271 results about "Tropics" patented technology

Methods and compositions for developing a series of microfluidic, USB-enabled, wireless-enabled, lab-on-chip devices, designed to reduce the chain-of-custody handling of samples between sample acquisition and final reporting of data, to a single individual. These devices provide on-the-spot testing for micro- and nanoscale (molecular) analysis of blood, urine, infectious agents, toxins, measurement of therapeutic drug levels, purity-of-sample testing and presence of contaminants (toxic and non-toxic, volatile and non-volatile); and for the identification of individual components and formal compounds—elemental, biological, organic and inorganic—inclusive of foodstuffs, air, water, soil, oil and gas samples. These devices may be relatively inexpensive, ruggedly designed, lightweight and capable of being employed—depending upon the specific application—by individuals with limited training, in remote and extreme environments and settings: including combat zones, disaster areas, rural communities, tropical/arctic/desert and other inhospitable climates and challenging terrains. The device may be comprised of materials that are reclaimed, are re-usable and are recyclable.

The invention provides a systematic and standard method for cultivating Dragon fruit in greenhouses in North China. The method comprises the steps of selection of sunlight greenhouses with good thermal insulation performance, fielding planting, field management and the like. The method provided by the invention is appropriate to standardized dragon fruit cultivation in greenhouses in North China, and has the benefit that the existing greenhouse conditions of North China are utilized to cultivate tropical and subtropical fruit trees so as to enrich the variety of crops cultivatable to facilities in North China. Dragon fruit grown according to the method provided by the invention has plump branches and smooth and juicy flesh, and has the advantages of elegant shape, excellent color, sweet flavor, good taste and high output.

The invention relates to a method for artificially culturing fuscous dictyostelium boletes in mushroom houses, greenhouses, field and nursery. The method is characterized in that firstly bolete rods are cultured, then (1) the bolete rods are earthed up to culture mushroom in mushroom houses and greenhouses, fuscous dictyostelium boletes substance can be grown and developed to mature after 10-15 days of earthing; (2) the bolete rods are debagged and earthed up to culture mushroom in mushroom houses and greenhouses, and fuscous dictyostelium boletes substance can be grown and developed to mature after 20-25 days of earthing; (3) solid bolete strains are inoculated at the roots of tropical cash crops and flower plants planted in fields to culture mushroom, and fuscous dictyostelium boletes substance can be grown and developed to mature after 30-60 days of inoculation; artificial culture of fuscous dictyostelium boletes and the industrialization production of the fuscous dictyostelium boletes can be fast realized. The culture method is simple and convenient, the culture period is short and the fruiting is regular and the yield is high.

The invention turns a hurricane/tropical cyclone into a tropical rainstorm by spraying a super coolant such as liquid oxygen, or liquid hydrogen, or liquid nitrogen, or other super cold liquid gas around the top of the eye wall and additionally if needed, into the front of the eye wall, or forming eye wall using aircraft with pre-measured amounts of super coolant. Based on actual results, a real time computer system will be developed to enable communications between aircraft and control the amount of super coolant dispersed. The result of the invention will reduce/eliminate the damage to life and property due to high winds and storm surge as well as the staggering costs for rebuilding.

High sea surface temperatures (SST) are a major factor in the formation and maintenance of tropical cyclones. Global warming has contributed to a rise in SSTs causing an increase in tropical cyclone formation. This increase in SSTs in the Atlantic basin is attributed to failing of the ThemoHaline Currents (THC) that provides warm ocean waters to Europe. Should the THC fail, it is estimated that Europe would be plunged into a 200-400 year ice age. The invention described herein uses OTEC or similar technology to pump cold ocean water to the surface, reducing SSTs limiting the formation and growth of tropical cyclones. Additional benefits would include strengthening of the THC as well as providing a stop-gap solution for global warming while more responsible manufacturing and industrial methods are designed and implemented. With limited additions to the OTEC platform other benefits can be derived including but not limited to mariculture, algaeculture, biodiesel and ethanol production, and carbon sequestration.

The invention turns a hurricane/tropical cyclone into a tropical rainstorm by spraying a super coolant such as liquid oxygen, or liquid hydrogen, or liquid nitrogen, or other super cold liquid gas around the top of the eye wall and additionally if needed, into the front of the eye wall using aircraft with pre-measured amounts of super coolant. Based on actual results, a real time computer system will be developed to enable communications between aircraft and control the amount of super coolant dispersed. The result of the invention will reduce/eliminate the damage to life and property due to high winds and storm surge as well as the staggering costs for rebuilding.

A bowl-type cultivation method for the tropical aerial orchid includes such steps as choosing the culture medium, planting, and applying water and fertilizer. Its advantages are stable and balanced supply of nutrients, high growth speed, and low cost.

The invention discloses a method for promoting recovery of native vegetation in tropical coast sandy land and relates to a method for recovery of native vegetation in non-forested tropical coast sandy wasteland or under the Casuarina equisetifolia forest in sandy land. According to the technical scheme, seeds of proper arbores, shrubs and herbaceous plants are selected to form a seed bank and matched in a proper proportion, branches of flowering shrubs are selected as cutting shoots, an uncovered biodegradable thin carton is planted in the non-forested sand wasteland or under the Casuarina equisetifolia forest in the sand land to serve as a seed bank patch, sandy soil is paved at the bottom in the patch, the seeds and the sandy soil are mixed and spread in the patch, a sunshade net is erected above the seed bank patch in the non-forested sandy wasteland, the forest gap area above the seed bank patch under the Casuarina equisetifolia forest is larger than or equal to 25 square meters, and a sunshade net is erected above the seed bank patch; the cutting shoots of the flowering shrubs are cut and inserted into the place, where the seeds are not germinated or few seedlings emerge, in the seed bank patch. The seed sprouting rate and the seedling survival rate are high, the colonization period of the native vegetation in a completely natural state is shortened, the biological diversity and the structure complexity are improved, and the stability and the stress resistance of a constructed forest community are high.

The invention relates to a system and a normative north greenhouse cultivation method of the papaya. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting a greenhouse with good thermal insulation property, adjusting the soil acidity, managing the temperature and the humidity in the greenhouse, and the like. The cultivation method is suitable for normatively cultivating the papaya in the north greenhouse, and cultivating the tropic and subtropic fruit trees by utilizing an existing greenhouse condition in the north, so that the types of the crops which are cultivated by north facilities are enriched. The papaya which is planted by the method is beautiful in tree body, beautiful in fruit shape, good in color and luster, mellow in taste, exquisite and succulent in pulp, good in mouthfeel during eating, and high in yield, thereby being suitable for touring and picking in the north greenhouse.

The invention discloses a method for building near-natural vegetation on a tropical coral reef. According to the invention, six indigenous plants (including three types of shrub, grass and vine, and nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants) like Scaevola sericea, Canavalia maritima, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Vitex trifolia Linn var simplicifolia Clam, Phyla nodiflora and Spinifex littoreus applicable to being planted in the tropical coral reef are selected according to harsh environmental conditions of coral reefs and on the basis of preliminary investigation and research on vegetation and soil in South China Sea Islands; meanwhile, referring to plantation of natural coastal plants in Paracel Islands, and through the optimal combination of a series of processes of digging planting holes, placing farmyard base manure and coconut bran, applying a water-retaining agent, soaking bagged seedlings in water, applying a compound fertilizer, applying a little amount of iron sulfide or iron-aluminum oxides (adjusting a pH value), adding dry duckweed (increasing a C source), backfilling sand or foreign soil, performing maintenance, etc., the survival rate of the plants reaches 90% or above after about 2 months; thus, green plants can be basically covered; near-natural vegetation is formed; certain functions of preventing wind and fixing sand are exerted; meanwhile, maintenance is relatively simple.

A composition for attracting female tropical root weevils (and/or repelling male tropical root weevils), containing (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material known in the art. A method for attracting female tropical root weevils to an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a female tropical root weevil attracting effective amount of (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material. A method for repelling male tropical root weevils from an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a male tropical root weevil repelling effective amount of (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material.

The invention discloses the classification method of tropical natural forest vegetation type groups in Hainan. In the invention, multi-temporal SAR data and mono-temporal less-cloud-covered optical remote sensing data are used to analyze a typical tropical forest land spectrum and scattering characteristic difference and dry and rainy season change information. A Hainan tropical natural forest vegetation type group type and a Hainan tropical natural forest growth distribution rule are combined and a remote sensing vegetation type group classification system suitable for a Hainan tropical natural forest is provided. Based on that, a Hainan tropical natural forest classification method based on machine learning is established. The method provides a solution for the remote sensing classification problem of a natural forest vegetation type group (three-level class) in the Hainan Island, and classification precision is higher than 80%.

The invention discloses a eupatorium adenophorum replacement control method by utilizing dolichos lablab L, belonging to the field of biological control. In the method, an optimum succession ecological community is established on the land growing with eupatorium adenophorum in tropical and subtropical areas of China by planting the dolichos lablab L, weeding at proper time, targeted fertilizing, proper cutting and other steps. The dolichos lablab L has the advantages of high growing speed, high cover degree and good effect of displacement control on the eupatorium adenophorum, and can increase the soil fertility. The dolichos lablab L is high-quality pasture, has high fresh grass yield and high economical utilization value, and can provide sufficient high-quality feeds for developing animal husbandry in poverty-stricken areas, so that income of peasants is increased.

The present invention provides a probabilistic forecasting method of a coastal gale caused by a tropical cyclone. The method comprises a step of collecting historical tropical cyclone data which has a gale influence on an area to be measured and hour instantaneous maximum wind speed history data of the area to be measured at a corresponding time, a step of classifying the historical tropical cyclone data according to intensity to obtain the data of various types of tropical cyclones, a step of dividing the forecasting range of the area to be measured into grids, and calculating the probability of the gale of the area to be measured caused by tropical cyclones in the grids and drawing the gale probability distribution map of the area to be measured caused by the various tropical cyclones, and a step of predicating and outputting the gale probability of the area to be measured combined with the gale probability distribution map according to the strength information and path information of a tropical cyclone to be measured in the future. The invention also provides a corresponding probabilistic forecasting system.

The invention relates to the technical field of sugarcane crossbreeding, and provides a method for sugarcane crossbreeding in tropical monsoon climate areas of China. The method comprises the steps of planting sugarcane parents, root inducing treatment of ear stems, cutting and caring the ear stems, isolated crossbreeding and artificial subsidiary pollination, and management of seed ripen process. The method is remarkably characterized in that the ear stems of the sugarcane which are dispersed in a parent nursery or different parent breeding places are cut and transported to a crossbreeding greenhouse when the sugarcane parents blossom, and are subjected to directed hybridization in proper conditions; and during the hybridization period, the ear stems are not influenced by adverse climate conditions, so the method has high breeding efficiency and strong practicability, and realizes high centralization of management.

An artificial tropical tree assembly for insertion into a table, preferably a patio table, is provided. The artificial palm tree assembly comprises a palm head comprising a crown element and a plurality of tree elements attached to the crown element of the palm head. The trunk element of the tree assembly is preferably formed of two parts—an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is adapted to have at least a portion thereof be raised or lowered out of the lower part to adjust the height of the tree for patio table heights and this accommodate the tree assembly for use with any patio table. The lighting can be string lighting and can be LED lights, miniature lights or spotlights (near or at the top of the tree trunk).

The invention discloses a nursery stock planting method on coral sand of a newly-built tropical dredger-reclaimed reef. The method comprises the steps of 1, adopting a nursery stock of which the height does not exceed 3 m; 2, treating the nursery stock with ABT rooting powder; 3, digging a planting pit, and leaching the plating pit with desalination seawater; 4, covering the bottom of the planting pit with red nutrient soil; adopting the desalination seawater to leach the coral sand or sea sand dug from the planting pit, and refilling the coral sand and the sea sand; 6, paving the surface of the planting pit with a layer of red nutrient soil, and irrigating with the desalination seawater. According to the nursery stock planting method on the coral sand of the newly-built tropical dredger-reclaimed reef, by leaching the coral sand or the sea sand with the desalination seawater, the salt and alkali content is lowered, the cycle is short, and the cost is low; by covering the red nutrient soil, not only is the soil structure of the planting pit improved and the pH value of the coral sand or the sea sand lowered, but also the red nutrient soil can be served as a bottom salt and alkali isolation layer; by using the coral sand and the sea sand as planting soil, not only is the cost saved, but also the original ecology of the reef is guaranteed; according to the planting technology, the survival rate of the transplanted nursery stock on the newly-built dredger-reclaimed reef is raised to 95% or above.

The invention relates to application method of space remote sensing big data in tropical agriculture calamity calculation, and specifically relates to the application method that uses space remote sensing big data, considers the geography information system technology, accurately obtains afflicted regions, areas and grades, does not need inspection people to go to each afflicted region, and reduces the investigation works and costs in the tropical agriculture calamity calculation that uses space remote sensing big data. The method comprises the following specific steps: obtaining satellite images or unmanned plane images of the afflicted regions; processing the obtained images, and uploading the data to a space big data system; using a machine learning database in the system to build a calamity extract model; using field data in the system to train the calamity extract model; using the images as basic data to run the calamity extract model, thus extracting calamity data; stacking the data with obtained crop plant distribution maps in the calamity regions, and obtaining the plant afflict conditions of the calamity regions.

The invention relates to a tropical flower accurate irrigation and fertilization system. The tropical flower accurate irrigation and fertilization system comprises a sprinkling irrigation system and a control system. The sprinkling irrigation system comprises a water source, the water source is connected with a fertilizer solution preparation pipe, a fertilization pipe and a watering pipe, each of the fertilizer solution preparation pipe, the fertilization pipe and the watering pipe is provided with a master control solenoid valve, the fertilizer solution preparation pipe is connected with a fertilizer supply barrel, the fertilizer supply barrel is connected with the fertilization pipe through a proportion fertilization pump, and the fertilization pipe and the watering pipe are connected with at least one sprinkling irrigation branch pipe through a sprinkling irrigation total pipe. The control system comprises a control chip, a rainfall sensor, a temperature sensor, a pH value sensor and an EC value sensor, and the control chip is connected with the master control solenoid valve, a sprinkling irrigation solenoid valve and a booster pump. Based on various growth factors of tropical flowers, the tropical flower accurate irrigation and fertilization system monitors various parameters in real time, coordinated management of water and fertilizer is achieved, and the tropical flower accurate irrigation and fertilization system accords with the sustainable development ecological agriculture direction, and is suitable for being widely promoted and applied in the field of irrigation and fertilization of tropical flowers.

The invention relates to a dendrobium flowering time regulation method. The method comprises the steps that in 6 months after seedling field planting, nitrogen phosphorus potassium balanced fertilizer and high-potassium fertilizer are applied every month, moisture preserving and temperature controlling are conducted, and the light intensity is controlled; when seedlings are subjected to field planting for 7-8 months, the nitrogen phosphorus potassium balanced fertilizer and the high-potassium fertilizer are applied every month, mist spraying is conducted in the morning and in the evening every day and conducted once every time, and the illumination intensity is controlled at 70,000-90,000 lux; after the small seedlings are subjected to field planting for 9-10 months, the nitrogen phosphorus potassium balanced fertilizer and high-phosphorus fertilizer are applied every month, mist spraying is conducted in the morning and in the evening every day and conducted once every time, and the illumination intensity is controlled at 70,000-90,000 lux; 6-benzyl aminopurine is adopted for conducting flower forcing treatment on big dendrobium seedlings 60 days before the target dendrobium flowering time. According to the method, flower forcing is conducted by combining fertilizer management with a plant growth regulator, the problem that the dendrobium flowering time is inconsistent with the market requirements is solved, large-scale production of dendrobium in tropical orchid is promoted, and the sustainable development significance is achieved on development of both tropical orchid industry and scientific research work.

The invention relates to a method for producing cross-bred maize seeds and belongs to the technical field of agricultural new variety breeding. In the invention, a female parent is obtained by subjecting a tropical maize seed breeding line 371 to three generations of self-breeding, a male parent is a maize self-bred line 269 which is obtained by three generations of self-breeding of a combination of three La maize self-bred lines with local seed background, the female parent and the male parent are crossed to produce single cross seeds, and the maize self-bred line 82 is obtained by 6 generations of self-breeding of the single cross seeds serving as a base material. The self-bred line 82 produced by the invention has the advantages of resisting various diseases such as gray leaf spot, along with stable hereditary property and high combining ability. The self-bred line 82 is a high-quality self-bred line for producing maize cross-bed seeds.

The undomesticated, i.e., criollo-type of avocado found growing in the tropics, particularly in the Dominican Republic, is used to prepare nutritional compositions for oral ingestion by humans and lower animals, especially pets such as dogs and cats.