Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel yellow flowers with pink edges, and attractive foliage. It exhibits a compact upright to bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Fruit with an attractive dark red skin color. 2. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit maturing in the late season. 5. Tree with vigorous, upright growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant (Fragaria×ananassa), was developed from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross between ‘NJ01-73-3’ and ‘NJ03-232-2’. The new strawberry plant named ‘NJ08-08-6’ is distinguished by its highly vigorous, upright growth habit, high productivity, uniform fruit color and shape, and excellent fruit quality and flavor.

Abstract: A variety of maple tree which combines compact growth, dense branching, a narrow upright growth habit, glossy foliage, and bright fall color.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Exochorda plant named, ‘Kolmagisno’, that is characterized by its well-branched, upright, and compact plant habit, its flowers that are bright white in color, and its floriferous blooming habit.

Abstract: ‘LJ23’ is a distinctive variety of Callistemon viminalis which is characterized by the combination of a dense growth habit, large leaves, and green foliage as well as the stability and uniformity of traits through successive cycles of asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Diervilla plant named ‘G2X88544’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; moderate to rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; developing leaves are orange in color; fully expanded leaves become golden orange in color in the autumn; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘SMNVCDD’, characterized by its compact, upright, mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; large inflorescences with numerous white-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Diervilla plant named ‘SMNDRSF’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; leaves are dark burgundy in color in the spring and become dark red in color in the autumn; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘SMPOMINI’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy habit; small dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with numerous white to light pink-colored flowers; good garden performance; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Viburnum plicata plant named ‘JWW 5’ that is characterized by its dense and distinct upright plant habit, its sterile flowers that blushed pink in color, its young stems that are red in color, and its well-developed fruits that are large, glossy and red in color.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Camellia sasanqua named ‘Green 02-004’, that is characterized by its compact, dense, and rounded plant habit, its dark green foliage, its double flowers that are white in color, its very floriferous and long-lasting bloom habit, and its resistance to root rot (Phytophora cinnamomi) and dieback (Glomerella cingulata).

Abstract: A new and distinct Ilex plant named ‘SMNIGAB17’, characterized by its compact, uniform and low mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; small dark green-colored leaves; developing leaves greyed orange in color; and good garden performance and winter hardiness.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Florverblue’, characterized by its violet-blue colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Crème Brulee’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, medium thick-textured, luminescent butter yellow flowers and its “Maple-shaped” foliage with a dark-purple coloration, compactness of approximately 2½-3 feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Versde’, characterized by its very dwarf and compact plant habit, its dark pink flowers, its dark green, shiny foliage, its vigorous growth habit, its strong basal branching, and its low susceptibility to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Verscan’, characterized by its very dwarf and compact plant habit, its bi-colored flowers that are bright red-purple and white in color, its leaves with a thick substance, its healthy plant growth, its strong basal branching, and its low susceptibility to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Antirrhinum, ‘Pmoore07’, that is characterized by its compact, upright plant habit, its extended bloom season, its narrow, elongated flowers that are purple-pink in color with a whitish yellow throat, and its increased resistant to fungal diseases, especially, Puccinia antirrhini (leaf rust) as compared to other Antirrhinum cultivars.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Pelargonium plant named ‘Genigol’ that is characterized by semi-double red flowers, medium green foliage with a light zonation pattern and an early flower response.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Fikalraja’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, early and freely flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Fikalcoto’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, early and freely flowering habit; clear yellow-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Fikalsaja’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, early and freely flowering habit; clear yellow-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Xerochrysum plant named ‘Bondre 1051’, characterized by its rose-colored inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Centipedegrass named ‘SS-0607’, is characterized by its green and purple stolons, white and purple flowers, long leaf blades, aggressive root system fast lateral growth, compared to other Centipedegrass varieties.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescacham’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and mounding growth habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; medium-sized flowers that are pale creamy yellow and dark pink in color; the varying amount of pale creamy yellow and dark pink colors is dependent on environment and developmental stage of the flower; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by leaves which are multicolored changing from peach to gold to champagne-gold with a strong white veil overall, medium large leaves, light salmon pink flowers on short flowering stems, a medium mounding habit, and excellent vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Inheubrara’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; densely foliated and bushy appearance; very dark-colored leaves; numerous red purple-colored flower buds and flowers held above the foliar plane on dark purple-colored peduncles; and excellent garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct ×Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by red to yellow green to rust colored leaves with a dark pattern along veins and a white veil, deeply lobed leaves with wide sinus, a low, dense, vigorously trailing habit with good branching, and excellent vigor.

Abstract: ‘LIRSS’ is a distinctive variety of Liriope muscari which is characterized by a foliage variegation pattern with white-colored leaf striations that are significantly wider than the green-colored leaf striations, giving plants a general silver appearance.

Abstract: The new and distinct plant cultivar of ornamental bee balm named Monarda didyma ‘Lilac Lollipop’ has rapid-growing, compact, branching stems, medium to dark green foliage, numerous lavender lilac flowers with reddish tinted stems. Foliage has good resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new and distinct Sutera cultivar named ‘DCOPDBINDG’ is disclosed, characterized by early and abundant large violet-blue double flowers, medium plant vigor and a mounded and well branched growth habit. The new variety is a Sutera, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A spinning reel for fishing includes: a reel body including a front portion; a handle provided in the reel body; a cap-shaped cover body including a surrounding wall mounted in the front portion of the reel body; a spool on which a fishing line is to be wound; a rotor including a fishing line guide part, the rotor being rotated by the rotational manipulation of the handle to wind the fishing line on the spool; a driving part passing through the cover body and transmitting the rotation of the handle to the rotor; a support part provided in the front portion of the reel body and supporting the driving part; and a magnetic seal device mounted in the cover body and including a magnet, a cylindrical magnetic body forming a magnetic circuit between the magnetic body and the magnet and magnetic fluid maintained between the magnet and the magnetic ring.

Abstract: Methods for synthesis of nanocrystalline apatites are presented, as well as a series of specific reaction parameters that can be adjusted to tailor, in specific ways, properties in the recovered product. Particulate apatite compositions having average crystal size of less than 150 nm are provided. Products also can have a surface area of at least 40 m2/g and can be of high density. Hydroxyapatite material is investigated in particular detail. Compositions of the invention can be used as prosthetic implants and coatings for prosthetic implants.

Abstract: Triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine compounds, their use as medicaments, compositions containing them and processes for their preparation. The compounds of the invention have the formula (I) as follows: wherein R, X and R1 through R3 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An operation method has processing for applying a same type of operation in parallel to N M-bit operands to obtain N M-bit operation results executed on a computer. Here, N is an integer equal to or greater than 2 and M is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The operation method includes: an operation step of applying the type of operation to an N*M-bit provisional operand that is formed by concatenating the N M-bit operands, to obtain one N*M-bit provisional operation result, and generating correction information based on an effect had, by applying the operation, on each M bits of the provisional operation result from a bit that neighbors the M bits; and a correction step of correcting the provisional operation result in M-bit units with use of the correction information, to obtain the N M-bit operation results.

Abstract: A method for monitoring shipments of a plurality of components and enabling assembly of the plurality of components. The method can include the steps of encoding a unique identifier and specification information on each component into a data storage of a GPS device; encoding assembly instructions for each component; attaching the GPS device to the component; actuating each GPS device to provide a longitude and latitude signal to a network; tracking the location of each component; shipping the components while tracking the location of the components until the components reach a designated location; and retrieving from each component assembly instructions, specification information, and inspection information. The method can include assembling the components using the assembly instructions at the designated location, and forming a record of each route used by each component.

Abstract: Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a floating gate (or other charge storing element) of a non-volatile memory cell can occur because of the coupling of an electric field based on the charge stored in adjacent floating gates (or other adjacent charge storing elements). The problem occurs most pronouncedly between sets of adjacent memory cells that have been programmed at different times. To account for this coupling, the read process for a particular memory cell will provide compensation to an adjacent memory cell in order to reduce the coupling effect that the adjacent memory cell has on the particular memory cell.

Abstract: A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes a tuner, a demodulator, a known data detector, an equalizer, a transmission detector, and a block decoder. The tuner receives a DTV signal having a data frame in which main and mobile service data are multiplexed. The demodulator demodulates the DTV signal, and the known data detector detects known data included in the mobile service data. The equalizer equalizes the demodulated DTV signal using the detected known data, and the transmission parameter detector detects an error correction mode from the equalized DTV signal. Finally, the block decoder decodes the equalized DTV signal for error correction using the detected error correction mode.

Abstract: A ground engaging agricultural tillage blade having a central opening adapted to be attached to an implement for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation; the blade having an outer periphery; and reinforcing flutes disposed in the plate from a location substantially at the outer periphery to a location adjacent the central opening. The blade can be used with a hub disposed around the central opening, a hub that covers at least a portion of the flutes or a spacer on a shaft extending through the central openings of adjacent blades, the spacers extending radially outwardly by a distance sufficient to place a portion of the spacer in abutment with at least a portion of the flutes.

Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement includes: a frame member; and a disk blade hanger assembly. The disk blade hanger assembly includes: a disk blade hanger coupled with the frame member; a disk blade; and a spindle assembly including a spindle and a saddle member, the spindle being rotationally coupled with the disk blade, the saddle member being connected to the disk blade hanger and including a curved surface which is connected to the spindle.

Abstract: A system for managing the transfer of agricultural material from a material-transferring vehicle to a material-receiving vehicle. An unloading chute is adapted to transfer material from a first storage container of the material-transferring vehicle to a material-receiving vehicle alongside the material-transferring vehicle. A location-determining receiver is adapted to estimate position data for guiding the material-transferring vehicle. An image sensor is mounted on the material-transferring vehicle or the first storage container for estimating a lateral separation distance between the first storage container and the material-receiving vehicle for receiving the material. An electronic data processing system guides the material-transferring vehicle based on the estimated position data and the estimated lateral separation distance, to maintain a generally constant target lateral separation distance between the material-transferring vehicle and the material-receiving vehicle during the transfer of the material.

Abstract: A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel.

Abstract: An attachment for a power lawnmower enables cutting wet grass and includes a cross bar adapted to be supported by the forward end of the lawnmower. An elongated support member has a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, where the rear frame portion is secured transversely to the cross bar and extends forwardly therefrom. A rigid bracket is connected transversely to the front frame portion of the elongated support member and cantilevered above the ground. A flexible member has a first side secured along the rigid bracket and has a second side extending below the rigid bracket. The flexible member is adapted to contact the wet grass during forward movement of the lawnmower in order to remove moisture from the wet grass.

Abstract: A slot driven low profile sickle drive has an input rotatable about an upstanding rotational axis and carries an eccentric captured in a slot in one end of a pivot arm pivotable about an upstanding pivotal axis. A power source is connected in rotatably driving relation to the input. The opposite end of the pivot arm connects to a knife assembly of a sickle. The input, eccentric and pivot arm are generally flat, and the power source is vertically coextensive therewith for incorporation in or below the floor of a header of a plant cutting machine. Rotation of the input causes epicyclical orbiting of the eccentric, resulting in sideward pivoting of the opposite end of the pivot arm and sickle knife. A second drive can oppositely drive a second sickle knife, such that opposite forces generated by operation of the drives will be largely canceled.

Abstract: The drive has an input rotatable about an upstanding rotational axis and carries a cam followed by a pivot arm pivotable about an upstanding pivotal axis. A power source is connected in rotatably driving relation to the input. The pivot arm connects to a knife assembly of a sickle. The input, cam and pivot arm are generally flat, and the power source is vertically coextensive therewith for incorporation in or below the floor of a header of a plant cutting machine. Rotation of the input causes offset movement of the cam about the rotational axis, resulting in sideward pivoting of the pivot arm and sickle knife. A second cam drive can oppositely drive a second sickle knife, such that opposite forces generated by operation of the drives will be largely canceled.

Abstract: A quick-release knife connector for use on a rotary disc cutterhead having an asymmetrically shaped knife nut with a first portion providing a bearing surface for an aperture in the knife and a second portion which inhibits axial movement of the knife from contact with the first portion. A capture spring having an aperture for partially receiving the second portion prevents accidental release of the knife. The asymmetric orientation of the second portion and placement of the aperture on the capture spring assures that the knife nut is properly oriented when installed.

Abstract: Mechanisms for drive by wire control systems in walk-behind working machines can include a sensor and at least one resilient member. The sensor can be rotatable about a sensor axis and can be in communication with a control unit, while the at least one resilient member can cooperate with the sensor to bias the sensor about the sensor axis. Furthermore, the control unit can be configured to control an operating state of a transmission of the walk-behind machine. In addition, the mechanism can be configured such that if the drive by wire control system becomes inoperative, a change in the operating state of the transmission occurs, such that the transmission is non-operational if the drive by wire control system becomes inoperative.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a combine harvester including a straw chopper having an inlet for unchopped straw, an outlet for chopped straw in an essentially horizontal direction, and a spreader fan, connected downstream of the outlet of the straw chopper and having an essentially horizontal plane of rotation, for spreading the chopped straw over a ground surface. The combine harvester further includes a guide member, which is arranged to deflect at least a part of the stream of chopped straw material to an axial intake of the spreader fan such that a part of chopped straw material meets the blades of the spreader fan in the direction of transport of the chopped straw material through the spreader fan at an acute angle (?) relative to the plane of rotation of the spreader fan.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is achieved by means of a row divider (1) applied to a sugar cane harvester (100). Said device (1) comprises at least one helicoidal lift (2) connected to an engine. Said helicoidal lift (2) has a conical shape geometry of variable cross section around an imaginary central axis (102), and comprises a first segment (3) and a second segment (4). The first segment (3) establishes a first generatrix (5) which defines an angle a to the central axis (102) and comprises a first screw thread (6) in its outer surface. The second segment (4) establishes a second generatrix (7) which defines an angle ? to the central axis (102), so that ? has a greater value than a. Said second segment (4) comprises a second screw thread (8) in its surface, which is oriented in the opposite direction of the first screw thread (6).

Abstract: A drive system for a self-propelled harvesting machine includes a drive engine designed as an internal combustion engine, a first driven pulley driven by the drive engine that at least one drive pulley of a working mechanism via a drive belt. The drive system also includes at least one first and one second hydraulic unit. The drive belt is drivably connected to a pulley that is enclosed in sections by housing elements. The housing elements are disposed opposite one another and are fixed relative to the pulley. The first hydraulic unit and the second hydraulic unit are disposed on the housing elements and, the first hydraulic unit and the second hydraulic unit are drivably connected to a shaft that extends through the pulley.