228 results about "Turf grass" patented technology

Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy [1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide, is useful in controlling broadleaf weeds and sedges in turfgrass and in vine and orchard floors.

Fungal/bacterial antagonist combinations, a seed coated with one of the combinations and a plant protected from plant pathogens by one of the combinations. The invention is also a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination comprising a Trichoderma virens fungal antagonist and a Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) bacterial antagonist and its use for controlling plant pathogens as a biocontrol agent, bio-pesticide or bio-fungicide. The invention also finds utility as a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination applied to the seed, stalk or leaf that results in an increase in plant yield. Control of early and late season stalk and root rot caused by fungi such as Fusarium, Phythium, Phytophthora and Penicillium in tomatoes, peppers, turf grass, soybeans, sunflower, wheat and corn is achieved.

This invention provides a method for identifying lawn grass comprising capturing an image of the terrain in front of a mower, segmenting the image into neighborhoods, calculating at least two image statistics for each of the neighborhoods, generating a binary representation of each image statistic. The binary representation of each image statistic is generated by comparing the calculated image statistic values to predetermined image statistic values for grass. The method further comprises weighting each of the binary representations of each image statistic, and summing corresponding neighborhoods for all image statistics. A binary threshold is applied to each of the summed neighborhoods to generate a binary map representing grass containing areas and non-grass containing areas.

Golf courses and other turf grass areas can be treated in a manner that maintains turf grass in a manner closely related to the specific needs of the turf. A piece of turf maintenance equipment (chemical applicator, mower, aerator, etc) is operatively linked to a computer database and local positioning system for the tractor. The database contains a map of the treatment area that contains a variety of attribute information pertinent to proper maintenance of the turf grass. This map is linked to the location system coordinate output so that a maintenance control computer can control operation of the attached maintenance device as the operator drives over the course.

The invention provides a method of mixed planting of cool-season turf grass and warm-season turf grass, which includes: sowing seeds of Zoysia japonica and seeds of tall fescue according to a proportion of 1:1; sowing the seeds of Zoysia japonica prior to the seeds of tall fescue; and setting seeding quantity of each type of the seeds to be 15g/m2 at the temperature of 30 DEG C to 35 DEG C. By the method, the problem that the warm-season turf grass is withered and yellow in winter, short in green period, difficult to overwinter and the like is solved, the problem that the cool-season turf grass tends to wither in summer, tends to hibernate, is susceptible to diseases and the like is also solved, quality of turf in transition areas is improved, and management cost is lowered.

A method for generating a localized data map, the method including (a) traversing an area with a machine, the machine including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive data; (b) collecting data of the area utilizing the sensor; and (c) communicating the data to generate a localized data map. A system and method for generating a localized turf grass data map, the method including (a) traversing an area of turf grass with an outdoor power equipment machine, the outdoor power equipment machine including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive data; (b) collecting turf grass data utilizing the sensor; and (c) communicating the turf grass data to generate a localized turf grass data map.

The invention discloses an application of a city domestic waste compost microbial agent to improving salt resistance of lawn grass. The composite microbial agent consists of three bacteria comprising bacillus subtilis, actinomycetes and saccharomycetes according to a volume ratio at 1:1:1, and the composite microbial agent is 100-200 folds diluted; the salt resistance refers to 0.3%-0.9% NaCl saline-alkali soils. The experimental result shows that: after two lawn plants are inoculated with the city domestic waste compost microbial agent, the maximum stress capacity for resisting salt stress can reach 0.9% of salt stress, so that the 100-200 folds of diluted composite microbial agent prepared by the invention obviously promotes the relieving of lawn plant salt stress.

The invention discloses a small-flow reel type irrigator water turbine, and aims to provide a reel type irrigator water turbine which is high in efficiency, small in energy consumption, simple in structure and low in production and manufacture cost. The small-flow reel type irrigator water turbine comprises a water inlet, a spray nozzle, a turbine cover, a turbine casing, a rotary wheel, a drive shaft and a water outlet, wherein a water inlet of the turbine casing is connected with a water inlet pipe, and a water outlet of the turbine casing is connected with a water outlet pipe; the inside of the turbine casing is a round structure, the water inlet and the water outlet of the turbine casing are cast to form a tapered structure, and the conical spray nozzle is mounted in the water inlet; one end of the drive shaft is connected with the rotary wheel, and the other end penetrates through the turbine casing and is connected with a transmission device; and the turbine cover is buckled at the outer end of the turbine casing, and a turbine chamber is formed in the space of the turbine casing, the rotary wheel and the turbine cover; and the rotary wheel of the water turbine is cast by aluminum alloy, and the spray nozzle is made of a special plastic. The small-flow reel type irrigator water turbine is applicable to irrigation of a stadium, a golf course, a football field, a lawn, grassland, a park, a garden and various crops.

A process for treatment of organic wastes from municipal wastewater to produce a product for spreading seed in an organic matrix includes the steps of providing organic waste including biosolids and their contained cellulose from municipal wastewater, rendering the organic waste free of foreign objects, rendering the organic waste pathogen free, and sterile relative to plant seeds, by milling in a batch or semi-batch format using a rotor-stator mixer or mill, and mixing the milled organic waste with waste paper products and/or pelletizing the mixture to form a horticultural mulch, to which seed can be added. The pH optionally is adjusted, and additional materials that aid in seed germination or plant growth optionally are mixed into the treated product. The final product is a high quality, beneficial re-use organic soil amendment that provides an enriched seed starter system for lawns or other commercial turf-grass operations.

Biofertilizers have been identified as an alternative to chemical fertilization to increase soil fertility and crop production using sustainable farming. Treatment is with at least a proprietary formulation of a nitrogen-fixing consortium and Azospirillum brasilense. The application of biofertilizers resulted in higher biomass compared to chemical fertilizer treatment. Chlorophyll and nitrogen levels in these grass plants are also likely to be improved.

The invention provides a warm-season turf establishment method. The warm-season turf establishment method is mainly used for establishing a turf against a warm-season turf grass seeding method. According to the warm-season turf establishment method, various conditions required for seed germination of warn-season turf grass and growth of seedlings till the turf is formed can be ensured by controlling fertilizing amount and watering amount, utilizing control temperature, humidity and illumination of an agricultural plastic mulching film and applying a seedling stage film supporting technology. An effective method which can realize large-area application in production practices of garden afforestation, and can not only solve the difficult problems of turf establishment through the warm-season seeding method, but also reduce turf establishment cost is provided by preparing a place before the turf establishment, seeding, controlling the temperature and humidity during the germination stage, curing the seedlings in the film, controlling the temperature of the support film and the like.

The present invention is kind of nitrate transport protein of diatom and its coding gene and application in transgenic plant. The nitrate transport protein has one of the following amino acid residue sequence: 1. SEQ ID No. 1 in the sequence list; and 2. the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 through substitution, deletion or addition of 1-10 amino acid residues and coding protein possessing nitrate transport function. The transgenic tobacco, rice or lawn grass with the gene of the present invention NAT3 can grow normally on the culture medium with nitrogen element content only 1/32 normal value, and this proves the capacity of NAT3 in raising the nitrogen absorption. The present invention may have wide application foreground in plant nitrogen fertilizer absorption and breeding low nitrogen resisting plant variety.

The invention discloses a method for synchronously separating and measuring an endogenous abscisic acid, gibberellins and auxin in turfgrass, and relates to the technical field of plant endogenous hormone analysis. The method provided by the invention comprises the steps as follows: (1) fast extracting the three major hormones namely, the endogenous abscisic acid, the gibberellins and the auxin; (2) solid phase extracting and eluting; (3) conducting high efficient liquid chromatogram-mass spectrometry. According to the method provided by the invention, the pretreatment is easy and consumes less time, the consumption of a chemical reagent is little, the cost is saved effectively, the detection is high in sensitivity, good in selectivity and requires no derivatization, and as a separation extraction method, a chromatograph separation condition and a mass spectrometric detection method enable such three major hormones as the endogenous abscisic acid, the gibberellins and the auxin to be measured directly and synchronously in the crude extract of a turfgrass sample, the method has a high recovery rate reaching 94.6-96.5%.

The invention relates to a method for restoring heavy metal from waste compost by an earthworm in synergism with turf grass, and enhancing photosynthetic amount. A container is provided with an air vent at the bottom, and lined with a layer of gauze; 2 to 4kg of municipal solid waste compost sieved through an over 20-mesh sieve is filled into the container, and 40 to 80 earthworms are also put into the container; 1.5 to 3g of turf grass is scattered on the surface of a compost substrate of the container, and grows at the indoor temperature of 15 to 21 DEG C and 34 to 30 percent of relative humidity; the appropriate amount of water is sprinkled for watering the turf grass every day, so as to maintain 60 to 65 percent of substrate water capacity; the turf grass is mowed 45 days later, so as to mensurate corresponding index content. The method can enhance the transfer of the heavy metal from the underground part of the turf grass to the ground part, thereby increasing the content of the chlorophyll of the turf grass and the photosynthetic amount; furthermore, the method is favorable for promoting the absorption and the concentration of the turf grass to the heavy metal.

The invention discloses a urea formaldehyde foam matrix for cultivating cold-season turfgrass and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps that: (1) formaldehyde and urea are mixed to carry out polycondensation reaction, and urea-formaldehyde resin solution is prepared; (2) butyl naphthalene sulfonate, phosphate and water are mixed, and blister fluid is prepared; (3) the blister fluid and the urea-formaldehyde resin solution are foamed in a foaming machine, and liquid foam is prepared; (4) the liquid foam is cured and dried, and a foam matrix is prepared; and (5) aldehyde removal agent, hydrophilizing agent and potassium are dissolved into the water to prepare a mixture, the mixture is sprayed on the surface of the foam matrix and dried, and the urea formaldehyde foam matrix for cultivating cold-season turfgrass is prepared. The matrix is characterized in that water absorption and preservation properties are good, and releasing nitrogen nutrient and nutrition elements required by the growth of other turf are contained. When being used to turf establishment, the matrix not only can be used for turf production on a cultivated land and then paved on other lands, but also can be directly used for turf establishment, and has significant economic, social and ecological benefits.

The invention belongs to microbe technical field, and especially relates to a Trichodermaviride, and the invention also relates to an application of Trichodermaviride. The Trichodermaviride strain capable of producing cellulase with high-yield is Trichodermaviride in Trichoderma, the code number is M20, and the Trichodermaviride is preserved at China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on 2nd, April, 2011, the preservation number is CGMCC No.4732. The strain of the invention can be grown in a medium which takes a plurality of cellulose compounds as a sole carbon source, the cellulose compounds comprise carboxymethylcellulose sodium, microcrystalline cellulose, corn straw, cob, deciduous leaf, turf grass and the like. The Trichodermaviride of the invention can secrete a plurality of cellulose hydrolases, can be used for processing urban landscaping waste, can acquire high reducing sugar in short time, the obtained reducing sugar can be used for producing single cell protein and can be used for producing fuel ethanol, and the Trichodermaviride possesses important meaning for solving a series of problems of energy shortage and environmental pollution at present.

The invention discloses a method for regulating turfgrass heavy metal accumulation by using an OTC (oxytetracycline) and carbon nano-tube interlayer. An oxide-modified carbon nano-tube is used as an interlayer. The objectives are to reduce effect of leaking heavy metal to underground after the OTC is coupled with compost compound heavy metal, and to provide important technical support for a modified carbon nano-tube repairing heavy metal coupled pollution. Experiment results show that under the action of the OTC, adding of the carbon nano-tubes mixed in layers increases heavy metal accumulation amount of the overground part of festuca arundinacea, and heavy metal total amount in percolate in the modified carbon nano-tube interlayer is lower than that of control groups. The addition of the modified carbon nano-tube reduces risks that heavy metal is transferred to underground water to a certain degree, and provides technical support for practical application of the method.

A seed treated with a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination and a seed assembly comprising a seed and a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination. The fungal/bacterial antagonist combination comprises a Trichoderma virens fungal antagonist and a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacterial antagonist for controlling plant pathogens as a biocontrol agent, bio-pesticide or bio-fungicide. In preferred embodiments, the invention produces an increase in plant yield. Control of early and late season stalk and root rot caused by fungi such as Fusarium, Phythium, Phytophthora and Penicillium in tomatoes, peppers, turf grass, soybeans, sunflower, wheat and corn is achieved.

The invention relates to a three-dimensional greening turf for soilless cultivation, which consists of four layers from bottom to top: non-woven fabric, substrate layer, perforated cloth and turf. The perforated cloth can be perforated non-woven fabric, perforated burlap or perforated sack, and the aperture on it is 1-10 millimeters. The composition of the substrate layer is selected from a mixture of pastoral soil, humus, sand, perlite, peat soil and microencapsulated fertilizer. During implementation, a layer of non-woven fabric is first laid on the planting bed of the planting site to avoid the substrate layer from being scattered during drafting. The lawn-forming turf of the invention has fast three-dimensional greening construction speed, can promote plant growth, realizes low-cost maintenance, and is a major step towards the selection of three-dimensional greening plants and industrialized seedling cultivation.

This invention relates to transgenic turf grass having resistance to turf grass pest insects. Methods of producing such insect-resistant transgenic turf grass lines are disclosed. The invention further relates to the use of the insect-resistant transgenic turf grass to eliminate or reduce the usage of spray-on insecticides to protect the turf grass from insect damage.

The invention discloses a method for cultivating green turf grass. The method is characterized in comprising the steps of planting freshly cut grass stems in a turf grass bed spread with a sand layer, spinning and rolling the grass stems into the sand layer to closely contact the sand layer and carrying out daily management of turf grass. The green turf grass cultivated by the method is free from soil and has high cleanliness due to the sand layer spread on the turf grass bed; the sand layer hinders the germination and growth of weeds in soil, increases the porosity of the turf grass bed and improves the permeability of the turf grass bed; the average lawn period of the green turf grass is 47.7 days which is 17.4 days earlier than the green turf grass planted in soil; the turf grass is removed without carrying original soil, so farm land is protected and the cultivation is protective cultivation; and the green turf grass is high in quality, insusceptible to breakage and good in merchantability.

The invention discloses a method adopting salt-tolerant reinforcement nanometer garbage compost for reinforcing turf grass salt resistance. Salt-tolerant microbes are extracted from compost, pure salt-tolerant microbes are obtained through screening, a method for gradually improving NaCl concentration is adopted for further reinforcing and refining a reinforcement salt-tolerant bacterium agent, and the salt-tolerant bacterium agent and nanometer garbage compost are jointly applied to a saline-alkali soil turf medium. Three kinds of mild, medium and server salt stress treatment are designed by the experiment, reinforcement microbes are combined with nanometer garbage compost to reinforce the salt resistance of turf grass so as to provide basis for development of an effective fertilizer, improvement of salt resistance of turf grass and saline-alkali soil property and promotion of turf establishment in a salt stress environment.

The invention discloses a method for using industrial and agricultural waste residue to improve phosphogypsum for vegetation recovery, which includes: according to physical and chemical characteristics of phosphogypsum and comparison of the phosphogypsum with soil constituents, using sludge generated from sewage treatment plants, coal ash generated from power plants, and red mud generated from aluminum manufacturers to improve the phosphogypsum; successfully planting lawn grass; and according to the requirements of grass grown, covering the pure phosphogypsum with an improved substrate layer 10-14cm thick, and sowing seeds on the substrate layer according to the seeding amount of common lawn grass. Grass seeds suitable for growing include seeds of tall fescue, broadleaf paspalum, alfalfa, ryegrass, trifolium repens, Bermuda grass and the like. Turfs of tall fescue, Agrostis, Bermuda grass and the like can grow normally on the improved substrate. According to the principle of 'waste control by waste', the phosphogypsum is subjected to soilless vegetation recovery, so that the cost of vegetation recovery by phosphogypsum is lowered greatly, and great economic benefit and environmental benefit are achieved.