Abstract: ‘Echo’ is a new and distinct repeat flowering, ornamental blueberry (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus L.) cultivar that originated from seed produced from the cross of the female blueberry plant ‘Perpetua’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 24,209) and the male blueberry plant ORUS 55-1 (unpatented). ‘Echo’ is a blueberry clone distinguished by its ornamental characteristics that include a spreading bush habit with glossy leaves, repeat flowering and fruiting, and small, mild flavored dark blue fruit.

Abstract: A new cultivar of sweet cherry tree, ‘SPC342’, that is characterized by its very high fruit stem pull force, its large fruit with an attractive appearance, its flowers that are not self-fertile, its distinctive maroon spots on its leaves, and its good fruit storage capacity in MAP (modified atmosphere packaging).

Abstract: A new and distinct plum tree variety, Prunus salicina, cv. ‘Suplumfiftythree’ is characterized by having large, juicy fruit with black skin and red flesh. The fruit of the new variety ‘Suplumfiftythree’ also has a high Brix:Acid ratio, firm flesh, a mild sweet flavor and a stone that clings to the flesh. The date of ripening of the fruit of the new variety is later than for ‘Black Splendor’ (unpatented) and earlier than ‘Owen-T’ (unpatented). The fruit of the new variety ‘Suplumfiftythree’ is larger than the fruit of ‘Black Splendor’ and smaller than the fruit of ‘Owen-T’.

Abstract: A new and distinct Persea cultivar named ‘Premero’ which is characterized by the combination of precocious fruiting, high fruit yield, fruit with firm flesh and a distinct nutty flavor, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

Abstract: The new and distinct sweet orange tree described herein originated as a ‘Valencia’ somaclone tree regenerated from an adventitious bud developed on a nucellar seedling stem piece. ‘Florida EV1’ is a true ‘Valencia’ sweet orange with an altered maturity date that allows for harvest 8-12 weeks earlier than traditional ‘Valencia’ trees.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of seedless table grape (Vitis sp.) named ‘NY98.0228.02’ is described. This new and distinct cultivar is particularly characterized by its large berry size, seedlessness, and berry flavor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘CIVN260’. This new strawberry plant named ‘CIVN260’ is primarily adapted high chill growing conditions, and is primarily characterized by its plants with erect leaves and visible, easy to collect fruits; fruits with regular and conical shape; easy pollination; excellent consistency; and great taste with high sugar content and aroma.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘INSPIRE’. This new strawberry plant named ‘INSPIRE’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its orange red fruit color; very firm fruit flesh; very smooth, even fruit surface, with very little difference in shape between primary and secondary fruit; medium fruit size that is much longer than broad; excellent fruit flavor; and medium plant size.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘RENEWAL’. This new strawberry plant named ‘RENEWAL’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its medium fruit size; very firm fruit flesh; very smooth, even fruit surface, with very little difference in shape between primary and secondary fruit; medium plant size; medium to sparse plant density; and short fruiting trusses.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Tibouchina plant named ‘Blaze of Glory’ that is characterized by green leaves with cream colored margins, a compact habit and purple flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct Mandevilla cultivar named ‘PATMANCR’ which is characterized by a broad upright growth habit and broad obovate form, robust dark green foliage, an abundance of large pink flowers with a dark pink corolla tube, early flowering and a long flowering period, as well as the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Nandina domestica named ‘NanSid6’ that is characterized by its foliage with new growth that is reddish purple in color and fall foliage that is red in color, its finely dissected foliage, and its compact, upright mounding habit with dense foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct Ilex cultivar named ‘BLH01’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive low growing, compact habit. Plants are very well suited for performance in the landscape, including as a specimen plant or a hedge. The new cultivar is a Ilex, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct Ilex cultivar named ‘Madez’ which is characterized by an upright and freely branching growth habit, a conical plant shape, excellent cold hardiness, strong plant vigor, very glossy juvenile foliage with a general coloration appearing as a combination of deep maroon and dark brown, dark green and very glossy mature foliage, and vibrant red berries through the winter. The claimed plant propagates successfully by softwood stem cuttings and has proven to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations.

Abstract: A new and distinct Syringa cultivar named ‘SMNSHBBL’ is disclosed, characterized by sweet scented, large, double violet-blue flowers arranged on large panicles. Plants have a good resistance to mildew. The new variety is a Syringa normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Syringa cultivar named ‘SMNJRPI’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive pink flowers on plants with re-blooming characteristics. The new variety is a Syringa normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: ‘NCORNSP-020BWGWE’ is a compact, non-twining, upright variety producing many short shoots. It is distinguishable from other cultivars by its yellow green heart shaped leaves with dentate to serrate irregular projecting points (i.e. teeth) with a cordate-deltoid base; a compact habit and erect mounding plant architecture. The lime green, toothed leaves of this plant, short internodes, and the plant architecture are what makes ‘NCORNSP-020BWGWE’ unique amongst the current ornamental sweetpotatoes in the marketplace. ‘NCORNSP-020BWGWE’ also exhibits very good vigor and is very well branched. In greenhouse and field trials conducted since 2013, ‘NCORNSP-020BWGWE’ has been shown to be much less vigorous than Ipomoea batatas ‘Margarita’ and ‘Blackie’ and is suitable for use as a landscape or containerized plant. The production of flowers by ‘NCORNSP-020BWGWE’ is sporadic under short day conditions.

Abstract: A new garden type Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIFZ0058’ particularly distinguished by the medium (1.75 inch) sized purple decorative flowers, a compact sized plant with round mound habit and a natural season response in early September.

Abstract: A new garden type Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIFZ0047’ particularly distinguished by the medium size red-purple decorative flower, a medium-large size plant with round mounded plant habit and a natural season response in mid-September.

Abstract: A new garden type Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIFZ0053’ particularly distinguished by the small size red-bronze decorative flower, large size plant with round sphere plant habit and a natural season response in mid-late October.

Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Misty Snow’ particularly characterized by flowers which are white with some red and yellow in the labellum; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘IMGZ00011’ particularly distinguished by the deep salmon flower on short peduncles on a medium sized well branched plant with dark green foliage.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘IMGZ00012’ particularly distinguished by the dark red flower on short peduncles on a medium sized well branched plant with deep dark green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct interspecific Geranium plant named ‘Pacpeia’, characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and large dark red-colored semi-double flowers that are held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.

Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘INPETROYMA’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding to eventually trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; large dark red purple-colored flowers with dark purple-colored venation and throats; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gerbera plant named ‘Garspice Imp’, characterized by its broadly upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; dense and bushy appearance; relatively small leaves; numerous inflorescences with red purple and very pale yellow-colored ray florets; upright and moderately strong scapes; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct Cereus cultivar named ‘Paolina’ which is characterized by a compact, freely branching growth habit, a fastigiate plant form, an abundance of dark green main stems with four prominent longitudinal ribs which give rise to many upright lateral branches, and very small quantity of soft, white spines on each plant. The claimed plant propagates successfully by softwood stem cuttings and has proven to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations.

Abstract: A new and distinct Echeveria cultivar named ‘Sea Dragon’ is disclosed, characterized by rosettes comprised of wide aqua colored leaves with a single large carnunculation. Leaf margins are highly anfratuous and colored rose pink. Foliage shape is spatulate with a large distinctively orbicular upper section. The new variety is an Echeveria, part of the Crassulaceae complex that includes Aeonium, Crassula, Graptopetalum, Pachyphytum, Sedum and others. Echeveria is a popular genus, typically produced as container plants for the patio or as landscape plants, as a variety of ornamental purposes.

Abstract: The inventive variety of shiitake mushroom plant named ‘FFT-52’ is morphologically characterized by a greater pileus diameter and a greater pileus thickness. Further, ‘FFT-52’ ensures a higher crop yield and an easier harvesting operation because it can be easily harvested manually without the use of a harvesting device. In addition, ‘FFT-52’ is highly resistant to a high-temperature load.

Abstract: A new and distinct Calibrachoa cultivar named ‘DCALCOCHLA’ is disclosed, characterized by a compact, mounded plant habit. Plants produce an abundance of large fuchsia colored flowers with a yellow center and throat, darker veins, and white margins. Plants have short internodes and are distinctively day length neutral. The new variety is a Calibrachoa, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new Calibrachoa plant named ‘CBRZ0013’ particularly distinguished by the mid-sized white flowers green foliage, good branching, early flowering, and a moderately compact plant habit, and has little sensitivity to soil pH.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Red Tapestry’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 65 cm in width, floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are dark yellow in color with red eye zones in color, its resistance to powdery mildew and leafspot, and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heliopsis plant named ‘Inhelsodor’, characterized by its relatively compact and upright plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with dark yellow-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: ‘UF14-24-1’ is a new coleus plant distinguished by having a vigorous compact mounded growth habit, excellent heat tolerance, consistent bright chartreuse leaves when grown in both sun and shade conditions, and desirable late flowering characteristics, as disclosed herein.

Abstract: A new and distinct portulaca plant having intense pink and white bicolored, star-patterned flowers.

Abstract: A breastshield is constructed of a low Durometer material. The breastshield includes a nipple tunnel that generally accommodates the shape of a nipple and an aperture that conveys fluids through the breastshield.

Abstract: A method and system for printing graphical content onto a plurality of memory devices and for providing a visually distinguishable memory device are provided. In one embodiment, graphical content to be printed onto a plurality of memory devices is identified. A graphical image is then created from the identified graphical content, wherein the graphical image comprises a plurality of sub-areas, wherein each sub-area contains graphical content and corresponds to at least one memory device of the plurality of memory devices. The graphical image is then printed onto the plurality of memory devices, wherein the plurality of memory devices are positioned to substantially correspond with positions of the plurality of sub-areas in the graphical image. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A tracked vehicle has a chassis including a tunnel. An engine is connected to the chassis. An endless drive track is disposed below the tunnel and operatively connected to the engine. A suspension assembly supports and tensions the endless drive track. The suspension assembly has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. The suspension assembly includes a rail engaging the endless drive track. The rail extends in the longitudinal direction. A suspension arm has an upper end pivotally connected to the chassis about a first lateral axis, and a lower end pivotally connected to the rail about a second lateral axis. At least one shock absorber is connected between the chassis and the rail for biasing the rail away from the chassis. The chassis is pivotally connected to the rail via the suspension assembly about a longitudinally extending axis. A suspension assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A gettered polycrystalline group III metal nitride is formed by heating a group III metal with an added getter in a nitrogen-containing gas. Most of the residual oxygen in the gettered polycrystalline nitride is chemically bound by the getter. The gettered polycrystalline group III metal nitride is useful as a raw material for ammonothermal growth of bulk group III nitride crystals.

Abstract: A composition comprising a synthetic growth factor analog comprising a non-growth factor heparin binding region, a linker and a sequence that binds specifically to a cell surface receptor and an osteoconductive material where the synthetic growth factor analog is attached to and can be released from the osteoconductive material and is an amplifier/co-activator of osteoinduction.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine detects an amount of particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas in an exhaust passage, according to an electrical property across electrodes of a particulate matter sensor disposed in the exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The term “electrical property” here refers to a property that changes with the amount of particulate matter deposited, for example, a current value of when a predetermined voltage is applied. After the internal combustion engine is started and detection of the amount of the particulate matter is completed, an element section of the particulate matter sensor is set to a predetermined temperature range. The particulate matter deposited on the element section is thereby burned and removed. The control apparatus maintains the element section in the predetermined temperature range after burning and removing the particulate matter until the internal combustion engine stops.

Abstract: An in-plane switching type liquid crystal display comprising (a) first and second polarizing plates facing each other and spaced from each other; (b) a liquid crystal cell situated between said first and second polarizing plates; and (c) a compensation structure located between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; wherein the director orientation of the liquid crystal layer being controlled by an electric field parallel to the polarizing plates; one said compensation structure is positioned between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; the polarizing plates have transmission axes perpendicular to each other, and the compensation structure comprises at least one retardation layer of supramolecules involving at least one polycyclic organic compound with a conjugated ?-system and functional groups which are capable of forming non-covalent bonds between said supramolecules.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated inspection of fillet formation along on or more peripheral edges (13a) of a packaged microelectronic device (14) that is attached to a supporting substrate (16), such system (10) including a feedback loop for controlling fillet formation. More specifically, the system (10) includes a dispensing system (18) configured for dispensing underfill material (22) onto the supporting substrate (16). The system (19) further includes an automated optical inspection (AOI) system (19) configured for determining a value of a measurable attribute of the fillet (12), such as whether the fillet (12) is properly dimensioned, i.e., sized and shaped. A feedback loop (66) is included between the dispensing system (18) and automated optical inspection system (19).

Abstract: A switcher device comprises a multiplexer coupled in-between at least one input and output cards. The multiplexer detects the presence of an event signal from an activated sink. In response to the detection of the event signal, the switch dynamically switches to a closed position in order to enable the at least one source to authenticate with the input card and the output card to authenticate with the at least one sink for security protocol encryption. In response to the non-detection of the event signal, the switch switches dynamically to an open position in order to disable the at least one source from authenticating with the input card, therefore the output card also does not attempt to authenticate with the at least one sink for security protocol encryption.

Abstract: A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-generated interference and also identifies the secondary signal to all primary users via on/off amplitude modulation, allowing easy resolution of interference claims. The system uses high-processing gain probe waveforms that enable propagation measurements to be made with minimal interference to the primary users. The system measures background signals and identifies the types of nearby receivers and modifies the local frequency assignments to minimize interference caused by a secondary system due to non-linear mixing interference and interference caused by out-of-band transmitted signals (phase noise, harmonics, and spurs).

Abstract: A trenching tool including an elongated pole having a bottom end connected to an elbow construction. A hollow cylindrical tube is movably mounted to the bottom end of the elbow construction. The tube is opened on both ends allowing loading of and emptying material scooped from the trench. An adjustable connection secures the tube to the elbow construction.

Abstract: Described herein is a combination apparatus and methods of using the combination apparatus. The combination apparatus is operable as both an edger and a sod cutter. The combination apparatus includes an arm that oscillates when driven by a motor. Both a sod cutter blade and an edger blade are coupled to the arm.

Abstract: A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.

Abstract: A forage harvester including a header for picking up a swath from a ground surface. The header includes a first and a second distance sensor adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis. The first distance sensor is mounted at a first lateral end of the header, and the second distance sensor is mounted at a second lateral end of the header. The first and second distance sensors are positioned such that, when the forage harvester is placed on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis crosses the second sensor axis before reaching the even ground surface in front of the harvester.

Abstract: A system for enhancement of crop production includes a triggerable seed support package. The triggerable seed support package has a payload including seed enhancement material, where the payload is configured to be released in response to a trigger.