10467 results about "Ecology" patented technology

The invention provides a method for isolating and culturing a previously unculturable microorganism, which comprises: (i) collecting a sample from an environmental source; (ii) counting/estimating the number of microorganisms in the sample; (iii) diluting the sample in an appropriate medium; (iv) adding a gelating agent such as to entrap one or more microorganisms within a sphere of the gelating agent; (v) coating the spheres containing the entrapped microorganism(s) with a natural or synthetic polymer to form a polymeric membrane; (vi) incubating the coated spheres in the original environment for an appropriate time; (vii) cutting the spheres and scanning for microorganisms colonies; and (viii) isolating the microorganisms, and repeating steps (iii) to (vii) until a pure clone of said previously unculturable microorganism is obtained.

Methods for classifying plants by remote sensing and image analysis technology are presented. These methods are useful for evaluating plants and for selecting plants for a plant breeding program which has as its goal to selectively alter phenotype. The methods combine the newer techniques of remote sensing technology to obtain indirect correlates of the traits of interest, with classical pedigree breeding strategies. Thermal and infrared reflectance measures of plant canopies are examples of energy values measured by remote sensing, used to indirectly predict the selected traits.

Environmental characteristics of habitable environments (e.g., hotel or motel rooms, spas, resorts, cruise boat cabins, offices, hospitals and/or homes, apartments or residences) are controlled to eliminate, reduce or ameliorate adverse or harmful aspects and introduce, increase or enhance beneficial aspects in order to improve a “wellness” or sense of “wellbeing” provided via the environments. Control of intensity and wavelength distribution of passive and active Illumination addresses various issues, symptoms or syndromes, for instance to maintain a circadian rhythm or cycle, adjust for “jet lag” or season affective disorder, etc. Air quality and attributes are controlled. Scent(s) may be dispersed. Hypoallergenic items (e.g., bedding, linens) may be used. Water quality is controlled. Noise is reduced and sounds (e.g., masking, music, natural) may be provided. Passive and active pathogen controls are employed. Controls are provided for the occupant and/or facility personnel, as is instruction, and surveys, including assessing wellness.

The present invention provides means for increasing the storage stability of astaxanthin in a green algal extract, and a green algal extract containing astaxanthin having high storage stability. The present invention provides a green algal extract comprising astaxanthin at a concentration of 0.5 to 20 wt % expressed in terms of free astaxanthin, and at least one phospholipid at a phospholipid concentration of 0.1 to 15 wt %. This green algal extract has an excellent ability to store stably astaxanthin, and even after storage for one week at 60° C. it is possible to retain approximately 80% or more of the astaxanthin.

The invention discloses cat litter comprising a composition prepared from the following components in percent by weight: 50-80% of inorganic clay, 5-15% of silica gel, 5-20% of organic substrate and 8-20% of mineral matter, wherein the inorganic clay is selected from one or a mixture of attapulgite, bentonite, kaolinite and sepiolite; the organic substrate is selected from one or a mixture of corncob, corn, wheat, clover, peanut hull, walnut shell, pine wood shavings and broadleaved tree wood shavings; and the mineral matter is selected from one or a mixture of perlite, diatomite, pumice and other low-density mineral matters. The cat litter disclosed by the invention has the following advantages of largely strengthened adsorption deodorization capacity due to the addition of the silica gel component, stronger deodorization capacity by utilizing the adsorbability of natural materials, natural fragrance, small weight and strong caking capability, in particular no dust and easiness for treatment; and the cat litter disclosed by the invention is 40% lighter than the traditional bentonite cat litter.

The invention relates to aerobic denitrifying paracoccus denitrificans and application thereof. A bacterial strain provided in the invention is paracoccus denitrificans DN-3CGMCC No. 3658; the Paracoccus denitrificans can carry out aerobic denitrification by using nitrate nitrogen under both aerobic and oxygen-limited conditions and can also carry out heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification by using ammonia-N, and a total nitrogen removal rate on above mentioned occasions is greater than 90%. The paracoccus denitrificans provided in the invention has stable hereditary features, isapplicable to treatment of a variety of nitrogen-containing waste water and produces a good nitrogen removal effect.

The invention provides methods of enhancing moisture or reducing drying using wet skin treatment composition. These compositions are activated by water and retained efficiently on skin. Thus, the compositions (and methods used) impart desirable benefits to skin, are perceived to absorb quickly on wet skin and leave the skin feeling clean, but non-greasy.

The invention discloses a method for forecasting blue-green algae water bloom in a large-scale shallow lake within 72 hours. The method comprises the following steps of: building a content forecasting model of chlorophyll a in a water body and a probability forecasting model of water bloom generation according to an in-situ growth rate and drift rate parameters of blue-green algae; analyzing instant content of the chlorophyll a in a monitoring water area; distributing and acquiring meteorological information data in a monitoring period; inputting the built models; and outputting a predicted value of the concentration of the chlorophyll a in the monitoring water area in the next 72 hours and the water area and the probability of water bloom generation. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of strong operability, easily acquired parameters used for forecasting and high timeliness, and can be used for rapidly and accurately predicting breakout of the blue-green algae water bloom and forecasting the blue-green algae water bloom in a waterhead site and a vital landscape water area.

The invention relates generally to an improved plant breeding system. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for automated, high throughput analysis of plant phenotype and plant genotype in a breeding program.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a Cannabis plant Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol isolate from a crude solvent extract of Cannabis plant material. The invention relates further to a Cannabis plant THC isolate comprising Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, Cannabinol (CBN) and/or Cannabidiol (CBD) and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the Cannabis plant THC isolate.

The invention relates to a convenient preparation method for culturing ecological bacteria. The product comprises a composite microbial freeze-drying strain, a special culture medium, a flora coordination and growth promotion factor and the like. After the freeze-drying microbial strains and nutrients are mixed according to the weight ratio of 1:100-1:100000, finished products are obtained by sealing and encapsulating. When in use, the product is added with water with the quantity of 20 times, the mixture is stirred evenly, the environmental temperature is controlled between 15 DEG C and 40 DEG C, and the mixture is covered by a cover, sealed at a dry position and then can be fed after being naturally activated for 2-3 days. The added water is required to be drinking water and does not contain a disinfector, a bactericide, an antibiotic and a synthetic antibacterial agent, and the temperature of the water can not exceed 45 DEG C, warm water with the temperature of 25-37 DEG C is preferred; a used container must be washed and cleaned, is provided with a cover for sealing and can be recycled by disinfection after being used. At present, most of the active bacterium products sold in the market are packaged and delivered to the market after a microbial agent and the products are fermented in a factory, which is a sale-after-growth mode; the defects of unstable effect, unreasonable performance-price ratio and the like generally exist in the active bacterium products produced by this mode. The invention adopts a growth-after-sale mode and hands the production priority of a microbial preparation to a user, and the user can prepare and culture the required ecological bacteria under a simple condition by carrying out water addition, temperature control and natural fermentation on the product. The convenient bacteria do not contain chemical medicaments and toxin and are ecological and environment-friendly.

The invention discloses a feed additive and a preparation craft, in particular to a green feed additive for layers and the preparation craft, which is prepared by the mixure of Chinese medicine chemical additive, micro ecology preparation, Vitamin class, trace elements, methionine, chlorination choline, ethoxybenzoylaminoquinoline, rice husk powder and zeolite. The invention has the advantages of nontoxic side effect, no residue, no antibiotic nature, improvement of the laying intensity of layers and the quality of eggs, and enhancement of organism immunity and the anti-stress ability of the organic body.

The invention provides a method for detecting abnormal behavior of power consumption of users based on isolated forest, which comprises the following steps: S1, obtaining power consumption sequence data through data acquisition mode; 2, clean that data to remove incomplete data, incorrect data and duplicate data; S3, feature extraction based on statistics; S4, data preprocessing; 5, normalize thatmatrix YM *K to obtain a new matrix YM *K '; 6, judging whether that power consumption is abnormal or normal by using an isolated forest model; S61, extracting from a new matrix YM *K, each us extracts. Psi. Statistical characteristics, and assuming that the number t of iTree trees, yij, is the element of the i-th row and the j-th column in the new matrix YM *K; S62, calculating an abnormal scores (yij,. Psi.) of yij; S63, determining whether s (yij,. Psi.) is less than 1-Delta e, Delta e is a constant in the range of 0.22 to 0.07; If so, it is abnormal power consumption; If not, the electricity is normally used. An isolated forest-based user abnormal behavior detection method solves the problem of long running time of analysis and calculation caused by large subsequent operation due tolack of data processing in the prior art.

The invention discloses a method for cultivating algam Dendrobium nobile in group in water. Since the blades of algam Dendrobium nobile before output bottle will not form complete horny layer to process effective photosynthesis, according to the growth and physiological characters, the algam Dendrobium nobile output bottle is cultivated by water cultivate device, to be cultivated for 30 days at right condition, therefore, cultivated seeds can be transplanted into large field. The invention can effectively resolve the problems as low survival rate and improve survival rate to 95%.

The invention discloses a pervious concrete and is characterized in that the pervious concrete is made by mixing cement, aggregate, water, water reducer agent and adhesive evenly; and the cement, the aggregate, the water, the water reducer agent and the adhesive are mixed in different weight proportions of 1-1.2 to 5.5-8.5 to 0.2-0.5 to 0.01-0.2 to 0.01-0.2. The invention can solve the natural ecology problems of hardened ground in cities, atmospheric circulation as well as soil and water moisture retention, thereby forming a high-quality natural ecology environment and maintaining urban ecological balance. The pervious concrete consists of two pervious surface courses and two macadam bases in different particles so as to provide a water storage structure which can store the water until the water penetrates into the soil; meanwhile, the invention can be made into building block, which can be provided with different decorative patterns and colors on the surface, and has the advantages of artistic quality, water permeability, good water retention, skid resistance, high strength, cold resistance and weather resistance, etc.

The invention discloses an organic selenium biologics and its preparation method, and method for producing selenium-rich vegetable using the same, wherein the preparation is prepared from water and the following components (by weight percentage) through mixing and fermentation, selenium dioxide : sodium hydrogen carbonate : methionine : brown sugar : carbamide : monobasic potassium phosphate : magnesium sulfate : manganese sulfate : calcium chloride = 35-45 : 35-45 : 10-20 : 45-55 : 1-10 : 1-10 : 1-4 : 1-4 : 1-10, the method of application comprises, diluting the organic selenium biologics to 50-200 times by charging water, spraying diluted organic selenium biologics liquid onto the vegetable leaves, stems or roots. The vegetable exerted by the organic selenium biologics contains rich selenium.

The invention relates to the field of environmental protection and discloses a soil conditioner, as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The soil conditioner comprises raw materials in parts by weight: 50 to 60 parts of wood fibers, 14 to 18 parts of biochar, 25 to 30 parts of humus, 3 to 6 parts of polysaccharide, 1 to 3 parts of seaweed essence, 0.001 to 0.005 part of Trichoderma and 0.001 to 0.005 part of nitrogen fixation bacteria. The invention also discloses a preparation method, the application and a using method of the soil conditioner, the soil conditioner has the advantages of improving soil physical and chemical properties and promoting the turf forming performance of plants, and the preparation and application methods are simple and convenient, so that the popularization and application are facilitated.

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