245 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.

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.

A composition comprising herbicidal mixtures of mesotrione impregnated into or coated on the surface of a granular substrate material such as a fertilizer granule and / or a solid inert carrier material is provided for use to control weeds in turfgrasses without causing damage to the grass and methods for the use thereof.

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.

A method of obtaining transgenic turfgrass plants by an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol is disclosed. The protocol makes use of a modified Agrobacterium vector system in which selectable marker genes and other genes of interest are operably linked to strong promoters from monocotyledenous plants, such as actin and ubiquitin promoters, that function efficiently in turfgrass cells. Transgenic turfgrass plants of several species, produced by the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method, are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a method for restoring cadmium pollution soil in an ecological mode through turfgrass, and relates to the technical field of heavy metal pollution soil ecological restoring. The method comprises the steps of (1) cadmium-resisting Bermuda grass screening, (2) ecological restoration of cadmium pollution soil and (3) maintenance and management. According to the method, the cadmium-resisting Bermuda grass screened through graded-concentration cadmium stress treatment is used for restoring the cadmium pollution soil in the ecological mode, the bare earth surface can be quickly covered, the ecological afforestation problem of cadmium pollution soil is effectively solved, the purpose of continuously extracting and removing cadmium in soil can be achieved through grass cutting, and the method is easy to popularize and apply, meets the afforestation requirement, effectively lowers cadmium face source pollution, and has good social benefits and environment benefits.

Improved plant growth is realized especially with turf grasses by using an enhanced plant growth medium prepared by adding a bioefficacious amount of C1-C4 alkyl ether of methyl oxirane-oxirane copolymer that, serendipitously reduces the water repellency of the medium.

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.

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.

Systems and methods of determining nitrogen levels from a digital image and in-season nitrogen measurement and fertilization of non-leguminous crops from digital image analysis are disclosed herein. In particular, a method of determining leaf nitrogen concentration and yield from a digital photograph of a fully developed leaf (collared leaf) of a crop of non-legumes, such as corn, wheat, rice, cotton, potatoes sugarcane, turfgrass or forage grass species. The digital image is processed to determine a dark green color index (“DGCI”), which is closely related to leaf nitrogen concentration and yield. Standardized color disks having known DGCI values are included in the digital photograph and serve as an comparative standard. The comparative standard allows correction of DGCI of samples when using different cameras and / or when lighting conditions change. The DGCI values can then be used to determine the amount of nitrogen fertilizer that should be applied to recover crop yield potential.

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.

The invention relates to a method for planting impatiens wallerana in a coastal saline-alkali land. The method comprises the following steps of land preparing, soil improving, planting, water controlling and fertilizer adding. The soil improving step comprises the processes that saline-alkali soil is doped with river sand, grass carbon and decomposed cow dung, the soil, the river sand, the grass carbon and the decomposed cow dung are proportioned according to the ratio of 2 to 2 to 1 to 1, the land is ploughed and dug, and the ploughing and digging depth is 20-30 cm, so that the soil is sufficiently mixed with the river sand, the grass carbon and the decomposed cow dung to be uniform, and then the land is leveled; sampling is conducted, the pH value of the soil is determined, when the pH value of the soil is still larger than 8, ferrous sulfate needs to be applied to the soil, ferrous sulfate is mixed with water for spraying according to the amount that when the pH value is decreased by one, 130 g of ferrous sulfate needs to be applied to per square meter of the soil, and when the pH value of the soil is smaller than or equal to 8, ferrous sulfate does not need to be applied. By using the method for planting the impatiens wallerana in the coastal saline-alkali land, the survival rate of the impatiens wallerana can be greatly increased, and the flowering time and the turf grass growing time are shortened; when the method is used for planting the impatiens wallerana, flowering can be achieved after 15 days, the best landscape effect can be achieved after 20 days, and the survival rate reaches 95% or above.

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.