40 results about "Root mass" patented technology

A system and method of aeroponic farming includes depositing seeds in a flat containing micro-fleece cloth and placing the flat within a growth chamber. The upper side of the flat is subjected to light of the proper frequencies to promote growth in plants. A nutrient solution is sprayed onto the micro-fleece cloth and the developing root mass of the plants, while controlling temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide within the growth chamber. The plants are harvested resulting from the seeds at a desired stage of growth. The growth chambers can be stacked on each other and/or located side by side to save space within a facility, and to permit sharing the subsystems which control the nutrient solution, temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide for the growth chambers.

The invention relates to fusion proteins capable of acting as transcriptional repressors of cytokinin signaling, to polynucleotides encoding these fusion proteins, to vectors and cells comprising these polynucleotides, and to transgenic plants and parts thereof comprising these polynucleotides, vectors, and cells.

The invention further relates to a process for making these transgenic plants and to the use of these transgenic plants for producing seeds of enhanced size, with enhanced seed filling, with reduced seed loss and/or with more rapid germination, and/or for producing a live root system with increased root mass, root length and/or root branching. The invention also relates to a method for enhancing the seed size, for enhancing seed filling, for reducing seed loss, and/or for reducing germination time and/or reproduction time, and/or for enhancing the root mass, root length and/or root branching of a plant and to seeds obtainable by the methods of the present invention.

The present application is directed to a hybrid hydroponic and aeroponic plant cultivation system comprising a main reservoir supplying a nutrient solution to a root mass contained within an interior cavity of a cultivation chamber having a lateral sidewall and a chamber outlet, the lateral sidewall having a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the chamber outlet is configured to allow drainage of the nutrient solution from the interior cavity of the cultivation chamber. Attached to the chamber outlet is a nutrient solution retention system comprising a drainage conduit, a bypass conduit, and a liquid level switch operatively coupled to the drainage conduit, wherein the liquid level switch is configured to restrict the flow of nutrient solution through the drainage conduit causing the root mass to be submerged in a volume of nutrient solution retained in the cultivation chamber.

The invention discloses a wetland bank slope plant ecological system for control of a coal mining subsidence area and a construction method. The wetland bank slope plant ecological system comprises abank slope, a sightseeing footpath, a designed road, a terrestrial plant area and an aquatic plant area. The bank slope is of a shoreside gabion retaining wall structure or an artificial step-slope structure. The gabion retaining wall structure belongs to the flexible shoring structure and can effectively adapt to differential settlement of a soil body and reduce soil and water loss. Soil is refilled back to the underground or underwater environment of the terrestrial plant area and the aquatic plant area according to a root mass study, an original soil sectional structure is retained, and theunderground or underwater environment of the subsidence area is reconstructed. Corresponding original dominant plants are planted according to the plant community structure investigation, a various plant mixed stable community is created, the stable wetland bank slope plant ecological system for control of the coal mining subsidence area is established, and environmental improvement of the subsidence area is accelerated. Sightseeing and traffic of the subsidence area are both considered through the sightseeing footpath and the designed road.

A storage device for maintaining potted plant viability and quality that allows for sufficient water or other suitable liquid to roots and growing media of a plant. The device includes a storage pot having a base and walls, a foam insert disposed within the storage pot; and the insert having a lower surface that engages the base and a flat upper surface where the root mass and growing media are placed. The root mass and growing media maintains its position by engaging the upper flat surface of the foam and at least one of the walls of the pot. A method is also disclosed for transporting or storage that includes potting a plant in the storage pot, and wetting the foam insert.

The invention discloses a method for cutting propagation of paulownia relates to a planting method of paulownia and belongs to the field of agricultural planting. The method for cutting propagation of paulownia is characterized in that: cutting propagation is conducted by choosing ripe branches, suitable plant growth regulator and the concentration and handling time of the plant growth regulator to promote fast root growth of cuttings and effectively increase the rooting rate, the rooting amount and the rooting quality. The method for cutting propagation of paulownia has the advantages of simplicity, practicability, low cost and short period can achieve quick and effective vegetative propagation of paulownia; and the method for cutting propagation of paulownia plays a significant role in accelerating the excellent clone generalization of paulownia and promoting the construction of the bioadisel oil raw material forest.

The invention discloses a quick cultivation method of big seedlings of Tinospora sagittata and relates to the field of planting of Tinospora sagittata. The method herein includes the steps of selecting seeds, disinfecting, carrying out hormone treatment, accelerating germination, treating a culture medium, leveling a land, treating accelerated germination root mass, growing seedlings, and managingafter seedling growth. Healthy tubers of Tinospora sagittata are used as seed tubers which are disinfected twice so that bacteria in the tubers of Tinospora sagittata can be killed first, infectionsin the cultivation process are avoided, and the survival rate can be increased to certain degree; in addition, the tubers of Tinospora sagittata are treated with 6-BA cytokinin and ABP rooting powder,germination of dormant buds or adventitious buds of Tinospora sagittata is promoted, rooting of the buds is promoted, and germination rate and survival rate can be further increased; the hormone treatment helps promote the tubers of Tinospora sagittata to germinate in advance, so that the cycle of Tinospora sagittata seeds to grow from seedlings to medicinal material is shortened.

The invention discloses a method for quickly and efficiently propagating Callicarpa japonica, and belongs to the technical field of Callicarpa japonica propagation and cultivation. The propagation method comprises the following steps: (1) explant preparation: selecting tender shoots, which just germinates in spring,of Callicarpa japonica as explants; (2) aseptic treatment of the explants: stripping all tissues except true leaves on the tender shoots for disinfection treatment; (3) primary culture: transferring the disinfected tender shoots into a primary culture medium; (4) subculture: after new contact surfaces are exposed, transferring the whole shoots into a subculture medium, and transferring for three times to form clumpy buds; and (5) integrated culture of seedling strengthening and rooting outside a bottle: cutting subculture cluster buds with strong growth vigor into single buds, putting a matrix and a gel nutrient sheet into hole trays, inserting the single buds to be cut into the matrix by about 1 cm by using tweezers, then thoroughly watering the single buds by using a rooting solution, and completely covering the single buds by using a transparent film. The problems that the rooting quality of the Callicarpa japonica is poor and the survival rate of tissue culture seedlings is low due to improper matching of a tissue culture method and a culture medium are solved, meanwhile, the culture period is shortened, and the culture cost is reduced.

The invention discloses an asexual rapid propagation and seedling raising method for bauhinia corymbose. According to the method, the tedious operation of high-pressure girdling of the bauhinia corymbose is simplified, compared with conventional high-pressure and conventional cutting propagation, the rooting starting time of the cutting stage is remarkably shortened, the rooting effects of root primordium formation, adventitious root differentiation and root system formation are greatly improved, the rooting rate and rooting quality are greatly improved, the innovative girdling and binding treatment mode and the strong seedling cultivation technology enable the rooting and seedling rate of the bauhinia corymbose to reach up to 100%. Moreover, the method has the advantages of high breeding efficiency, short cultivation period and low production cost, can quickly produce and breed a large number of high-quality big seedlings of the bauhinia corymbose, and meets the vigorous requirements of markets such as landscape architecture and vertical greening.

A system for hydroponic cultivation including a cultivation container that includes an outer bucket having a drain defined in a lower portion. The outer bucket is configured to receive and support a perforated insert for holding a growing medium and tin a root mass/ball of a plant. The cultivation system also includes an elongated trough having an upper portion and a lower portion. The trough defines a longitudinal irrigation channel inclined downwards from a first end towards a second end. The upper portion forms shoulders on opposing sides of the trough for receiving the cultivation container. An irrigation system is also provided to deliver a hydroponic solution to the plant, which includes a delivery unit associated with the cultivation container and is configured to deliver the hydroponic solution to the plant from an upper portion of the cultivation container. A lighting system is also provided to deliver light to portion and side canopies of the plant.

The invention discloses a medicament for promoting growth of radix pseudostellariae and expansion of tuberous roots and a spraying method thereof and belongs to the technical field of plant cultivation. A trace element solution is adopted for spraying leaf surfaces of seedlings of a medicinal plant, namely the radix pseudostellariae, and spraying is conducted twice in the middle ten days of April and the first ten days of May. By means of the medicament, vegetative growth of the seedlings above the ground can be promoted, growth and development of the tuberous roots are also facilitated, quality of a single radix pseudostellariae tuberous root is improved, and the yield per unit area is remarkably raised; besides, the photosynthetic capacity of the radix pseudostellariae can also be improved. The trace element has the advantages of being low in use concentration and cost, efficient, low in toxin, easy and convenient to process, mature in application technology and the like, and good application and popularization value is achieved for high-yield cultivation of the medicinal plant, namely the radix pseudostellariae.

A plant growing structure (100) designed to enhance the root quality, quantity, and architecture of plants grown in plant containers or in the ground is constructed from a plurality of support walls (200). The plant growing structure (100) enhances air circulation to the plant root system (20) to increase root growth and plant productivity. Channels (230) within the support walls (200) are designed with physical structures and materials that be adapted to address issues with aeration, infiltration, drainage, soil structure, root growth, plant nutrient uptake, plant pests and diseases, growing medium moisture, and growing medium microbial content. A liquid permeable drain platform (900) controls the amount and duration of water storage in the growing medium (50). The liquid permeable drain platform (900) may be used as a standalone device or in conjunction with the plant growing structure (100).

The present invention relates to agriculture, and particularly relates to a process for obtaining a root mass from plant seeds which are subjected to particular conditions of germination in hydroponic culture, and once germinated, placed in conditions that favor the development of its root system. The root mass thus obtained can have multiple industrial applications such as material alternative to wood for thermal and acoustic insulation and fire-resistant construction.