9914 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 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 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.

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.

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.

The invention belongs to the technical field of digital image processing and pattern recognition and particularly relates to a plant disease and pest detection method based on SVM (support vector machine) learning. The plant disease and pest detection method comprises the following steps: acquiring a large number of regularly grown plant leaves and the plant leaves with diseases and pests from a large number of monitoring videos of agricultural scenes; extracting a part of pictures of the regularly grown plant leaves and the plant leaves with diseases and pests as samples; extracting characteristics [including color characteristic, HSV (herpes simplex virus) characteristic, edge characteristic and HOG (histogram of oriented gradient) characteristic] of each leaf picture; combining the characteristics into characteristic vectors; training the characteristic vectors of each leaf picture through an SVM learning method; forming a classifier after training; and detecting the large number of plant leaf pictures by the classifier to detect whether diseases or pests occur to the plant leaves. Compared with a biologic plant disease and pest detection method, the plant disease and pest detection method based on the SVM learning is higher in real time and easier to implement; and the shortcoming of detecting the plant diseases and pests by working in the fields is overcome.

The invention discloses an organic scented rice production technology. The production technology comprises the following steps of seed selection, seed processing, seedbed production, seeding, seedbed management and the like, so that produced organic scented rice is full in grain, stable in quality, safe and nonhazardous. The organic scented rice production technology is scientific, reasonable, simple, easy to operate for a farmer, simple in management, suitable for cultivation in large scale, and capable of improving social benefits, economic benefits and ecological benefits of the organic scented.

A lost circulation material (LCM) having date fruit caps is provided. The date fruit cap LCM includes date fruit caps from a date tree. The date fruit caps have multiple flakes (for example, three flakes) attached at one end to an end cap and free at the other end. The date fruit caps may be obtained from the waste product of date tree and date fruit processing. The date fruit cap LCM may be added to a drilling fluid (for example, a drilling mud) to mitigate or prevent such lost circulation in a well. Methods of lost circulation control with the date fruit cap LCM are also provided.

The invention discloses a medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino fresh cutting processing technology. The technology is characterized by after harvesting medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino, seizing the time to wash medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino while the soil adhering to the surface of medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino is wet, trimming the roots and the branches, tedding medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino for 12-48 hours, cutting medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino into slices while medicinal dioscorea nipponica makino is fresh, 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.

This present invention details slow-release natural and safe compositions for use in repelling clothes moths and other insects from all types of closed storage units. Specifically, the compositions contain a blend of Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) essential oils and some of their active ingredients, used currently as food additives including but not limited to, geranium oil, rosemary oil, peppermint oil, mint oil, citronella oil, thyme oil, cinnamon oil, geraniol, and eugenol. More specifically, the compositions further contain citric acid and acetic acid, all applied to a substrate.

The invention discloses a loquat scented tea and a preparation technology thereof. The loquat scented tea is prepared from the following raw materials in part by weight: 100 parts of loguat flower, 4 to 6 parts of dried orange peel, 4 to 6 parts of apricot kernel, 5 to 7 parts of liquoric root, 4 to 6 parts of sessile stemona root, 4 to 6 parts of white mulberry boot-bark, 4 to 6 parts of platycodon root, 3 to 5 parts of ginseng, 3 to 5 parts of honeysuckle flower, 3 to 5 parts of common anemarrhena, 4 to 6 parts of dwarf lilyturf root, 5 to 7 parts of baikal skullcap root, 5 to 7 parts of gentian, 5 to 7 parts of dark plum fruit, 5 to 7 parts of white chrysanthemum, 5 to 7 parts of lily, 3 to 5 parts of Chinese wolfberry, 3 to 5 parts of Chinese magnoliavine fruit, 3 to 5 parts of indigowoad leaf, 4 to 6 parts of Chinese thorowax root and 4 to 6 parts of perilla. The preparation technology is simple, and environment-friendly. The loquat scented tea is an oral type pure Chinese medicinal preparation for treating cough and yellow phlegm or laboriously spitting, sore throat, cold cough and the like caused by wind-heat invading lung, internal depression and fire-transmission. Years of clinical verification proves that the loquat scented tea is stable in quality, and is a common medicinal preparation for treating diseases during clinical application and at home.

The invention discloses a groove-type planting method of nano-selenium Chinese yam. Deep soil is crushed and made to float to be mixed with cultivated soil through a deep plowing technology, by adding a certain amount of biological-organic fertilizer containing nano-selenium, the soil is fertile, loose, rich in organics, and is more suitable for growth of the Chinese yam, the selenium content of the Chinese yam is increased, and the nutrition and medicinal value of the Chinese yam are increased. A plurality of U-shaped planting grooves are arranged for planting the Chinese yam, the Chinese yam can transversely grow along the U-shaped planting grooves and is easy to plant and harvest, labor intensity is relieved, and production cost is reduced. Meanwhile, the planting grooves are made of materials with mesh holes, palm bark is laid inside the planting grooves, the breathability and water permeability of the planting grooves can be effectively improved, and waterlogging and droughts are both effectively prevented. A double-layer planting method is adopted, the utilization area of land is effectively increased, and production and income are both increased largely.

The invention relates to the technical field of biology; in order to solve the deficiency of wild phellinus igniarius resources at present, and the problems of insufficient medium nutrition supply, small sporophore growth, and easy undesired microbe infection of bag cultivation in artificial cultivation, the invention provides a phellinus igniarius bag cultivation medium and a method for cultivating phellinus igniarius sporophores by using the medium; the phellinus igniarius bag cultivation medium is prepared by mixing nutrients with water, packaging the mixture in bags, sterilizing the bags at a temperature of 110-135 DEG C, at a pressure of 0.05-0.25 MPa, for 30-180 min, wherein the mass ratio of the nutrients to water is 1:1.8-2.5. With the phellinus igniarius bag cultivation medium formula of the invention, nutrients absorbed during phellinus igniarius sporophore growth are provided, and the cultivated phellinus igniarius sporophores are similar to wild phellinus igniarius with stable quality; and the cultivation mode of the invention is simple, and can be used for large scale cultivation of phellinus igniarius sporophores with medicinal value.

The invention relates to a rice processing method and belongs to the technical field of rice processing. The rice processing method includes the following steps of rice screening, stone removing, magnetic separation, rice hulling, husked rice separation, thickness grading, rice milling, rice grading, rice cooling, polishing, color sorting, second-time rice grading, sterilizing and packaging. The rice processing method is simple in procedure and high in milled rice rate, production cost of rice processing enterprises can be lowered, and rice produced by the method is clean, high in smoothness and low in broken rice rate.

The invention discloses a purely natural essential oil composition for keeping fresh and a preparation method and a using method thereof. Essential oil which is extracted from the natural substances of clove, cinnamon, caraway, garlic, seed of cuminum cyminum L. and fennel seed is prepared into an active packaging material with the functions of bacteriostasis and anti-oxidation according to a certain proportion, wherein the active packaging material has the characteristics of wide application range, naturalness, efficiency, no toxicity, simplicity and practicability, and can be widely used for packaging of foods such as fruits, vegetables, meats and the like; and the extraction method is an ultrasound-assisted extraction method. The essential oil composition can be used in various forms, namely the essential oil composition can be coated on the foods, can be used for soaking the foods, can be in the form of preservative bags, and the like. When packaging the foods, the essential oil composition can inhibit growth of microorganisms and resist oxidation at the same time, so that the shelf life of the fruits, the vegetables and the meats can be prolonged by 2 to 8 times, and the essential oil composition meet consumer psychology and has greater actual application value.

The invention relates to a blueberry/purple sweet potato compound beverage which is processed from the following main ingredients: blueberry, purple sweet potato and mulberry, and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of food deep processing. The blueberry/purple sweet potato compound beverage is made by special proportioning and compounding of purple blueberry juice, purple sweet potato juice, mulberry juice and auxiliary ingredients. The raw materials are selected, and the three kinds of juices are mixed at a certain ratio. The compound beverage retains the flavors and nutrients in the raw materials to the greatest extent, has a higher nutritional value, is rich in vitamins, minerals and active components, and has no the problems that the purple sweet potato juice has a plain taste and the blueberry juice is not sour or sweet. The preparation method provided by the invention has the characteristics of simple process, low working temperature and less nutrient loss.

The invention discloses a technical method for culturing gastrodia elata at one time under forest, which comprises gastrodia elata seed production technology, land selection and preparation technology, seed treatment technology, seeding technology, nutrient regulation and management technology and gastrodia elata harvest method. The method has the advantages of capacity of not struggling for land with crops, short production cycle, manual labor and bacteria conservation, capacity of avoiding variety degeneration and effectively preventing large head and small tail of the gastrodia elata body, and obvious ecological benefit, economic benefit and social benefit.

The invention discloses a processing method for dendrobium candidum health-card tea, which mainly comprises the following steps of: pre-processing, airing, drying, de-enzyming, rolling, initially drying, forming, drying and enhancing aroma. According to the processing method, reasonable development and utilization of tissue culture seedling during production of dendrobium candidum seedling is realized, the dendrobium candidum health-card tea has unique aroma which ordinary tea does not have, and can be eaten after drinking, a sticky feeling is generated by chewing, and moreover, the dendrobium candidum health-card tea is low in processing cost, and is simple to prepare, easy to preserve and much convenient to drink.

The invention discloses red date wine and a production process thereof, and the red date wine is formed by respectively blending the prepared red date fermented wine and the prepared red date soaked wine. The red date wine produced by the production process of the invention combines the advantages of the red date fermented wine and the red date soaked wine so as to have good color and luster, clear wine, rich red date fragrance, mellow and sweet taste and full nutrition. In the red date fermented wine, red date peels are removed in an earlier stage process so as to greatly reduce a raw material generated by carbinol. The extraction of red date juice adopts the processes of firstly soaking and extracting with hot water and then carrying out enzymolysis so as to increase the use ratio of the raw material. In the red date soaked wine, the color and luster and fragrance of red dates are better extracted. The red date wine has nutrition, color and luster, fragrance and taste by blending the red date soaked wine with the red date fermented wine.

The invention discloses a method for cultivating lucid ganoderma by using mulberry branches. A formula for cultivating the lucid ganoderma by using the mulberry branches comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 70-80 parts of mulberry branches, 1-10 parts of bran, 1-5 parts of rice bran, 1-5 parts of corn meal, 1-5 parts of bean cake meal, 1-5 parts of gypsum powder, 1-5 parts of lime powder, 0.1-1 part of calcium carbonate, 1-5 parts of sugar, 0.1-1 part of magnesium sulfate and 5-10 parts of miscellaneous fine sawdust. The method for cultivating the lucid ganoderma by using the mulberry branches has the advantages of adequate source of raw materials, simple technology, low cost and quick response. In addition, according to the method for cultivating the lucid ganoderma by using the mulberry branches, the contradiction between fungus and forest can be solved, and the forest log is substituted by the mulberry branches for cultivating the lucid ganoderma, so that the waste is changed into things of value, the economic benefit for production of silkworm is improved, and the method has a great significance to protection of forest resources.

A flavor wild vegetable salted product is characterized in that the main components of the flavor vegetable salted product comprise wild vegetables and flavoring substances. The preparation method is that (1) the fresh wild vegetables are selected and the fibrous roots of the wild vegetables are removed, and then are soaked using the clear water for 10 to 20 minutes and are washed cleanly; (2) the wild vegetables washed cleanly are fished out, dried with being hung, cut up and then put into the water to be boiled for 2 to 5 minutes; (3) the oil is put into a pot to be cooked to be 70 to 80 percent of heat and the processed wild vegetables in Step (2) are put in the pot to be fried with being stirred for 1 to 3 minutes, and then the heating is stopped and the fried wild vegetables are cooled down with being hung; (4) the flavoring substances are prepared and the wild vegetables made in Step (3) are put into the flavoring substances and are salted for 1 to 3 days; (5) the germicidal treatment is applied to the salted wild vegetables and the wild vegetables are encapsulated with being vacuum, thus obtaining the finished products. The invention has the advantages that the all-natural wild crops are selected, the flavor wild vegetable salted product is a full-maigre wild crop preparation and the nutritional components of the wild crops are conserved. The invention has high nutritive value, tastes delicious, and has simple and sanitary preparation process and meets the demands that the consumers can eat the wild vegetables as food all the year around.