191 results about "Citrus plant" patented technology

Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include compositions, gels, methods for synthesizing multifunctional silica based nanoparticle gel, method of treating, preventing, or both treating and preventing, a disease in a plant species, method for simultaneously treating citrus plants for citrus canker and preventing the invasion of an Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) vector that carries the pathogen and spreads the citrus greening disease in citrus plants, and the like.

Materials derived from Citrus plants can be administered orally to humans for the purpose of producing or maintaining weight loss as well as improving the person's physical performance and increasing the person's lean muscle mass. The Citrus materials include those portions of the plant that are normally considered waster or inedible, such as the leaves, peel and immature, unripe fruit. The materials contain as least one of the alkaloids from the group consisting of synephrine, hordenine, octopamine, tyramine and N-methylamine. Two species, Citrus aurantium and Citrus reticulata, are particularly useful. The materials can be administered in their natural form or as extracts, and can be administered in various ways including capsules and tablets. The Citrus materials may also be used as a tea. For weight loss and weight control, the materials can be administered concurrently with caloric restriction or in the absence of caloric restriction. The materials may also be administered for the purpose of increasing muscle mass concurrently with a high protein diet as well as with an exercise program.

The invention relates to an environmentally-friendly multifunctional cleanser formula, and belongs to the field of producing daily products. The environmentally-friendly multifunctional cleanser formula comprises the following components in parts by weight: 15-20 parts of citrus plant essential oil, 20-30 parts of sodium dodecyl sulfate, 5-8 parts of alkyl polyglycoside, 1.2-1.8 parts of natural glucoside surfactant, 1.2-1.8 parts of propylene glycol, 1.2-1.8 parts of citric acid, 1.2-1.8 parts of sodium citrate, 10-15 parts of ethanol, and 20-25 parts of deionized water. The cleanser formula is wide in application range, strong in cleansing power, non-toxic and pollution-free, and capable of meeting the development trend of the market.

Compositions for increasing the amount of available silica, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur are described herein. The compositions contain calcium silicate (CaSiO₂) and magnesium sulfite (MgSO₃). Calcium silicate may be in the form of calcium silicate slag. Magnesium sulfite may be a by-product obtained from power plants. In one embodiment, the composition is in granular form and contains 65-90% (wt) calcium silicate slag, 20-30% (wt) magnesium sulfite, 0-5% (wt) expandible clay, and 2-10% (wt) residual moisture (H₂O). In a preferred embodiment, the granules contain 31% (wt) silica, 22% (wt) calcium, 3% (wt) magnesium, and 4% (wt) sulfur. In a second embodiment, the composition is non granular and contains 75-90% (wt) calcium silicate slag, 10-20% (wt) magnesium sulfite and 0-10% (wt) H₂O. The compositions may be applied to golf courses or residential or commercial lawns to improve the growth of grasses and their resistance to disease and insects. Alternatively, the compositions may be applied for use in agriculture for monocots, including grasses, sugarcane, cucumbers, rice, oats, corn, wheat, and barley, and dicots, such as citrus plants, cucumbers and tomatoes.

The invention relates to a method, device and system for detecting citrus huanglongbing by low-altitude hyperspectral remote sensing. The method comprises the steps that a low-altitude hyperspectral remote sensing image of a citrus distribution area to be detected is obtained, wherein the remote sensing image includes distribution information of citrus plants and geographic information of the citrus plants; the hyperspectral remote sensing image is preprocessed; the preprocessed low-altitude hyperspectral remote sensing image is input into a citrus huanglongbing BP neural network model; and distribution results of the citrus huanglongbing in the distribution area are obtained. According to the detecting method, manpower, material resources and workloads of detection can be reduced for thedetection of the citrus huanglongbing in a large area of citrus orchards; rapid detection, accurate location, high efficiency and undamage can be achieved; the detection process is low in cost, easy and effortless; and the results are accurate and reliable.

The invention discloses a cleaning agent, and particularly relates to a plant cleaning agent which is used for cleaning heavy oil in a kitchen. The disclosed cleaning agent is prepared from the following components of 20-50 parts of a natural citrus plant solvent, 20-70 parts of plant oil derivative and 10-30 parts of a surfactant. Compared with a conventional chemical heavy oil cleaning agent, the cleaning agent has an extremely strong dissolving capacity to heavy oil, and is a safe, healthy and environmental-friendly natural cleaning agent.

The invention discloses a natural environment-friendly kitchen cleaning agent which comprises the following raw materials in parts by mass: 2-15 parts of orange plant essential oil, 1-20 parts of C10 Guerbet alcohol ethoxylate, 0.2-5 parts of natural glucoside surfactant, 0.2-10 parts of propanediol, 0.5-10 parts of ethanol, 0.01-5 parts of citric acid, 0.01-5 parts of sodium citrate and 60-90 parts of deionized water. The invention has the following advantages: the raw materials are natural, non-toxic and non-irritating, and are very healthy for human body; the cleaning agent is green and environment-friendly; the cleaning agent is free of perfume, and the natural essential oil can emit subtle fragrance to delight body and mind and effectively remove peculiar smell; the cleaning agent has good bactericidal performance and an antibacterial effect; the microemulsion system is incombustible, thereby ensuring use safety; the pH value is weakly acidic and is consistent with the skin acidic and basic capacity of human body, thereby avoiding burning irritation; the cleaning agent is free of strong base and thickener, thereby being safer; and the cleaning agent is simple and convenient in production process, can be produced under normal temperature and achieves the advantages of low carbon content and environment friendliness.

This invention relates to novel lytic peptides which are effective in treating citrus plant diseases including canker and greening. The invention also relates to antimicrobial compositions comprising lytic peptides and the use of such compositions in methods for treating diseases of citrus plants.

The invention belongs to the field of biologics, and provides a microorganism agent for preventing and controlling citrus huanglongbing. The agent consists of two or more than two known original bacteria and a matrix containing multiple microelements, wherein the actinomycete as a main bacterium in a composite flora accounts for 60-90%, the plant bacillus as an auxiliary bacterium accounts for 10-40%, and the ratios of various bacterium components are changed according to different soil environment conditions and fertilization conditions. The selected bacteria are amplified, optimized and intensified in a complex and variable ecological environment and are cultured into a multifunctional flora. The flora can breed in citrus plant root soil and can infect citrus plants, brings the effect of treating bacteria by using bacteria to prevent and control citrus huanglongbing into play, and can also provide nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrient elements to citruses to bring the effect of a biological fertilizer into play.

The invention discloses a citrus planting technology. The technology comprises the steps of pesticide spraying on fruit trees, rapeseed cake applying on the fruit trees, pruning and pesticide spraying on the fruit trees, girdling and flower retention on the fruit trees, pruning, pesticide spraying and fruit stabilizing on the fruit tree, insect prevention on the fruit trees, soil moisture promoting on the fruit trees, irrigation and drought resisting on the fruit trees, pesticide spraying and fruit retention on the fruit trees and the like. Reasonable technical processing is performed on all growth stages of the fruit trees all year round, all links such as fertilization, pruning, pesticide spraying, deinsectization and irrigation are reasonably controlled, it can be guaranteed that the fruit trees are large in flowering amount, more in fruit quantity, few in diseases and pests and high in yield and fruit quality, and the defects that in an existing citrus planting technology, the yield is high and the quality is poor are overcome.

The invention relates to a Rutaceae citrus reel extractive, which uses the reel of Rutaceae citrus plant as material, wherein the contents of nobiletin and tangeretin are 30-80%. The invention also provides a method for using said extractive to prepare cosmetics, which has constant sun-screening effect in UVA and UVB areas, to avoid ultraviolet light to hurt skin.

The invention relates to an ecological orchard pest regulation and control method based on a 'push-pull' strategy and a new efficient method for cultivating high-quality satsuma oranges and belongs to the field of fruit tree cultivation. The ecological orchard pest regulation and control method comprises the steps that pest trapping plants are planted outside a satsuma orange garden in a mode of spacing for 4-8 m, wherein the separation distances among the pest trapping plants are 40-80 cm, and trap-killing devices are arranged; a pest repellency system is arranged in the garden and comprises pest repellency sward planted in the garden according to the standard of 0.25-1 kg/667 m<2>, wherein the separation distances among the pest repellency sward and fruit trees are 0.8-1 m; cooperative field management is performed till satsuma oranges are harvested. By adopting the method, best-quality satsuma oranges can be obtained, satsuma oranges are retained and preserved on the trees till marketing before spring festival, accordingly earnings are greatly increased, and the brand-new satsuma orange cultivation technique system can also promote green, high-quality, efficient and sustainable development of the citrus planting industry.

The invention relates to the fields of prevention and treatment of citrus plant diseases and insect pests, and particularly relates to a composition for trapping diaphorina citri kuwayama and an application method of the composition. The composition comprises gamma-terpinene, alpha-pinene and linalool. The method comprises the following steps: putting the prepared composition into a transparent plastic trapping bottle; covering by a bottle cap, and spraying an insect sticker outside the trapping bottle to prepare an insect sticking bottle; and hanging the insect sticking bottle on a host plant of the diaphorina citri kuwayama to trap and stick the diaphorina citri kuwayama, wherein the trap quantity of the composition under the condition of high diaphorina citri kuwayama density can be increased by 49.3 times, and the trapping quantity at low diaphorina citri kuwayama density is also increased by 5.17 times. The trapping effect of the composition is significant; the composition can be applied to prevention, treatment and prediction of the diaphorina citri kuwayama; and meanwhile, the propagated citrus yellow shoot is prevented.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one flavonoid for the treatment or amelioration of a disease or disorder of the eye and/or the adnexa of the eye in an animal subject, including a human being. More particularly, this invention relates to a composition for the treatment of conjunctivitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, and blepharitis. The invention furthermore relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one flavonoid, such as for example a topical formulation. The source of the flavonoids may be, but are not restricted to, flavonoids extracted from citrus plants. The compositions may furthermore optionally be used in combination with an eyecleaner or eyewash, which may comprise at least one flavonoid.

The invention relates to a cosmetic additive natural plant essential oil preparation technology. Essential oil preparation equipment is used and comprises a bottom plate, a shell, an installation frame, a cutting device and an extrusion device. The specific technological process for preparing citrus plant essential oil through the essential oil preparation equipment are as follows of raw materialpreparation, chopping treatment, grinding extrusion and essential oil collection. The extrusion device comprises a standing ring, a first extrusion mechanism, a second extrusion mechanism, a third extrusion mechanism, a first sieve plate, a second sieve plate, a third sieve plate and an auxiliary mechanism. According to the cosmetic additive natural plant essential oil preparation technology, essential oil is prepared from citrus peel in a mode that extrusion is conducted after cutting, the cut peel is small in size, thus the overall contact area of the peel and the extrusion device is increased, the extrusion effect can be improved, the cut peel is extruded repeatedly in a graded extrusion mode, the extrusion rate of the essential oil can be increased, and waste of raw materials is avoided.

Materials derived from Citrus plants can be administered orally to humans for the purpose of producing or maintaining weight loss as well as for improving the person's physical performance and increasing the person's lean muscle mass. The Citrus materials include those portions of the plant that are normally considered waste or inedible, such as the leaves, peel, and immature, unripe fruit. The materials contain at least one of the alkaloids from the group consisting of synephrine, hordenine, octopamine, tyramine and N-methyltyramine (1). Two species, Citrus aurantium and Citrus reticulata, are particularly useful. The materials can be administered in their natural form or as extracts, and can be administered in various ways including capsules and tablets. The Citrus materials may also be used as a tea. For weight loss and weight control, the materials can be administered concurrently with caloric restriction or in the absence of caloric restriction. The materials may also be administered for the purpose of increasing muscle mass concurrently with a high protein diet as well as with an exercise program.

The invention belongs to the field of plant transgenic technique, particularly relates to a cultivating method of a citrus transgenic plant and discloses a method for cultivating the citrus transgenic plant by utilizing agrobacterium mediation and taking a citrus test-tube seedling blade as an explant. The method comprises the following steps of genetic transformation, screening and regeneration,PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) detection and GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) fluorescence observation. The method is characterized in that a GFP reporter gene is guided into the receptor citrus blade through agrobacterium mediation, different factors capable of influencing the blade transformation are screened, kanamycin is utilized as a selector to screen a transformed receptor cell, and the transgenic citrus plant is screened and obtained through the PCR detection, the GFP fluorescence observation and other auxiliary methods. The method provides a new technical platform for innovative germplasm resources of citrus genetic transformation.