19793 results about "Horticulture" patented technology

A computer implemented system for a vertical farming system comprising at least a first crop growth module and operating in an environmentally-controlled growing chamber, the control system comprising sensors for measuring environmental growing conditions in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber over time to generate environmental condition data, a device configured for measuring a crop characteristic of a crop grown in the crop growth module of the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to generate crop growth data and a processing device comprising software modules for receiving the environmental condition data and the crop growth data; applying an algorithm to the environmental condition data and the crop growth data to generate an improved environmental growing condition and generating instructions for adjustment of the environmental growing conditions in or around the growth module in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to the improved environmental growing condition.

The invention relates to an oligochitosan and plant source substance-containing agricultural composition and applications, wherein the plant source substance is prepared by one or more of derris, tripterygium glycosides, tobacco, pyrethrum cinerariifolium, tagetes erecta, eupatorium adenophorum, radix stemonae, cayenne pepper, macleaya cordata, radix sophorae flavescentis, pyrethrum cinerariifolium, chinaberry, excoecaria sebifera, black nightshade herb, rhododendron sinensis sweet, coriaria sinica maxim, garlic, fruit of cubeb litsea tree, yellow flowered rhododendron, thymelaea, radix euphorbiae lantu, lysimachia foenum-graecum hance, peppermint, calamendiol, cortex cinnamomi, black pepper, artemisia scoparia, rhizoma alpiniae officinarum, mugwort, pepper, cynanchum komarovii, chinese honeylocust abnormal fruit, stramonium, ginko, camphora officinarum, caulis spatholobi, chinese mosla herb, herba asari, red sandalwood, erythrina indica, myrsine africana and fructus cnidii. The composition is low in people and livestock and non-target organism toxicity, fast degraded in the environment, low in residue, and free from environmental pollution. The oligochitosan and certain plant source substances in the composition are mixed and can achieve synergistic interaction, and the usage amount of the plant source substances can be reduced.

The invention provides a specialized organic/inorganic composite biological medicine fertilizer for rape, and a preparation method thereof. The weight parts of composition raw materials are as follows: 60-80 parts of greenhouse garbage, 6-7 parts of pericarp, 6-8 parts of cotton straws, 8-10 parts of pig manure, 10-12 parts of plant ash, 10-12 parts of sugar residue, 20-25 parts of sodium humate, 10-11 parts of diammonium phosphate, 12-14 parts of potassium sulfate, 12-14 parts of urea, 12-14 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, 14-16 parts of medical stone, 12-14 parts of animal hair, 1-2 parts of EM strains, 20-22 parts of modified bentonite, 8-10 parts of celastrus orbiculatus, 3-4 parts of neem, 4-6 parts of monkshood, 3-5 parts of fiveleaf akebia fruit, 0.7-1.2 parts of boric acid, 1-1.2 parts of manganese sulfate, 2-4 parts of copper sulfate, 4-6 parts of eucalyptus oil and a proper amount of paraffin. A green organic fertilizer is obtained by mixing a plurality of organic wastes and fermenting the mixture, thereby reducing environment pollutions. The specialized organic/inorganic composite biological medicine fertilizer for the rape has the advantages of comprehensive nutrition and enhanced sterilizing effects by mixing the fermented organic materials and inorganic fertilizer and adding medicine juice of the Chinese herbal medicine having insectidical functions. With the application of the fertilizer, rape quality can be effectively increased; and the rape has green leaves, bright flower, prolonged flowering period, full seeds and increased output.

The invention provides a padding capable of being used for fermentation bed cultivation and a production method thereof. The padding comprises a compound microbial preparation, main materials (such as wood dust, rice hull, straw, cotton stalk, peanut shell, and the like), rapid fermentation raw materials (raw materials used for adjusting and diluting micro-bacteria, such as corn flour, fresh rice bran, brown sugar or molasses and the like) and water, and then, the padding is prepared by fermentation. Aiming at the abnormal problems of low strain fermenting strength, slow temperature rise, no fermentation and the like which usually occur in the current padding manufacture, the problems of limited padding components, high production cost and unable full utilization of wide subsidiary agricultural products of China, and the problems of single padding laying mode, complex manufacture and unable consideration of demands of different producers, the invention provides a practical, cheap, rapid and safe padding production method for the fermentation bed cultivation technology.

The invention relates to a composite fruit and vegetable crisp chip and a manufacturing method thereof, especially to a composite fruit and vegetable crisp chip manufactured by using combined microwave vacuum freeze drying technology and vacuum low temperature frying technology, belonging to the field of food processing technology. The manufacturing method for the composite fruit and vegetable crisp chip comprises the following steps: preparation of condensed fruit and vegetable pulp; batching; batch mixing; die molding; microwave vacuum freeze drying; vacuum low temperature frying; etc. With the manufacturing method, generation of harmful substances like acrylamide and trans-fatty acids is reduced in the process of manufacturing, and the manufactured composite fruit and vegetable crisp chip has the advantages of crisp taste, a bright color, small nutrient loss, etc.

The present invention relates to a method for producing fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants, to fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants produced by same, and to foods containing same. The method for producing fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants includes the steps of: producing crushed edible plants or edible animal/plants; culturing a liquid mixture of grains, saccharides, filamentous fungi, and yeast for 24 to 36 hours to produce a mixed microbial broth; inoculating the edible plants or edible animal/plants with the mixed microbial broth, and firstly fermenting the edible plants or edible animal/plants for 3 to 8 days to produce first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants; and inoculating the first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants with bacteria, and secondly fermenting the first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants for 6 to 12 days to produce second fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants. Whereby, a fermentation period can be shortened, and food deterioration and the growth of pathogenic microorganisms can be suppressed. Further, adding the fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants produced by the above-described method into foods can provide storage stability, increase bioavailability, and improve flavor.

This invention provides baskets for growing plants and methods for growing plants using those baskets. The baskets for supporting a plant or a seed that will germinate into a plant, and optionally a growing medium for contacting the seed or plant include at least two basket sections and a means for reversibly connecting at least two of the basket sections wherein the sections can be separated and the plant can be removed from the basket while causing no substantial damage to the plant. Seed cartridges with such baskets, growing media, and seeds or plants are also provided. The methods for growing a plant include separating the basket sections and removing the plant from the separated basket sections while causing no substantial damage to the plant.

The invention discloses a compound fertilizer special for dragon fruit, and a preparation method and an application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of the fertilizers and the preparation methods thereof. The compound fertilizer special for the dragon fruit is prepared from the following components by weight percent: 40-90% of organic fertilizer, 40-49% of inorganic chemical fertilizer, 4-6% of humic acid, 0.5-1.5% of nutritional additives, 5-7% of composite binder and 0.4-0.7% of conditioner. Due to optimized combination of the organic fertilizer, the inorganic fertilizer, major elements and trace elements, the dragon fruit can be enabled to bloom and bear fruits early, the yield of the dragon fruit can be increased, and the quality of the dragon fruit also can be improved. Due to organic-inorganic combination, complete nutrition is provided for the growth of the dragon fruit, and the soil structure can also be modified easily, the utilization rate of the fertilizer is increased, and the yield and the quality of the dragon fruit can be improved remarkably; in the meantime, the compound fertilizer also has the advantages that the agricultural wastes are recycled and the preparation cost of the fertilizer is low, and therefore, the compound fertilizer is excellent in economic benefit and ecological environmental benefit.

A system including a controlled agriculture environment containing one or more growing rooms, each containing one or more growing units is described. Each growing room is managed by an HVAC system under the control of an environmental control unit. Each growing room may have a specific temperature and humidity optimized for the type of plant or plants being room. The growing room may have a positive air pressure when compared to areas connected to it to ensure that no insects or contaminants can enter the growing room. The growing room may provide water feed, compressed air, CO₂, and electricity to each of the growing units. The growing units are also connected wirelessly to an environmental control unit.

The invention discloses lactobacillus used for biological preservation, which is named Lactobacillus plantarum and has been collected in China Center for Type Culture Collection on June 21, 2010 with the collection number of CCTCC M 2010150. The lactobacillus can be used for fruit preservation. The application method comprises the following steps: heating and dissolving an acidizer in water, reducing temperature to normal temperature, adding lactobacillus powder, uniformly mixing, spraying onto fruits in an atomized mode, and storing the fruits at normal temperature or low temperature. Under the condition of normal temperature, the fruits can be preserved for 3 months, and under the condition of low temperature, the fruits can be preserved for 6 months. The Lactobacillus plantarum is obtained by screening a large amount of lactobacillus, can control peel browning and reduce fruit morbidity, and also can properly reduce fruit moisture violation, inhibit the metabolism of the fruits, and prolong the refreshing time.

The invention discloses a pleurotus geesteranus medium and a preparation method thereof. The recipe of the medium comprises (by weight) 60-75% of cotton seed hull or wheat straw or rice straw or corn cob, 7-15% of weed tree sawdust, 8-15% of wheat bran or rice bran, 3-8% of corn flour, 0.5-1.5% of sucrose, 1-1.5% of dried gypsum, 2-2.5% of quicklime, 0.1-0.3% of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 0.1-0.2% of magnesium sulfate. The preparation method of the medium comprises the following steps: dissolving the quicklime, the dried gypsum, the potassium dihydrogen phosphate and the magnesium sulfate into water; adding the cotton seed hull or the wheat straw or the rice straw or the corn cob and the weed tree sawdust for prewetting; then adding the rice bran, the corn flour, the wheat bran and the sucrose and mixing evenly; and returning the medium having been used for planting the pleurotus geesteranus to field and soil in situ. The technical scheme can cause the pleurotus geesteranus to grow better and avoids the defect of no special medium for the growth of the pleurotus geesteranus in the prior art.

The invention discloses golden flower loose tea dark green tea and a processing method of the golden flower loose tea. High-tenderness single buds and/or tea with one bud and one leaf are/is used as raw materials, raw dark green tea is prepared through steps of activation fragrance enhancement, slight water removing, twisting, deblocking, strip sorting, intermittent juice adding alcoholization, pile fermentation, secondary deblocking and strip sorting, low-temperature drying and the like, then, the raw dark green tea is used for further floating, the golden flower loose tea is prepared, the strip shape of the loose tea is maintained, and the characteristics of golden flower are also realized.

The invention discloses an independent tobacco cutting process and independent tobacco cutting equipment based on paper making method regenerated tobacco leaf processing characteristics. The process comprises the following process steps: opening a box, shoving tobacco leaves, loosening, regaining moisture, cutting, drying and mixing. The equipment comprises a box opening machine, a tobacco leaf shoving machine, a high-frequency-vibrating loosening machine, a moisture regaining machine, a cutting machine and a roller cut tobacco drying machine, wherein the mechanisms can be arranged and can operate alone or in combination through the connection by a material conveying and feeding mechanism. The process and the equipment can cut the boxed regenerated tobacco leaves independently according to the processing characteristics of the boxed regenerated tobacco leaves, thereby improving the effective utilization rate of the paper making method regenerated tobacco leaves, effectively retaining fragrance, improving visual quality, and making the prepared regenerated cut tobacco uniform in length and good in looseness so that the cut tobacco can be blended with other cut tobacco uniformly. The process and the equipment have high adaptability; meanwhile, according to the change in the form of supplied materials, 'three-step method' tobacco cutting adopted in the prior art is changed into one-step cutting with the same effect, the production efficiency is improved and the production cost is lowered.

This invention provides a vapor heat apparatus for treating fruits by killing insects such as, for example, a Mediterranean fruit fly, an orange small fruit fly, a Queensland fruit fly and a melon fruit fly or the like. The invention prevents thermal troubles experienced by fruits undergoing treatment by allowing each of the fruits stored in each of the fruit storing means to reach a predetermined fruit central temperature at substantially the same time. The vapor supplying means and the heat exchanger means are controlled in reference to a sensed signal of the fruit temperature sensing means. When the increase in the fruit central temperature in a certain fruit storing unit is delayed as compared with the increase of the central temperature of the fruits in another fruit storing unit, the relative humidity of the saturated vapor passing in the former fruit storing units is increased increasing thermal conductivity or a feeding amount of the saturated vapor passing in the former fruit storing unit is increased increasing the amount of heat provided to the fruit and increasing the thermal conductivity is to hasten the rise in the fruit central temperature.

The invention discloses a medicinal kusnezoff monkshood fresh cutting processing technology. The technology is characterized by after harvesting medicinal kusnezoff monkshood, seizing the time to wash medicinal kusnezoff monkshood while the soil adhering to the surface of medicinal kusnezoff monkshood is wet, trimming the roots and the branches, tedding medicinal kusnezoff monkshood for 12-48 hours, longitudinally slicing medicinal kusnezoff monkshood or slicing the top of medicinal kusnezoff monkshood, vacuum-packaging the slices with polyethylene plastic bags after airing the slices until the slices are dry and adding drying agents and antioxidants. The processing technology has the beneficial effects that the medicines are washed and processed while the medicines are fresh, thus avoiding losses of water-soluble active ingredients, reducing pollution of the medicines caused by microorganisms and worm eggs in the soil, simplifying the medicinal slice production process, reducing the preparation cost, guaranteeing the quality of the medicines and improving the clinical effects; and popularization and implementation of the processing technology have obvious social significance and economic benefits.

A plant planter for maintaining the health of container grown plants and includes a container adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil. Further, the planter includes at least one sensor for monitoring at least one growing condition. The planter is further responsive to an indication from the sensor of the monitored growing conditions for effecting a growing condition. The growing condition can be further effected based on the species of the plant. In addition, a plurality of planters can be included in a system for maintaining a plurality of plants in which each planter can be programmed to effect growing conditions based on the species of the plant planter in the respective containers. Moreover, the system of planters can be adapted for communication therebetween for enabling effective use of shared resources.

The invention provides a tree transplanting method. The tree transplanting method is used for processing the whole tree transplanting process to enable every step of the tree transplanting process to be provided with corresponding guaranteeing methods and measures, wherein the whole tree transplanting process comprises pre-transplanting pretreatment, digging, trimming, packaging, trunk wrapping, loading and transportation, planting, post-transplanting maintenance and the like. The tree transplanting method is particularly suitable for the tree transplanting for trees and rare plants, which have diameters at breast height above15-20cm. When the tree transplanting method is used, the survival rate of transplanted trees is greatly improved from 60-65% to 90-95%, so that the greatest effectiveness of the utilization of the limited resources is obtained.

The invention is drawn to methods and apparatus for protecting fruits and vegetables, particularly soft-skinned fruits and vegetables, from bruising, crushing and other damage during transport. Preferably, the apparatus of the present invention are designed for transport and protection of individual or small numbers of fruits and vegetables. Methods include methods for protecting fruit and vegetable from damage during transport.