Abstract: Disclosed is a pollen control dry pollination machine for Abies ziyuanensis, comprising a lever; a side of a top of the lever is fixedly connected with one end of a square tube; another end of the square tube is rotatably connected with a pollination shell; a top of the square tube and a top of the pollination shell are slidably connected with a fan; the pollination shell is internally provided with a pollen box, a pollen outlet cover and a pollination chamber from a top to a bottom in sequence; the pollen box is communicated with the pollen outlet cover; a bottom of the pollination chamber is provided with an opening; an Abies ziyuanensis ovulate strobilus to be pollinated is placed in the pollination chamber; a bottom of the pollination shell is fixedly connected with a rotating opening; the lever is provided with a switch.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a first, a second, a third, and a fourth support post, each configured to be positioned vertically, and corresponding to the four vertices of a rectangle when viewed from above, first and a second trellis component configured to be positioned horizontally at an upper position, and a third trellis component configured to be positioned horizontally at a lower position. The apparatus also includes a plant support comprising a string-type component configured to be connected to the third trellis component and the first and second trellis components, giving the plant support a “V” shaped appearance is disclosed herein. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.

Abstract: A tree box for growing and transporting a tree includes sidewalls and a removable bottom panel. The bottom panel can be removed prior to replanting the tree. In some embodiments portions of the tree box are formed of a plastic material.

Abstract: Paw-wear for clawed animals and methods of fitting the paw-wear to the clawed animals. The paw-wear includes a sole and an upper. The sole includes an outer sole surface and an inner sole surface. The upper is shaped to at least partially surround the paw and to selectively retain the paw-wear on the paw. In some examples, the upper is configured to transition between a fitted configuration and an unfitted configuration. When in the fitted configuration, the upper is shaped to at least partially surround the paw and to retain the paw-wear on the paw. When in the unfitted configuration, the upper is shaped to permit the paw to engage the inner sole surface without surrounding the paw or retaining the paw in the paw-wear. In some examples, claws of the paw are exposed when the upper at least partially surrounds the paw and retains the paw-wear on the paw.

Abstract: A device comprising a spiral building having greenhouse enclosures mounted thereon. The greenhouse enclosures include an interior growing area and at least one slanted glass surface having a reflective surface. The at least one slanted glass surface is disposed over a growing tray which is orientated towards perpendicular rays of the sun, when the sun is at an equinox. The reflective surface of the at least one slanted glass surface is reversed from its normal orientation such that the reflective surface is disposed on an inside of the at least one slanted glass surface, thus reflecting light admitted through the at least one slanted glass surface and directing the light to parts of the interior growing area.

Abstract: A turf surface (80) comprising: (a) a reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (b) a removable root-permeable backing (60) located beneath the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (c) a layer of growth media (42) located on the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); and (d) natural grass plants (30) having roots (32) extending downwardly through the layer of growth media (42) and the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10) and the removable root-permeable backing (60); wherein, in use, prior to being laid at a destination site, the removable root-permeable backing (60) is separated from the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10), so that any roots (34) which engage with and extend through the removable root-permeable backing (60) are substantially removed from the turf surface (80).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a Phytoimmune system to manage diseases in fruit trees, in which concomitant in vitro micrografting is used with actively growing plant tissue to create Complex Architecture Plants capable of generating immune, resistance, or tolerance responses to specific targeted plant diseases, such as the bacterial disease Huanglongbing (HLB), also, known as Citrus Greening Disease, and the viral disease Plum Pox Virus (PPV), also known as Sharka disease.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a body (or structure) shaped to resemble at least a portion of an animal resting on water and a weighted member operationally attached to a motor such that the weight can be redistributed so cause the decoy apparatus to move to a feeding position in which a portion of the decoy body, preferable the head portion, is tipped under the waterline and the opposing portion is raised in the air.

Abstract: Floating ponds for the cultivation of algae are disclosed. The floating ponds consist of a buoyant framework, a liner, a culture, and a mooring system. Submersible floating ponds are disclosed with a buoyant framework built from tubes that may be filled or partially filled with, for example, air, or water, or the surrounding water, or the culture, and thereby the present invention provides a framework in which the buoyancy may be modulated. Use of submerging lines and spools are disclosed to control the orientation and depth of the floating pond during submersion.

Abstract: A technological line for rearing and/or breeding of flightless insects and/or larval forms of insects includes at least one level, being an autonomous conveyor belt with lateral sidewalls on both sides. The sidewalls have upper edges curved inwardly at least once, with a bending angle not less than 30°. Transverse brackets extend generally perpendicularly to and connect the sidewalls, and support the belt. The sidewalls are structural elements supporting edges of the belt, so that both the conveyor belt and the lateral sidewalls form a trough profile, and the pressure of the mass of the insects, which are on the surface of the belt and potentially additionally of the feed and/or excrement of insects press down on the edges of the belt against the sidewalls. The brackets and the sidewalls are made of a material with efficient heat conducting properties. A modular system and a method utilize the technological line.

Abstract: A pet grooming tool is provided with a fur ejector portion that is at least partially movable relative to the teeth of the pet grooming tool and can be manually moved into engagement with fur that is wedged or lodged between the teeth. The engagement of the fur ejector portion with the fur forces the fur from the gaps between the teeth. Preferably, the fur ejector portion can be manually moved by the same hand a person uses to support and hold the grooming tool.

Abstract: A cage for housing laboratory animals, said cage comprising a tray and a cover which can be removed and switched between a first closing position, in which it is positioned on said tray thus stopping the access to the internal space delimited by said tray, and a second opening position, in which said internal space may be accessed.

Abstract: A flowerpot is disclosed. The flowerpot includes a main body configured to provide a planting space in which an upper portion is open and a central portion is passed through by a through portion in a front and rear direction, a self-watering module installed in the through portion to form water by condensing moisture in the air, and a water supply hole provided on a bottom of the through portion so as to guide the water formed by the self-watering module to the planting space provided in a lower side of the through portion.

Abstract: A grafting device includes: a transfer unit configured to transfer, in a predetermined direction, a grafted seedling that is in a state where a cut surface of a graft and a cut surface of a rootstock are closely attached to each other; a tape supply unit configured to arrange a tape on a transfer path of the grafted seedling in such a manner that the tape is allowed to be pulled out; a pull-out member configured to transfer through the transfer path in advance of the grafted seedling to pull out the tape from the tape supply unit, and sandwich a closely attached part of the grafted seedling between a first part of the tape and a second part facing the first part; and a welding unit configured to cover a periphery of the closely attached part of the grafted seedling with the tape and weld the tape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rigging for a saddle, a saddle containing this rigging and a method of making the rigging wherein the rigging has a slot in the rigging material, the slot being large enough for at least a part of a stirrup leather or stirrup strap loop to pass through the slot, the rigging slot having a width for limiting the movement forward and/or rearward of a stirrup that is supported by the stirrup strap loop, the slot in the rigging located spaced downward on the saddle from a slot in a saddle tree of the saddle that supports the stirrup leather or stirrup strap loop.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hoof rasp for filing/rasping and tidying the hoof of a horse, including at least one rasping side provided with a rasping section with length L and width W between a rasp-free first and second end over a respective length L1 and L2, whereby the first end tapers into a tang intended for a handle and the second end is for holding the hoof rasp, whereby the rasping section, toward the second end, includes a narrowed area. Also disclosed is a method for filing/rasping a hoof with such a hoof rasp.

Abstract: Provided is a method of culturing Stichopus japonicus Stichopus japonicus, Marsupenaeus japonicus, Portunus trituberculatus and Ulva lactuca, which belongs to the technical field of mariculture, including the following steps: preparing a pond and laying a substratum for Stichopus japonicus from March 1 to 5; putting the Stichopus japonicus seedlings, and then culturing Ulva lactuca seedlings on April 1; putting Marsupenaeus japonicus seedlings on April 15; putting Portunus trituberculatus juveniles on May 5; harvesting Marsupenaeus japonicus on July 15, and putting Marsupenaeus japonicus seedlings again; harvesting Stichopus japonicus, Marsupenaeus japonicus, Portunus trituberculatus and Ulva lactuca from November 5 to 10. By adopting the method of biological control of predators of Stichopus japonicus, the use of the pesticides and fishery drugs in the culture and pond-cleaning process is reduced, and green and healthy culture, energy saving and environmental protection are realized.

Abstract: Described is a system for milking animals, including cows, having an accommodation space in which the animals can walk around, and several stationary milking stations placed next to each other. Each milking station at a head end thereof includes a neck lock device which can be moved by way of an actuator device between a locked state in which a milking animal in said milking station can be locked at the neck by said neck lock device, and an open state in which a milking animal in said milking station is free to move its head in and/or out of the neck lock device. Also included is an automatic milking system for the automatic milking of milking animals and a control system that is actively connected to the actuator device of each neck lock device.

Abstract: Stud hole protection (13, 60), to be inserted into a threaded stud hole (12) in a horseshoe (10). The stud hole protection (13, 60) comprises a stud hole core (21, 81). The peripheral parts of the stud hole core (21, 81) are at least partly provided with a thread connection element (23, 62) of a softer material than the material of the stud hole core (21, 81) and which thread connection element (23, 62) connects to the thread (51) of the stud hole (12) in the horseshoe (10) when the stud hole protection (13, 60) is mounted.

Abstract: Apparatuses disclosed herein aid in shearing animal claws. Specifically, the present invention provides a shearing apparatus having at least one curved blade, but preferably two curved blades, allowing cutting of the animal's claw from opposite sides of the animal's claw, and at least one well for placing the animal's claw therein, wherein said two curved blades are disposed at an aperture located at the bottom of the well. The well and aperture combination stops the animal's claw from being sheared too close to nerve endings and the animal's blood supply, preventing or minimizing the incidence of injury and suffering to the animal. Methods of using the apparatus are further disclosed herein.