Abstract: A multiple mode fishing lure that includes a main body portion having a waterproof inner capsule, the waterproof inner capsule containing an electronic circuit to produce sounds which mimic bait fish. The electronic circuit includes a controller having pre-recorded bait fish sounds replaceably stored thereon and operationally coupled to a speaker to broadcast the bait fish sounds, a power source for providing power to the components of the electronic circuit, and a plurality of electrodes, wherein each electrode can be actuated, and wherein actuation of at least one of the plurality of electrodes gives an operational result. The multiple mode fishing lure further includes at least one hook coupled to the main body.

Abstract: A magnetic levitation spool assembly for a tip-up device, the assembly providing the following: a shaft extending between a spool end and a trip mechanism end; a board engager disposed along the shaft between the spool end and the trip mechanism end; a first pair of magnetized objects between the spool end and the board engager; and a second pair of magnetized objects between the trip mechanism end and the board engager, wherein the first and second pair of magnetized objects magnetically repel each other to produce a gap between each pair of magnetized objects and the board engager.

Abstract: A fish attractant dispersal apparatus may comprise a dispersal pouch encompassing fish attractant. The dispersal pouch may comprise a water-soluble material configured to dissolve in water to release the fish attractant. The dispersal pouch may define an attractant cavity configured to encompass and seal the fish attractant. The attractant cavity may be sealed to at least partially reduce air trapped within the attractant cavity. The attractant cavity may be sealed to remove air within the attractant cavity.

Abstract: An insect trap analysis system may detect an insect specimen on a trap mechanism of an insect trap. The insect trap analysis system may control, based on detecting the insect specimen on the trap mechanism, one or more mechanical devices to: adjust a position of the insect specimen relative to a position of an image capture device associated with the insect trap, or adjust the position of the image capture device relative to the position of the insect specimen. The insect trap analysis system may cause, while controlling the one or more mechanical devices to adjust the position of the image capture device or the position of the insect specimen, the image capture device to capture a plurality of images of the insect specimen from a plurality of different angles relative to the insect specimen, and may perform an action associated with the plurality of images.

Abstract: A detection apparatus for detecting an object, the detection apparatus includes a housing having an inner surface whose reflectance is equal to or lower than a certain value; an emitter configured to emit infrared rays into the housing; a sensor configured to detect infrared rays; and one or more processors configured to adjust an intensity of reflected infrared rays according to a result of detection by the sensor.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to selectively inducing ingress and/or egress of live food creatures (FCs) relative to a reservoir using a controllable light source based on innate behavior(s) of the FCs. In an illustrative example, a feeder for dispensing live food to a carnivore may have a (partially) opaque chamber configured to receive FCs. A controlled light source may, for example, be selectively operable to illuminate at least part of the chamber. A carnivore interface may, for example, be in communication with the chamber via at least one dispensing aperture and be configured to present a dispensed FC to the carnivore. Operation of the controlled light source in a dispensing mode may induces motion of the FCs in the chamber towards the carnivore interface to be presented as food to the carnivore. Various embodiments may advantageously induce self-dispensing and/or self-retention of insects as food.

Abstract: This device for humanely catching and releasing flying and crawling insects is a lightweight, handheld tool to capture an insect on a flat surface inside the home without getting too close to it and releasing it outside unharmed. The container is clear and transparent to easily confirm that the insect is inside. Once the insect is captured, turning the control knob on the handle rotates the cover to secure the container. There are three small spacers on the bottom of the container, which allow the cover to be closed and latched without having to move the container and without injuring the insect. The self-aligning latch mechanism ensures that once closed, the cover will not open inadvertently while transporting the captive insect. Once the insect has been carried outside, the control knob on the end of the handle is turned to open the cover and release the insect unharmed.

Abstract: The invention discloses a fruit fly trap comprising a flowerpot, a cover plate and flypaper, wherein the cover plate is provided with a plurality of inlets for allowing the fruit fly to enter the interior of the flowerpot, each inlet respectively extends towards a bottom direction of the flowerpot to form a lengthened inlet pipe, and the flypaper is mounted on the cover plate by a bracket. According to the invention, the fruit fly can be attracted into the interior of the flowerpot, the lengthened inlet pipe makes the fruit fly difficult to escape until death, the flypaper can stick the flying fruit fly, and the fruit fly can be effectively attracted and killed.

Abstract: An agricultural work vehicle is provided with crawler travel parts, support platform frames, a front/back structure, an engine, a hydraulic pump, a tank frame, and an injection nozzle unit. The crawler travel parts travel so as to hold a plant therebetween in the left/right direction. The support platform frames are disposed as a left/right pair, respectively overlapping with the left/right crawler travel parts in plan view. The front/back structures each include a left frame, a right frame, and a coupling frame. The engine is disposed at the left or right support platform frame. The hydraulic pump is disposed on the same side, out of the left and right support platform frames, as the engine, and is driven by the engine. A hydraulic oil tank is located on the opposite side in the left/right direction from the left support platform frame where the engine is disposed, and stores hydraulic oil to be supplied to the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: A spray boom for spraying a fluid on a target includes a boom frame and a spray section coupled to the boom frame. The spray section includes a spray pipe configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source and a nozzle coupled to the spray pipe and configured to be fluidly coupled to the fluid source. An actuator is coupled at one end to the boom frame and at an opposite end to the spray section. The actuator is controllably extending and retracting to move the spray pipe and nozzle between a raised position and a lowered position. A trip assembly is coupled between the boom frame and actuator for biasing the spray section to a biased position in which the actuator and nozzle are substantially perpendicular to the underlying surface.

Abstract: An agricultural device and method for dispensing a liquid product to be sprayed over a surface, such as an agricultural field. The agricultural device includes a boom having a longitudinal supply line for transporting the liquid product and a plurality of nozzles, a pressure regulation unit for controlling the opening and closing of one or more associated nozzles, a positioning system to provide position data, where the position data comprises a real-time position of the agricultural device and a time stamp, a detection system positioned on the boom and/or in front of the agricultural device and is configured to provide detection data comprising information on the surface to be sprayed, and a map generator to, based on the detection data and position data, generate a raster-based representation of the surface, the representation comprising a number of raster elements, where each raster element includes position data associated with that raster element.

Abstract: The present irrigation pest control system relates generally to the automated dispersal of pest control agents and other agricultural agents to lawns and agricultural areas. Users may program a desired schedule for the dispersal of various chemical agents at certain time periods and in specified volumes by automating the dispersal of chemical agents into the irrigation system. This automated system can function through the programming of a multi-port pinch chemigation valve that regulates the dispersal of about twelve (12) different chemical agents housed in a plurality of smart port cartridges in fluid communication with the multi-port pinch chemigation valve. The multi-port pinch chemigation valve eliminates redundancies by integrating the dispersal of pest control and other chemical agents with the normal irrigation process.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart animal capture device and system capable of determining whether an animal that has triggered a motion sensor is a desired target animal by taking a photograph and performing image recognition against an image database with images of the target animal species. The device is in wireless communication with a server and can thus be monitored and controlled remotely via a user device such as a mobile phone.

Abstract: An actuation valve for a pest control device, the actuation valve including a primary valve seat; a secondary valve seat; a valve seal, a recess between the primary and secondary valve seats, and an actuation arm. The actuation valve includes primary and secondary valves. The recess is located between primary and secondary valve seats to receive gas from the primary valve and promote displacement of the valve seal from the secondary valve seat. Also provided are an actuation valve with magnetic elements, an actuation valve with a trigger, a pest control device, a piston assembly for a pest control device, and a pest control assembly.

Abstract: A hunting blind is used for shielding a hunter while allowing the hunter to view and aim a weapon at the hunting target. The hunting blind may include a plurality of panels of the same or different sizes. Each panel may include at least one latch mating element and/or a latch. For assembly, the plurality of panels are placed adjacent to one another with portions of the adjoining panels overlapping. Each latch mating element included on a particular panel corresponds to a latch on an adjacent panel so that the panels can be secured in position.

Abstract: The present inventive concept provides non-toxic compositions including ethanol, a polymer, and a polar aprotic solvent and methods of using the same in the field of preservation of plant, human and non-human animal tissue and anatomic pathology disciplines (e.g., surgical pathology, histopathology, cytopathology, forensic pathology). In particular, the compositions provide a safer alternative to aldehyde-based compositions.

Abstract: A serum-free cryopreservation solution contains a biomimetic ice control material, a polyol, a water-soluble sugar, and a buffer solution margin. The bionic ice control material can be polyvinyl alcohol or an amino acid compound. The cryopreservation liquid of the present invention uses the bionic ice control material as the main component, does not contain serum, has low toxicity, and can achieve a cell survival rate that is the same as, or higher than, existing cryopreservation solutions.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the cryopreservation of immune cells, such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by pre-treating the cells with a PTD-MYC fusion protein (e.g., an HIV TAT-MYC fusion protein) prior to freezing. Kits for practicing the methods are also provided herein.

Abstract: A packaging system includes a holder and an inner container. The holder includes a top portion and a bottom portion that cooperate to form a cavity configured to receive one or more medical products therein and to retain the one or more medical products therein. The inner container defines an interior region configured to receive the holder therein. The holder includes sidewalls that form the cavity, and the sidewalls include channels configured to fluidly connect the cavity to the interior region of the inner container.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the preservation of plant parts, including leaves and seeds. In particular, the compositions and methods reduce light-induced discoloration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising polyacrylamide microemulsions, for example transparent or semitransparent inverse microlatices of polyacrylamide, and methods and formulations using the compositions for management of crop pests.

Abstract: The invention relates to antifoulant compositions comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more polymers as well as antifoulant compositions comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more composite materials. The invention includes the antifoulant compositions, methods for making the antifoulant compositions, and methods of reducing presence of a fouling organism on a surface of a composition utilizing the antifoulant compositions.

Abstract: Novel antimicrobial compositions and kits thereof containing these antimicrobial compositions, methods of manufacture and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The novel aqueous transdermal or topical delivery systems are useful, inter alia, for treatment of various microbial infections, including for use on tissue infections, particularly skin antisepsis and/or nasal mucosal tissue antisepsis to a mammalian host in need thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to anti-microbial active particles, compositions and uses thereof for inhibiting bacterial growth on surfaces or devices. This invention further discloses methods of making such anti-microbial active particles.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel inhibitor of blossom-end rot in a fruit. A nitrophenol compound or a salt thereof can inhibit blossom-end rot in a fruit. In particular, the present invention relates to an inhibitor of blossom-end rot in a fruit comprising a nitrophenol compound or a salt thereof, a method of inhibiting blossom-end rot in a fruit, comprising applying a nitrophenol compound or a salt thereof, a method of reducing the incidence of a blossom-end rot symptom in a fruit, improving a quality of the fruit, or increasing a yield of the fruit, the method comprising applying a nitrophenol compound or a salt thereof, and so on.

Abstract: Described herein are an arthropod controlling composition including a compound according to a formula (I), methods, and uses to control arthropods as well as arthropod controlling articles including the same.

Abstract: Described herein are an arthropod control composition, methods, and uses to control arthropods as well as arthropod control articles including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising aversive agent as insect repellant in agriculture and horticulture. The present invention more particularly relates to Denatonium compound which acts as repellant without harming the life of environmentally useful insects such as honey bees, in addition to reptiles such as lizards, also the mammals such as deer, rodents, nilgai.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to relates to methods of controlling biofilm, e.g., biofilm comprising microorganisms such as bacteria, which methods inhibit the formation of and/or reduce the amount of biofilm on a petroleum production surface, by contacting the surface and/or the biofilm with a petroleum field fluid comprising at least one compound which controls or inhibits the formation of and/or reduces the amount of biofilm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the growth and/or the yield of plants grown on agriculturally or horticulturally utilized substrates by applying at least one active compound (nitrification inhibitor) on agriculturally or horticulturally utilized substrates, wherein the at least one active compound I is added to the irrigation system in a water-dissolved form.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidal combinations and their use in controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth. In particular, herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one pyridazine derivative of Formula (I), in combination with at least one further herbicide that is a non-selective herbicide, a herbicide that acts through the inhibition of protoporphoryinogen oxidase, or a herbicide that inhibits photosystem II in photosynthesis.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a method having superior safety for protecting field corn from damage by a plant pathogen. The method includes a step of applying mefentrifluconazole to foliage of field corn, seeds of field corn or a soil of the cultivation area of field corn, wherein the application rate of mefentrifluconazole is 20 to 500 g per hectare of cultivation area.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as herbicides.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) (in the formula (I), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group or the like, Y represents an oxygen atom or NH, A1 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, or NR4, R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, A2 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, X represents a substituent, n represents the chemically acceptable number of X, and is an integer of 0 to 3, and, when n is 2 or more, X may be identical to or different from each other), or a salt thereof is provided.

Abstract: Methods of using compositions attractive to rodents, such as mice and rats, are disclosed. The compositions include one or more of androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen. The compositions can further include at least one of a lethal agent or a chemosterilant. The androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen are isolated, purified, and/or synthetic.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for generating and monitoring an antimicrobial is provided, the system including: a microprocessor and/or a microcontroller; an external communications device; a computational system; an antimicrobial sensor and/or an environmental sensor; and an antimicrobial generator, wherein the external communications device, the computational system, the antimicrobial generator, and the antimicrobial sensor and/or the environmental sensor are operatively connected to the microprocessor and/or the microcontroller. The system may further include a separate sensor sub-system comprising: a sensor sub-system microprocessor and/or a sensor sub-system microcontroller; a sensor sub-system external communications device; a sensor sub-system antimicrobial sensor and/or a sensor sub-system environmental sensor; and a sensor sub-system computational system.

Abstract: A phosphate-free disinfectant composition devoid of non-surfactant sulfonic acid(s). The composition includes water and from about 0.8 to about 8 wt. % of a concentrate containing a mixture of: a) from about 3 to about 5 wt. % hydrogen peroxide based on a total weight of the concentrate, b) a beta hydroxy acid in an amount ranging from about 0.1 to 0.8 wt. % based on a total weight of the concentrate, c) from about 0.02 to less than 0.05 wt. % of hydroxyalkane diphosphonic acid based on a total weight of the concentrate, d) one or more glycol ether solvents in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 10 wt. % based on a total weight of the concentrate, e) optionally, one or more surfactants in an amount ranging from about 2 to about 10 wt. % based on a total weight of the concentrate, and f) the balance water.

Abstract: Insecticide resistance is an ongoing challenge in agriculture and vector control. Here, we demonstrate a novel strategy to attenuate resistance. One embodiment provides a method for increasing susceptibility of an insect to a pesticide comprising contacting an insect, soil, wood, plant, seeds, grain or manmade structure with one or more inhibitors of insect resistance.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A biocontrol strain YW-1, a preparation method and application of a biocontrol agent thereof are provided. The strain is Myroides odoratimimus with the preservation number of CGMCC NO. 20620. The biocontrol agent of the biocontrol strain YW-1 is obtained by the following steps: oscillating culture the biocontrol strain YW-1 in a LB culture medium at 30 Celsius degrees and 180 rpm for 12-16 hours until a total concentration of living bacteria in a bacterial suspension is 1×109-1×1010 CFU/mL; centrifuging the bacterial suspension at 6000 rpm for 10 minutes to collect thalli; and diluting the thalli with sterilized water to obtain a concentration of 100 CFU/milliliter. By irrigating the root of every plant with 20 milliliters of the biocontrol agent when host plants are transplanted, it can effectively prevent soil-borne diseases such as fusarium wilt of melons, bacterial wilt of tomatoes and peppers, and phytophthora capsici.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new isolated strain of the microorganism Bacillus halosaccharovorans which has nematicidal and insecticidal effect, the bacterial culture and the composition comprising it and their uses in the control of nematode and/or aphid infection in a plant. Also refers to a method to obtain the mutant strain of the invention.

Abstract: The disclosure provides materials and methods for conferring improved plant traits or benefits on plants. The materials can include a formulation comprising an exogenous endophytic bacterial population, which can be disposed on an exterior surface of a seed or seedling, typically in an amount effective to colonize the plant. The formulations can include at least one member selected from the group consisting of an agriculturally compatible carrier, a tackifier, a microbial stabilizer, a fungicide, an antibacterial agent, an herbicide, a nematicide, an insecticide, a plant growth regulator, a rodenticide, and a nutrient.

Abstract: Aiming at improving long-term storage stability and the insect pest control effect of an insect pest control material utilizing a filamentous fungus, the present invention provides an insect pest control material including an entomogenous filamentous fungus grown on a solid support, wherein the spore fungal count of the entomogenous filamentous fungus in a surface layer is 1.0×106 to 1.0×1010 cells/cm2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling corn rootworm damage to corn comprising the step of applying to a corn seed from 103 to 106 colony forming units of one of Beauveria bassiana strain ARSEF 2579 (BF503), Metarhizium pingshaence strain ARSEF 5197 (BF517) or mixtures thereof. Another aspect of the present disclosure comprises further combining either BF503 or BF517 with the fungi Trichoderma afroharzianum strain K2 (ATCC PTA-9708) plus Trichoderma atroviride strain K4 (ATCC PTA 9707) and applying it to corn seeds. Another aspect of the present disclosure comprises applying at least one of the BF503 or BF517 to a field planted with corn, with the fungi applied into the seed zone. In another aspect of the present disclosure the same field is further treated with both Trichoderma afroharzianum strain K2 (ATCC PTA-9708) plus Trichoderma atroviride strain K4 (ATCC PTA 9707) into the seed zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the germination rate of spores of a fungal microorganisms formulated in a liquid composition essentially free of water and essentially free of carboxylic acid triglycerides, comprising, prior to applying to a plant, plant part or locus where a plant is growing or intended to be grown, suspending said composition in an agriculturally acceptable water-based liquid having a temperature of at least 22° C. The invention further relates to a method of increasing efficacy of a biological control agent based on spores of a fungal microorganisms and a method of controlling the quality of such biological control agents.

Abstract: A medical device, the medical device including a substrate defining a surface; a plasma polymer layer bound to and coating the surface; and a bactericide layer bound to the plasma polymer layer, the plasma polymer layer being between the substrate and the bactericide layer. Also, a method for coating a surface of a substrate of a medical device with a bactericide layer, the method including: exposing the surface to a plasma to form a plasma polymer layer bound to the surface; and binding a bactericide layer to the plasma polymer layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving crop yield and/or the quality of a harvested crop comprising the step of applying a composition comprising a culture of microalgae to a plant, a plant propagation material, or a locus where said plant or plant propagation material is intended to be grown.

Abstract: A method for using a baking tray includes providing a baking tray, the baking tray comprising a baking cup formed in a baking tray body, the baking cup defining a baking cavity and an aperture formed through the baking cup; inserting a dough into the baking cavity; and baking the dough in the baking tray to form a baked good.

Abstract: An automated pan shaker has a central longitudinal axis and a central lateral axis. The automated pan shaker includes a shaker assembly that is configured to induce a plurality of modes of movement in the baker pan. The pan shaker assembly includes a carriage assembly, a clamping assembly supported by the carriage assembly and an actuation assembly. The carriage assembly resides below the conveyor belt of the automated pan shaker. The actuation assembly further includes an actuator post connected to the carriage assembly, a first actuator assembly that includes a first actuator linkage connected to the actuator post, and a second actuator assembly that includes a second actuator linkage connected to the actuator post.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting a dough sheet on a substrate, in particular a conveyor, comprising a conveyor belt, for transporting the dough sheet in a transport direction, at least one cutting wheel, suspended above the conveyor belt, such that the circumference of the wheel touches a transporting surface of the conveyor belt, wherein the wheel has a diameter and a horizontal axis of rotation, which horizontal axis of rotation is beared in the suspension and wherein the diameter of the wheel is less than 40 mm, more preferably less than 30 mm, and even more preferably less than 20 mm.