Abstract: This invention provides a systems and methods for single cell microencapsulation by eco-friendly oil-in-water (o/w) Pickering emulsion.

Abstract: The present invention, is directed to a method for selecting an improved genetically modified Solanum plant, the method including: determining the presence of at least one inactive allele of auxin responsive factor (ARF) 8 gene in the genome of the genetically modified Solanum plant or a part derived therefrom; and (b) selecting a genetically modified Solanum plant determined as having a genome including the at least one inactive allele of ARF8 gene, wherein the improvement is at least any one of: (i) increased yield; (ii) increased resistance to a pathogen; (iii) earlier fruit setting; and (iv) any combination of (i) to (iii), compared to a wild-type variant of said Solanum plant, thereby, selecting an improved genetically modified Solanum plant.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising an extract of a plurality of seeds of an edible plant of interest is disclosed. Use of the composition and methods of generating same are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising essential oil extracted from Pelargonium graveolens for treating, preventing, or ameliorating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subject, or for improving cognitive functions in a subject suffering from TBI.

Abstract: A method for weed control, including: (a) providing an electrode coupled to a power source via a power provision arrangement; and (b) delivering an electrostatic shock on or near a weed plant via the electrode. A device for performing electrostatic weeding, including: (a) an electrode; (b) a handle, coupled to the electrode; and (c) a power provision arrangement operationally coupled to a power source, the power provision arrangement being in electrical communication with the electrode; wherein the electrode is adapted to provide an electrostatic shock to a weed plant so as to damage or destroy the weed plant.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of enhancing milk production in animals comprising administering to the animal a milk-secretion stimulating amount of rapamycin or a rapamycin analogue.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scanning system including a chamber configured for receiving reflected light from an object. The chamber includes a first prism and a second prism configured for refracting the reflected light, at least one beam splitter configured for splitting the reflected light into a first beam and a second beam, a camera configured for receiving the first beam so as to provide images of the object, a condenser lens configured for condensing the second beam, and a spectrometer configured for receiving the condensed second beam and provide a spectrum analysis of the second beam. The system further includes a particular computer configured to combine the images of the object produced by the camera with the spectrum analysis produced by the spectrometer to provide a hyperspectral image.

Abstract: A system for monitoring individual food intake of a livestock animal includes a calibration system configured to measure weight or volume of food intake of an animal over a pre-defined period of time and to calibrate a mathematical model for the animal based on the measure, a tracking system configured track animal eating behavior at times other than the pre-defined period of time and a computing system. The pre-defined period of time is less than three weeks. The mathematical model relates eating behavior of the animal and defined physiological parameters of the animal with food intake. The computing system determines food intake of the animal over a lactation period based on the mathematical model for the animal as calibrated and the eating behavior at the times other than the pre-defined period of time.

Abstract: An arrangement for measuring the body temperature of a bird comprises: (a) an enclosure having at least one aperture configured for receiving a bird's head thereinto at least in a partial manner; (b) at least one receptacle mounted within the enclosure; at least one receptacle accommodating an attractor; (c) at least one remote sensing instrument configured for acquire thermal reading and calculating bird's temperatures. The remote sensor instrument and the receptacle accommodating the attractor are mutually disposed such that at least the bird's head is within a field of view of the remote sensor instrument.

Abstract: A composition comprising an HLB-susceptible or tolerant citrus rootstock grafted with an HLB-tolerant or resistant citrus interstock is provided. Also provided are plants comprising same and uses thereof in citrus growth.

Abstract: Isolated mogroside and mogrol biosynthetic pathway enzyme polypeptides useful in mogroside biosynthesis are provided. Mogroside biosynthetic pathway enzymes of the invention include squalene epoxidase (SE), expoxy hydratase (EH), cytochrome p450 (Cyp), cucurbitadienol synthase (CDS) and udp-glucosyl-transferase (UGT), Also provided are methods of producing a mogroside using the isolated mogroside and mogrol biosynthetic enzyme polypeptides, the methods comprising contacting a mogrol and/or a glycosylated mogrol (mogroside) with at least one UDP glucose glucosyl transferase (UGT) enzyme polypeptide of the invention catalyzing glucosylation of the mogrol and/or the glucosylated mogrol to produce a mogroside with an additional glucosyl moietie(s), thereby producing the mogroside.

Abstract: A method of generating a biofilm of nomadic bacteria. The method comprises: (a) culturing the nomadic bacteria in an acidic environment under conditions that promote generation of a V-type structure of the nomadic bacteria; and subsequently (b) culturing said nomadic bacteria having a V-type structure on an adherent surface, thereby generating the biofilm comprising the nomadic bacteria. Conditioned media of nomadic bacteria are also disclosed and uses thereof.

Abstract: A method of mimicking a phenotype of a first ruminating animal in a second ruminating animal is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the second ruminating animal a microbial composition comprising a plurality of microbes having a signature which is statistically significantly similar to the microbial signature of a rumen microbiome of the first ruminating animal, wherein the first and the second ruminating animal are of identical species, thereby mimicking the phenotype of the first ruminating animal in the second ruminating animal.

Abstract: A method of killing a phytopathogen or reducing growth thereof is provided. The method comprising exposing the phytopathogen to an effective amount of a composition comprising a biologically pure culture of Daldinia sp. or at least one volatile organic compound (VOC) being produced by the biologically pure culture and capable of killing the phytopathogen or reducing growth thereof.

Abstract: Methods of producing a tomato plant exhibiting tolerance or resistance to ToBRFV are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying such plants and plants derived thereby as well as processed products comprising same.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) as immunogenic molecules, and their use in methods of initiating or promoting innate or adaptive immunity in fish or increasing an immune response against an antigen in fish.

Abstract: Isolated mogroside and mogrol biosynthetic pathway enzyme polypeptides useful in mogroside biosynthesis are provided. Mogroside biosynthetic pathway enzymes of the invention include squalene epoxidase (SE), epoxy hydratase (EH), cytochrome p450 (Cyp), cucurbitadienol synthase (CDS) and udp-glucosyl-transferase (UGT), Also provided are methods of producing a mogroside using the isolated mogroside and mogrol biosynthetic enzyme polypeptides, the methods comprising contacting a mogrol and/or a glycosylated mogrol (mogroside) with at least one UDP glucose glucosyl transferase (UGT) enzyme polypeptide of the invention catalyzing glucosylation of the mogrol and/or the glucosylated mogrol to produce a mogroside with an additional glucosyl moietie(s), thereby producing the mogroside.

Abstract: Methods of in vitro clonal propagation and regeneration in Cannabis are provided. Also provided is the use of such methods in improvements of cannabis cultivars such as via breeding.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel tomato plants producing fruits displaying a modified sugar content, particularly displaying an increased sucrose content. The invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The invention also relates to a sucrose modifier SucMod allele, which, when combined with a sucrose accumulation TIV allele derived from a green-fruited wild tomato accession, significantly alters the proportion of sugar stored in the fruit, confers increased fruit sucrose content at the expense of hexose sugars and results in a fruit with a distinctive flavor.

Abstract: A system for monitoring individual food intake of a livestock animal includes a calibration system configured to measure weight or volume of food intake of an animal over a pre-defined period of time and to calibrate a mathematical model for the animal based on the measure, a tracking system configured track animal eating behavior at times other than the pre-defined period of time and a computing system. The pre-defined period of time is less than three weeks. The mathematical model relates eating behavior of the animal and defined physiological parameters of the animal with food intake. The computing system determines food intake of the animal over a lactation period based on the mathematical model for the animal as calibrated and the eating behavior at the times other than the pre-defined period of time.