants. Transformed plants and their progeny are provided. Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants are transformed which have never been transformed heretofore. Plants transformed with a synthetic gene express valuable biodegradable protein-based polymers (PBPs). Transformed plants produce high value molecules. Resistance is provided to agricultural crops against the major classes of chemical herbicides. Herbicide resistance is used as a lethal selectable marker for chloroplast transformation. The transformed plants are capable of expressing in addition to the targeted trait, a desirable, secondary non-targeted trait. Insect resistance is provided to transformed plants, both against insects that are susceptible to Bt toxins and against insects that have developed resistance to Bt toxins.

The present invention relates generally the field of genetics, in particular methods, compositions and systems for controlling the inducible expression of transgenes, while eliminating background expression of transgene expression. The present invention relates to methods of use of the compositions and systems as disclosed herein for controlling the inducible expression of transgenes while eliminating background expression of transgene expression, such as use in, for example, the in generation of transgenic animals, use in therapeutic application and use in assays. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a system of controlled expression of RNAi molecules which target binding sites in the untranslated regions of transgene, thereby the expression of the transgene is modulated and leakiness is reduced. The compositions and methods of the present invention can be used to for therapy, prophylaxis, research and diagnostics in diseases and disorders which afflict mammalian species, generation of transgenic animals, in the study of biological processes as well as for enhance performance of agricultural crops.

The invention discloses an amino-acid chelated organic fertilizer and a production method thereof. The amino-acid chelated organic fertilizer is prepared from the following raw materials: 38-56wt% (weight percent) of organic matters, 10-15wt% of composite amino acid, 10-15wt% of chelating agent, 2-4 wt% of trace elements and 20-30wt% of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Each gram of product contains more than 20 millions of live beneficial microbes. The amino-acid chelated organic fertilizer has the functions of improving the physical and chemical performances and the water and nutrient retaining performances of soil and promoting the formation of soil aggregates, is an preferential organic agriculture fertilizer, is suitable for vegetables, fruits, rice, corn, bananas, peppers and other crops, can ensure the high yield, good quality and good taste of agricultural products and can ensure that the nutrients of the agricultural products are increased significantly.

The invention discloses a process of preparing a pig manure bio-organic fertilizer by a microbial fermentation method. The process comprises the following step: by taking the pig manure as a raw material and supplementing straws, earthworm cast, seaweeds, and the like, performing a two-step fermentation process of a biological fermenting agent to prepare the pig manure bio-organic fertilizer. The process is high in resource utilization degree, easy for large-scale industrial production, beneficial to realizing resource utilization of live pig breeding wastes and capable of a pig breeding environmental pollution problem at present. The pig manure bio-organic fertilizer has the effects of the bio-organic fertilizer and the seaweed fertilizer, is rich in functional active ingredients of seaweeds and a large number of probiotics, capable of effectively regulating equilibrium of microorganisms in soil, decomposing organic or inorganic components such as organic substances and mineral substances in the soil, eliminating soil hardening, desertification, salinization and the like caused by abuse of a chemical fertilizer throughout the year, increasing the yield of crops, and has the special effects of improving the quality of the crops and improving the stress resistance of the crops. Besides, the pig manure bio-organic fertilizer is long in acting period, and is an ideal fertilizer for developing green ecological agriculture.

The invention relates to a biological organic fertilizer, and particularly relates to an efficient biological organic fertilizer made from yellow mealworm fecula sand, aiming at solving the existing problems that noxious substances such as heavy metals, nitrate and nitrite in soil and crops are aggregated because of using chemical fertilizers in a large scale in agricultural production, thus being prejudicial to the body health of human, depleting soil and the like. The efficient biological organic fertilizer is made from yellow mealworm fecula sand, chicken manure and clay, wherein a mixture is made from 50-70 parts of yellow mealworm fecula sand and 30-50 parts of fermented chicken manure, then 60-65 parts of the mixture and 35-40 parts of clay are mixed to prepare the efficient biological organic fertilizer; the efficient biological organic fertilizer is stable, durable and long-acting in fertility, and capable of improving soil activity after being applied; the efficient biological organic fertilizer has a micro-ecological balance function and a good water-retention function; and soil fertility can be improved, crop yield can be increased, agricultural product quality can be improved, agricultural production cost can be reduced, soil structure can be improved, agricultural ecological environment can be improved, and the sustainable development of the planting industry can be promoted.

The present invention discloses a method for monitoring growth of farmland crops based on a drone. The method for monitoring the growth of the farmland crops mainly completes the operation of monitoring the growth of the crops through orientation cruise of the drone and fixed point shooting of the imaging device carried by the drone. The present invention saves a large amount of costs for recruiting and using the work force and time through combining the drone remote sensing system with the modern agricultural detecting techniques without observing growth conditions of the crops in the farmland by the farmer regarding large scale integration farmlands in the modern agriculture. Meanwhile, it can be convenient to check and compare the image data recorded by the computer at any time, thereby more accurately analyzing actual growth conditions of the crops in the farmland, and facilitating unified planning and management on the farmland.

The invention discloses biomass activated carbon, a preparation method thereof and the application thereof in flue gas mercury removal. Ordinary crop straws serve as raw materials, the biomass raw materials are impregnated by activator, i.e. zinc chloride aqueous solution with the concentration being 20 percent to 50 percent for 20 hours to 30 hours; after the impregnated biomass raw materials are carbonized for 1.5 hours to 3 hours at 400DEG C to 700DEG C under the protection of nitrogen and are taken out and naturally cooled, the carbonized biomass raw materials are washed by 5 percent to 15 percent of hydrochloric acid, rinsed by distilled water to neutral and filtered by neutral filter paper, dried and ground in an oven, and finally the biomass activated carbon is finally obtained. According to the biomass activated carbon, the ordinary crop straws serve as the raw materials, not only waste can be changed into valuable, but also the production cost is low. Simultaneously, because the biomass activated carbon can absorb methylene blue and mercury, the biomass activated carbon can be used in the demercuration of coal-fired flue gas, and can mitigate the environmental pollution.

The invention discloses a biological pesticidal organic fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The biological pesticidal organic fertilizer is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 40-50 parts of pig manure, 20-30 parts of tea seed pulp, 10-15 parts of coffee grounds, 8-12 parts of paulownia sawdust, 5-10 parts of phosphogypsum, 4-8 parts of corn cob, 5-10 parts of pepper seed cake, 10-15 parts of mushroom dreg, 8-12 parts of wheat bran, 15-20 parts of bentonite, 10-15 parts of opoka, 2-3 parts of ferrous sulfate, 1-2 parts of manganese sulfate, 3-5 parts of humic acid, 1-2 parts of chinese tallow tree root and bark, 2-3 parts of sophora alopecuroides, 1-2 parts of stemona, 1-3 parts of Artemisia annua, 1.5-2.5 parts of ailanthus leaf, 2-3 parts of derris and 1-2 parts of Radix Euphorbiae Ebractealatae. The organic fertilizer disclosed by the invention has multiple effects of providing nutrients, improving the soil structure, preventing and treating pests and diseases and the like, can promote the crops to quickly grow, enhances the stress tolerance of the crops, can have favorable preventing and treating effects on nematodes and soil insects, reduces or avoids use of chemical pesticides, enhances the soil fertility, regulates the ecological equilibrium of soil, improves the quality of agricultural products, has no chemical residues, and implements yield increase and income increase of agricultural products.

The invention discloses a sustained-release compound fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The sustained-release compound fertilizer is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 20 to 30 parts of urea, 30 to 40 parts of monoammonium phosphate, 5 to 10 parts of calcium superphosphate, 10 to 15 parts of potassium chloride, 1 to 2 parts of zinc sulfate, 1 to 2 parts of manganese sulfate, 2 to 3 parts of ferrous sulfate, 0.5 to 1.5 parts of borax, 3 to 5 parts of humic acid, 8 to 12 parts of modified clay and 4 to 6 parts of chitosan coating agent. The fertilizer has high sustained-release performance, double good functions of pest killing and water retention, high and long-lasting fertilizer efficiency and high nutrition utilization rate, a coating material is easy to degrade, pollution is completely avoided, the rapid growth of crops can be promoted, the stress resistance of the crops can be improved, the ecological balance of soil can be adjusted, the quality of agricultural products can be improved, and both production and income of the agricultural products are increased. Sources of the raw materials are extensive, and a production process is simple, convenient to operate, low in equipment investment, low in cost and applicable to industrial production, and has a broad market prospect.

The invention provides a functional molecular marker for rice anti-blast gene Pi9 and application thereof, belonging to the field of crop molecular genetic breeding science. The invention finds out that the rice anti-blast gene Pi9 has a 10bp insertion/deletion site positioned between the gene promoter -516 and -517, wherein the nucleotide sequence is disclosed as SEQ ID NO.1; and on such basis, the invention develops a method of the functional molecular marker for gene Pi9. By detecting the functional molecular marker, the invention can accurately detect whether genomes of different rice species contain the Pi9 functional gene and detect the homozygotic state, and can be used for screening rice hybrid transformed descendant plants to enhance the breeding efficiency of the rice anti-blast material, thereby effectively controlling the size of the breeding population, obviously saving the breeding and screening cost and obtaining the anti-blast rice species containing the Pi9 functional gene.

The invention discloses a remote monitoring-based device, a remote monitoring-based system and a remote monitoring-based method for measuring crop yield in real time. In the device, a cradle head moves up and down to drive a video sensor, a range finder and a compass to move up and down; the direction of the video sensor is adjusted by rotating; the video sensor moves up and down until the video sensor is aligned with the top of a crop measuring object; the video sensor is rotated to be aligned with a measuring object in crops, and is then rotated to be aligned with another measuring object in the crops; the range finder measures the heights of the measuring objects as well as the horizontal distance between the range finder and the measuring objects; the compass measures the included angle of the horizontal distance between the range finder and two measuring objects; a control module controls the cradle head to move up and down or rotate according to a video image; and real-time measured parameters of the range finder and the compass are acquired and saved, and acquired parameters are packed for remote transmission. Manpower and material resources are reduced effectively, measuring accuracy is enhanced and effective sharing of farmland information is realized.

The invention discloses a rabbit dung-Chinese herbal medicine organic fertilizer which is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 60-80 parts of rabbit dung, 5-8 parts of Chinese herbal medicine, 10-20 parts of crop straw powder, 10-20 parts of plant ash, 10-20 parts of bagasse, 30-40 parts of sodium humate, 10-20 parts of nano-carbon and 10-15 parts of palygorskite. The rabbit dung-Chinese herbal medicine organic fertilizer is prepared by the steps of: with rabbit dung as a main organic component, fermenting, drying and crushing; and then mixing the treated rabbit dung with Chinese herbal medicine extracts, sodium humate, nano-carbon and palygorskite, pelleting and finally drying. After the rabbit dung-Chinese herbal medicine organic fertilizer disclosed by the invention is applied, the physical and chemical properties of soil can be improved, the nutrient absorption of crops can be promoted, crop plants can thrive, the yield of the crops can be improved, the product quality can be improved, the loss of the fertilizer in the soil can be reduced, the release of the nutrients in the fertilizer can be controlled, the utilization rate of the fertilizer can be improved, the purposes of high yield and high quality can be reached, and the occurrence of diseases and insect pests of the crops can be further reduced.

An agricultural (forestal) intelligent fertilizer applying system is characterized in that a data computing center of an area land soil fertility basic information spatial database is established, the data computing center integrates soil investigation, land fertility evaluation, crop nutrition, forestal crop nutrition, a soil locating and monitoring technology and a soil testing and fertilizer applying technology, information is transmitted to substations established in specified areas or an interactive platform of a planting part, the related characters and the nutrient content levels of local cassava lands, the soil characteristics and the environment conditions of the lands of the area and the potential productivity target of agricultural (forestal) crops can be inquired through a computer terminal or a touch screen terminal or a mobile terminal, fertilization formulas or fertilization solutions are provided, and a specialist library and fertilizer supplier links are arranged to meet agricultural (forestal) high-yield and high-efficiency production and management needs.

The invention discloses a bioremediation method of oil-contaminated soil, and relates to the technical field of oil-contaminated soil remediation. According to the bioremediation method, a microbial remediation and agricultural crop combined remediation technical system is adopted, microbial remediation is firstly adopted, and then agricultural crops are adopted for remediation treatment. The advantages of microbial remediation and phytoremediation are combined, the oil-contaminated soil can be lowered to the low concentration within short time, treatment cost is low, and certain actual application value is achieved.

The method is for harvesting a crop. A harvesting device (10) is provided that has an upper harvesting device (16) and a lower harvesting device (16). The upper harvesting device is in front of the lower harvesting device. The upper harvesting device detaches crop sections (24) of stalk sections (26) of crops (18). An intermediate engagement member (42) bends the stalk sections forwardly and the lower harvesting device cuts root sections (28) of the crops.

The invention discloses a fertilizer for fruit trees and a production method of the fertilizer. The fertilizer is prepared from raw materials in parts by weight: 35 to 45 parts of chicken manure, 30 to 40 parts of filter mud in sugar factory, 20 to 30 parts of agricultural residues powder, 20 to 25 parts of tea seed cake, 10 to 15 parts of rice husk powder, 10 to 20 parts of vinegar residue, 5 to 8 parts of fulvic acid potassium, 155 to 175 parts of urea, 125 to 135 parts of potassium sulfate, 55 to 65 parts of potassic-magnesian fertilizer, 85 to 90 parts of calcium superphosphate, 2 to 3 parts of ammonium molybdate, 10 to 15 parts of lignin, 6 to 8 parts of animo acid chelated copper and boron, 7 to 9 parts of sucrose complexed manganese and calcium, 3 to 5 parts of diaminoferric xanthohumate and 4 to 6 parts of zinc lignosulfonate. The fertilizer prepared by the production method disclosed by the invention is abundant in nutrition, can be used for meeting nutrient requirement of the fruit trees, improving growth speed of the fruit trees and improving the yield and the quality of the fruit trees, and is beneficial for promoting the growth of the fruit trees; in addition, by using the fertilizer, the properties of soil can be improved, and soil loosening is promoted; after the fertilizer is applied, a good control effect for diseases and insect pests of the fruit trees can be realized.

Methods and associated apparatus for automatically growing agricultural crops vertically and/or in a continuous fashion throughout each year (Vertical Farm) in combination with contiguous and co-located production of biofuel, food, biomass for the purpose of carbon sequestering (carbon credits), and biomass electric power generation. A process that incorporates vast arrays of continuous-loop conveyors, towering upon vertical framework, which allow potted plants to be transported throughout all stages of maturity in a manner which substantially multiplies yield per acre, allows production to proceed in both natural and artificial light, allows production and harvesting to be automated, and allows production to proceed in conditions which are highly favorable to plants but unfavorable to humans. The entire apparatus can be constructed of lightweight, cost-effective materials which afford mass-production and mass-array into vast automatic growing operations.

The invention discloses a water-soluble mineral fertilizer, belongs to the field of crop fertilizers, and particularly relates to a water-soluble inorganic mineral fertilizer. The water-soluble mineral fertilizer is composed of an A component, a B component and a C component, wherein the A component is composed of potash feldspar, powdered rock phosphate, medical stones, kieselguhr, bentonite and a water-soluble hydrophilic grafting agent; the B component is composed of urea, biological nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a urease inhibitor, a nitrification inhibitor and carboxymethyl starch, and the C component is composed of polyaspartic acid, polyyvinylpyrrolidone and casein. A preparation method of the water-soluble mineral fertilizer takes an inorganic mineral powder body as a main raw material, the water-soluble hydrophilic grafting agent is utilized, and the inorganic mineral powder body is dissolved in the water to form a stability colloid. The water-soluble mineral fertilizer provided by the invention contains a large number of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium elements and also contains different medium/trace elements and rare earth elements required by the growth of a plant, a soil structure is improved, the growth of the plant is improved, the product quality of a crop is improved, a raw material is easily available, the price is low, the raw material is non-pollution, the production technology is simple, and a market prospect is wide.

A plant method for restoring the agicultural field polluted by heavy metals includes such steps as screening the agricultural crops which features that their roots can absorb heavy metals but their seeds contains less heavy metals, and planting them in said polluted field.