Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the Miniature class which has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: The invention is a new and distinct variety of Grapes plant named ‘Gewurztraminer RJ’ that is characterized by its grape clusters that are medium-large in size and cylindro-conical in shape, its good cold hardiness, its mature fruit early in the season, its vigorous growth habit with high fruit production, its grapes that are pink-purple in color at full maturity, good disease resistance, its grapes that have thick skins and are resistant to fall frost, and its grapes that produce wine that is rich in aroma and with a fruity taste.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEightyFive’, particularly selected for its compact plant habit, good fruit quality and flavor, and early yields, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa) named ‘Sierra’ is presented here. This new short-day strawberry variety is characterized by moderate vigor plants which produce attractive conical fruit, with a sweet strawberry flavor, and a desirable lighter red exterior color making it market attractive. The fruit of ‘Sierra’ ripens nearly up to the calyx and there is no unripe shoulder. In addition, the variety is fully remontant in cool coastal areas of California, producing high quality fruit all season long.

Abstract: A new strawberry plant named ‘A13-07’ is disclosed, with exceptional yield and flavor characteristics.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Thuja plant named ‘SMNTDGT’ is disclosed, characterized by a short plant habit and dense foliage. Plants have distinctive dense ovate plant habit without pinching or pruning, making plants low maintenance. The new cultivar is a Thuja, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Juniperus plant named ‘FARROWJVBF’ is disclosed, characterized by blue foliage and abundant blue fruits. Plants are dense with a pyramidal habit. The new cultivar is a Juniperus, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct Diervilla plant named ‘SMDCS’ is disclosed, characterized by a dense plant habit and attractive foliage throughout Spring, Summer and Fall. The new variety is a Diervilla, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘SMHALP’ is disclosed, characterized by attractive flowers arranged in a lacecap inflorescence on plants with strong stems and a good upright habit. The new variety is a Hydrangea, normally produced as an ornamental plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘SMNHRLL’ is disclosed, characterized by large white and light pink flowers arranged in a lacecap inflorescence on plants with strong stems. The new variety is a Hydrangea, normally produced as an ornamental plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘SMNLIG’ is disclosed, characterized by intense magenta flower color, and dark greyed-purple foliage. Plants are well-branched and well-suited for container production. The new variety is a Lagerstroemia, normally used for outdoor ornamental purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘SMNLIJ’ is disclosed, characterized by large coral pink flowers. Plants are upright AND well branched with dark greyed-purple foliage. The new variety is a Lagerstroemia, normally used for outdoor ornamental purposes.

Abstract: A new and unique plant cultivar of perennial carnation or pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Paint the Town Red’ with numerous, single, lightly-spicy fragrant flowers producing a full rounded face. Each flower has five overlapping petals that are deep magenta-red colored without darker red bars in the center. Petals have moderately coarse dentate apices. Flowering season is strong for four weeks beginning in late spring and continues to mid-fall. The habit is compact and dense with glaucous blue-green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALIPZYL’, particularly characterized by small, dark red flowers with few light reddish-purple flecks at the center and dark purple-red lips, a convex flower shape in lateral view, whiskers with dotted tips, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.

Abstract: A unique cultivar of Tall Phlox named ‘Opalescence’ characterized by vigorous, dense, upright, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with dark-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowering begins in late-July and continuing for up to five weeks in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the top of the plant in peak season. Petals are light pink with darker pink eye. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant shows excellent powdery mildew resistance. The new plant is especially suitable for a cut flower, for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Trendsetter’ of medium-sized, arching, long, ovate, medium-green leaves having wavy, yellow, jagged margins with numerous feathering intermediate colors and a narrowly acute curling apex. The flowers are pale lavender beginning in mid-June. ‘Trendsetter’ is attractive and is useful in the landscape, as a specimen or en masse or as a container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Tears in Heaven’ with an arching, rounded-mound habit of dense, cordate foliage of heavy glaucous bluish-colored above and whitish-blue below, retaining the glaucous covering until the end of summer. Long lanceolate leaves with sharply pointed apices and tapered base have intensely undulate margins and the lateral edges are folded upwardly veins with moderate dimpling between the veins and sinuate margins. The plant has pale lavender outer tepals with the tepals inside distinctly striped in the middle of the tepals with a darker lavender and white on the margins. The new plant is attractive and useful in landscaping as a specimen, in mass, or as a containerized plant by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: A new Anthurium plant, rich in shoot formation, named ‘ANTHGERXAM’ particularly distinguished by having blistered, red, orbicular-cordate, and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time, dark green and narrowly cordate, durable leaves, white spadices with orange-yellow tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 33.0 cm to 38.0 cm is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Tillandsia hybrid plant named ‘Ziva’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 30 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage, measuring about 47 cm in length and about 5 cm in width; abundant floral bract production; bracts have a unique pinkish red inflorescence (RHS 50A); panicle inflorescence, measuring about 28 cm in height (flowering part) and about 15 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Docalalnaca’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, trailing and decumbent plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large flowers with red and yellow bi-colored petals; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Docalalnatipi’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, trailing and decumbent plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large flowers with light purple-colored petals with purplish red-colored centers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Docalblotipi’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, trailing and decumbent plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large flowers with reddish purple-colored petals with darker purplish red-colored centers and yellow-colored throats; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘COSEH 8100’, characterized by its upright to slightly outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; moderately freely flowering habit; red purple to greyed purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.

Abstract: A decrease in an NOx removal or reduction rate at the time of filter regeneration is suppressed. To this end, provision is made for an NOx selective reduction catalyst, a filter arranged at the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, an NH3 generation catalyst arranged at the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst to generate NH3 when the air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas is equal to or less than a stoichiometric air fuel ratio, a regeneration unit to carry out regeneration of the filter, and a generation unit to make the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas equal to or less than the stoichiometric air fuel ratio, thereby causing NH3 to be generated in the NH3 generation catalyst, wherein the regeneration unit inhibits the regeneration of the filter until the generation of NH3 by the generation unit is completed.

Abstract: A charging apparatus assigns an area ID, which is information that the charging apparatus uses to determine the presence of a vehicle, to a charging area BS and transmits the assigned area ID. Based on return of the transmitted area ID from the vehicle 200, the charging apparatus establishes pairing, which is a communication connection setting, between the charging apparatus and the vehicle. The charging apparatus then performs electric power management of the electric power transmitted from the charging area BS to the vehicle in a non-contact manner through wireless communication between the paired vehicle and charging apparatus.

Abstract: A pipe fixing device comprising a plurality of pipes, for conducting liquid or gas, arranged to cross each other, and a fixing member for fixing the plurality of pipes. The fixing member comprises a plurality of pipe fixing bores, and a plurality of fitting bores for the fitting of bands used to tighten the pipes. The present invention can secure not only easy insertion of the pipes arranged to cross each other, but also enhancement in a coupling force of the pipes through the use of the tightening bands, resulting in stable and reliable fixation of the pipes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines to define sub-pixels, and a transmission part including transmission lines connected with the data lines to transmit data signals, where at least one pair of the transmission lines are arranged to cross each other, some of the transmission lines cross each other so that a sequence of data signals applied to the data lines can be changed, any of the transmission lines is opened at a crossing point of the transmission lines and the opened portion is connected by a separate conductor, thereby insulating the transmission lines crossing each other from each other, and an additional process for connecting the opened portion is not needed, thereby simplifying a fabrication process for the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: In order to transmit a large amount of data in series at a time with a MIMO communication scheme while avoiding deterioration of decoding characteristics due to change over time by a channel matrix, a wireless communication system uses an open-loop type and a closed-loop type of MIMO communication modes in combination and switches to the open-loop MIMO communication mode in response to the information that the amount of data to be transmitted at a time has exceeded a predetermined amount of bits or a predetermined transmission time during data transmission under the closed-loop MIMO communication mode. By discontinuing useless closed-loop MIMO communication and switching to the open-loop MIMO communication mode that is better than Zero-forcing, the decoding characteristics are prevented from simply becoming deteriorated.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for regulating access of consumers (e.g., applications, containers, or VMs) to resources and services (e.g., storage). In one embodiment, this regulation occurs through the movement of consumers between different providers of a resource or service. Moving consumers includes, for example, determining the cost of moving the consumer from a first provider to a second provider. According to various embodiments, the cost of moving the consumer is compared to savings associated with moving the consumer from the first provider to the second provider.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device according to an embodiment includes, for example, a board, a first electronic component, and a heat dissipation member. The board includes a first face. The heat dissipation member is disposed at a side opposite to the first face of the first electronic component. The heat dissipation member is thermally connected to the first electronic component. The heat dissipation member includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a plurality of third extending portions. The first extending portion extends along the first face. The second extending portion is positioned away, in a direction that intersects the first face, from the first extending portion by a space. The second extending portion extends along the first face. The plurality of the third extending portions are connected to the first extending portion and the second extending portion. The plurality of the third extending portions are positioned away from each other by a space.

Abstract: A scraper assembly of an agricultural row unit includes an inner scraper configured to engage an inner surface of a disc. The scraper assembly also includes a biasing member engaged with the inner scraper and configured to urge the inner scraper toward the inner surface of the disc. In addition, the inner scraper has an engagement feature configured to contact an outer scraper to block translational movement of the inner scraper relative to a frame of the agricultural row unit.

Abstract: A removably affixable universal planting drill that can be fastened to existing soil conditioning equipment, thereby simultaneously conditioning the soil and planting seeds, without the need for replacing existing cultivation devices.

Abstract: A device for coating seeds with a liquid dressing solution, including a housing delimiting a chamber for accommodating the seeds, a rotating system for mixing the seeds and the dressing solution, an air duct for feeding hot air into the chamber and a separating unit which is permeable to the hot air and separates the air duct from the chamber. According to this invention, the separating unit includes at least one perforated metal sheet that has an inner face facing towards the chamber, an outer face facing towards the air duct and a plurality of projections, wherein a projection rises obliquely in the direction of the outer face and forms an opening inlet, which is inclined to the metal sheet plane, on the outer face. This invention further relates to a method in which the device is used.

Abstract: An agricultural seeding machine includes a trench closer assembly and a sensing device configured to sense an aspect of the soil without contacting the soil and to output a sensed signal corresponding to the aspect of the soil. A processing device processes the sensed signal to generate a processed sensed signal, and compares a characteristic of the processed sensed signal to a stored signal characteristic representative of a soil condition. A trench closure quality metric is determined and provided via a user interface. Additionally, in response to and based upon the comparison, the processing device may automatically adjust the force applied to the soil by the soil contacting member. In this manner, the seeding machine utilizes a feedback signal to determine how well a trench is closed and can adjust the performance of the trench closer assembly in accordance with that feedback.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring fluid conduit connections of an agricultural machine may include a first fluid conduit having a first coupling device, a second fluid conduit having a second coupling device, and a third fluid conduit having a third coupling device. Each of the second and third coupling devices may, in turn, include an identification device. A controller of the system may be configured to receive an input from the identification device of one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit when the respective second coupling device or third coupling device is coupled to the first coupling device. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to identify the one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit as a connected fluid conduit based on the received input.

Abstract: Metering devices for an agricultural implement are present for applying a field input, for example, pneumatically delivered granular product including seed or fertilizer or sprayed liquid product including fertilizer and the like, to an agricultural field. In the applying of the field input, the rate of application of the dispensers of one section of the implement can be collectively varied in relation to the rate of application of the dispensers of a different section of the implement frame.

Abstract: A mower may have a frame, a floor pan affixed to the frame, and a cutting deck suspended from the floor pan. A height of the cutting deck over a terrain surface may be adjustable with a lift system. The lift system may couple the cutting deck to the floor pan and move the cutting deck between a minimum height and a maximum height.

Abstract: A lawn mower robot includes an outer cover; an inner body accommodated into the outer cover to mount a plurality of wheels on sides thereof; a plurality of blades rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of the inner body to mow grass; a plurality of support portions arranged in front-rear and left-right directions on an upper portion of the inner body to movably support the outer cover in front-rear and left-right directions with respect to the inner body; a UI module mounted on an upper portion of the inner body, and provided with a user control panel and an information display unit on an upper portion thereof; and a UI dust cover mounted on an inner side of the outer cover to block dust inside the outer cover from entering into the user control panel and the information display unit, thereby preventing dust from entering into the UI module.

Abstract: A mower deck can include roller assemblies that prolong the life of bearings by more evenly distributing the roller's load to the bearings. The roller assembly can include a roller that is secured between opposing bearings via a tapered shaft of the roller and a correspondingly tapered collar that is housed within the corresponding bearing. The interface between the tapered shaft and the tapered collar causes the collar to be secured snugly within the bearing while also providing even distribution of the roller's load to the bearing.