Patents Issued in August 4, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220240427
    Abstract: A control system for an implement hitch of an agricultural vehicle, wherein the hitch is mounted to the vehicle and includes one or more hydraulic cylinders or other actuators operable to raise and lower the hitch between minimum and maximum heights relative to the vehicle and hold the hitch static at one or more heights between the minimum and maximum heights. The control system includes a rocker control device having a first operating position and being movable in a first direction to a first limit position and in a second direction to a second limit position. An electronic control unit connected to the rocker control device is configured to control operation of the or each of the hydraulic cylinders or actuators and thereby control raising and lowering of the hitch in response to user operation of the rocker control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Albrecht, Andreas Kämmerer, Gerhard Mariner, Peter Miller
  • Publication number: 20220240428
    Abstract: A control system for an implement hitch of an agricultural vehicle, wherein the hitch is mounted to the vehicle and includes one or more hydraulic cylinders or other actuators operable to raise and lower the hitch between minimum and maximum heights relative to the vehicle and hold the hitch static at one or more heights between the minimum and maximum heights. The control system includes a rocker control device having a first operating position and being movable in a first direction to a first limit position and in a second direction to a second limit position. An electronic control unit (ECU) is connected to the rocker control device and controls operation of the or each of the hydraulic cylinders or actuators and thereby control raising and lowering of the hitch in response to user operation of the rocker control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Mengele, Daniel Muff-Mueller, Gerhard Mariner, Peter Miller
  • Publication number: 20220240429
    Abstract: This document discloses a gauge wheel device (22) for maintaining working depth of a row unit (2) included in an agricultural implement, comprising a gauge wheel arm (220) which, at a distal portion thereof, carries a gauge wheel (221) which is rotatable about a gauge wheel shaft (2201, 220T). An effective length of the carrier arm (220) is variable. The document discloses a row unit comprising such a gauge wheel device, an agricultural implement comprising a plurality of such row units and a method for operating a gauge wheel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Morgan Collin
  • Publication number: 20220240430
    Abstract: A system for controlling an operation of an agricultural implement includes a ground-penetrating tool configured to penetrate soil within a field to a penetration depth. Furthermore, the system includes a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a compaction layer within the field as the implement travels across the field. Additionally, the system includes a computing system configured to generate a representation of a portion of the soil within the field based on the data captured by the sensor. Moreover, the computing system is configured to determine a position of a bottom surface of the compaction layer based on the generated representation. In addition, the computing system is configured to control the penetration depth of the ground-penetrating tool based on the determined position of the bottom surface of the compaction layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: James W. Henry
  • Publication number: 20220240431
    Abstract: An agricultural header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; at least one cutter carried by the header frame and configured to cut crop material; and a transport assembly coupled to the header frame. The transport assembly includes: a first arm coupled to the header frame and including a first wheel mount configured to mount a first transport wheel thereto; a second arm pivotably coupled to the header frame and including a second wheel mount configured to mount a second transport wheel thereto; and a cross arm coupling the first arm to the second arm. The cross arm is releasably coupled to the first arm such that the cross arm and the second arm are slideable and nestable with one another when the cross arm is uncoupled from the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: David M. DeChristopher, Renato Ribeiro, Seth Bietz
  • Publication number: 20220240432
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating and predicting a set of crop-associated features at an agriculture site, the method comprising: receiving a set of samples associated with the agriculture site; generating a sample dataset upon processing the set of samples with a set of sample processing operations; generating a set of microbiome-associated features upon performing a set of transformation operations upon the sample dataset; and returning an analysis characterizing the set of crop-associated features based upon the set of microbiome-associated features. The method can further include steps for executing an action for producing a desired outcome in relation to the agriculture site, with respect to a specific soil type and a specific crop, based upon the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Acedo, Nabeel Imam, Daniel Almonacid, Adrian Ferrero
  • Publication number: 20220240433
    Abstract: Method for determining and providing an application scheme for pesticides, comprising the following steps: providing agricultural crop data (S10) comprising information about an agricultural crop species sown or planned to sow in a field; providing application time data (S20) comprising information about at least one planned application time of applying pesticides in the field; providing weed and/or pathogen specifier data (S30) comprising information about at least one weed or pathogen specifier present or expected in the field; performing a database search in a pesticide product database (S50) at least based on the provided agricultural crop data, the provided application time data, the provided weed and/or pathogen specifier data and determining the pesticide products matching the agricultural crop and the application time and one of the weed or pathogen specifiers, wherein the pesticide product database comprises information about a plurality of pesticide products, and wherein the information about the pe
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Holger HOFFMANN, Wagner PASOLIUS WEXEL, Umit Baran ILBASI, Bjoern KIEPE, Hiran ZANI, Fabrisio DE EUSTAQUIO RESENDE, Mauricio LOPES AGNESE, Samyra BALDASSIN, Andre SALVADOR
  • Publication number: 20220240434
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method to collect and store data related to product stored in a container. In response to filling the container with the product, the following data are stored in at least one first record in an external database (such as a distributed ledger, e.g., blockchain): a product type of the first product; an amount of the first product filled into the first container; a unique identity of the first container; and a unique identity of a first user of the first container at the time of filling the first container with the first product. Data representing a unique identity of a container data module on the container are stored in the container data module. As the container moves, dispenses product, and undergoes changes in possession and ownership, data representing such events are stored in the distributed ledger and/or the container data module. As a result, a verifiable application/consumption record of the product within the container is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Richard L. Rice, Ulrich G. Trogele, Kent W. James
  • Publication number: 20220240435
    Abstract: An ecological restoration method for seawater back-flowing farmlands in a tropical region includes the following steps: performing soil ridging on a seawater back-flowing saline-alkalized land by using a whole-mulching double-ridge model thereof, a ridge body that has been ridged is a trapezoidal structure, and perpendicular to a direction of a coastline; planting a salt-tolerant plant on ridges, and planting Acanthus ilicifolius in furrows. Salts on the ridges are rinsed into the furrows by means of natural precipitation and irrigation; the Acanthus ilicifolius that have been planted in the furrows excretes redundant salts by using salt glands; the salt-tolerant plant and the Acanthus ilicifolius are harvested to effectively remove salts, thereby achieving an effect of reducing salts in soil by a dual-function of the ridges and the furrows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: XU WANG, QIANGPING LIN, DEFA SU
  • Publication number: 20220240436
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for supporting a plant to be grown in the ground. More particularly, the invention relates to a drill head, a drilling apparatus and a system for planting a plant. Also disclosed are methods for planting a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Damien Stewart, Tobias Daniel Low
  • Publication number: 20220240437
    Abstract: The document discloses a seed furrow opener (21), comprising a furrow opener arm (210), and a pair of cooperating seed discs (216a, 216b), whose rotational axes (Ra, Rb) are non-parallel to each other. At least one of the seed discs (216a, 216b) is axially slidably mounted on a shaft (212a, 212b), whose proximal end is attached to the seed furrow opener arm (210). A spring (213a, 213b) is arranged to bias the seed disc (216a, 216b) outwardly from the seed furrow opener arm (210). The spring (213a, 213b) biases the seed disc (216a, 216b) against an adjustable abutment (215a, 215b). There is also disclosed a row unit comprising such a seed furrow opener, an agricultural implement comprising a plurality of such row units and a method for operating a seed furrow opener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Morgan Collin
  • Publication number: 20220240438
    Abstract: A row unit of a seeder includes a frame configured to be coupled to a toolbar of the seeder. The row unit also includes a single opener pivotally or rotatably coupled to the frame. The row unit further includes a row cleaner assembly that has a row cleaner arm pivotally coupled to the frame or to the single opener and a row cleaner blade rotatably coupled to the row cleaner arm. The row cleaner arm positions a respective rotational axis of the row cleaner blade forward of the single opener relative to a direction of travel of the row unit. A row cleaner actuator is coupled to the row cleaner arm, and the row cleaner actuator is configured to control a first downforce applied by the row cleaner blade to soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis George Thompson, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk
  • Publication number: 20220240439
    Abstract: A trailing assembly for an agricultural planter is attached to a frame element of the agricultural planter with a mounting bracket. A walking beam having a hub at an intermediate position along a length of the walking beam is pivotably attached to the mounting bracket. A first pair of arms extends from the hub in a first direction, with each arm configured with a shaft to rotatably and selectively receive a first rotating implement, for example, a closing wheel or a fertilizer opener disc. A second pair of arms extends from the hub in a second direction parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other. Distal ends of the second pair of arms are configured to rotatably and selectively receive and support opposing ends of an axle of another rotating implement, for example, a press wheel, positioned between the second set of arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Kris SCHAFFERT
  • Publication number: 20220240440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural tool unit for the rapid conversion of a seed drill having a trailed or fine-grain seed dispenser with volumetric supply to an on-demand supply system and vice versa, which includes at least one hopper containing a granular feed material, such as grains, seeds or agrochemical granules, and a delivery device arranged under the hopper. This device has a structure that consists of two physically defined areas. One of the areas, hereinafter referred to as the “seed box”, has a direct connection to the hopper, receiving the granular material from same, generally gravity-fed, and another area, hereinafter referred to as the “air box”, which has a connection to an air source such as a fan or similar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TALLERES METALURGICOS CRUCIANELLI S.A.
    Inventor: Christian Javier Garcia Rojas
  • Publication number: 20220240441
    Abstract: Locations of seeds in a field can be identified. A material is applied to the field by an agricultural machine, based upon the seed locations. The placement of the material is detected and the agricultural machine is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: CARY S. HUBNER, Grant J. Wonderlich
  • Publication number: 20220240442
    Abstract: Locations of seeds in a field can be identified. A material is applied to the field by an agricultural machine, based upon the seed locations. The placement of the material is detected and the agricultural machine is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: CARY S. HUBNER, Grant J. Wonderlich
  • Publication number: 20220240443
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning narrow root crops including a roller device with two rotatable rollers forming a separating crop inlet, a separating track, a coarse material outlet, a fine material outlet, and a roller gap, and a conveyor downstream of the roller device. The separating track is formed by the top of the rollers and the fine material outlet is located below the roller gap. The coarse material outlet is at the end of the separating track opposite the separating material inlet. The roller gap is large enough to allow the narrow root crops to pass through to the fine crop outlet and small enough to retain coarse material that has a minimum dimension greater than the maximum root diameter, and transport it to the coarse material outlet. The conveyor is below the roller gap at the fine material outlet and receives all narrow root crops passing through the roller gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Sebastian Polster
  • Publication number: 20220240444
    Abstract: A smart mowing system includes a boundary line, a signal transmitting unit, and a smart mower. The boundary line is configured to plan a working area. The signal transmitting unit is configured to generate a boundary signal to the boundary line. The smart mower includes a first signal receiving module, a second signal receiving module, and a control module. The second signal receiving module is a preset distance away from the first signal receiving module. The control module is configured to determine whether the first signal receiving module is located inside the boundary line, to determine whether the second signal receiving module is located inside the boundary line, and to control the smart mower to walk along the boundary line when the first signal receiving module or the second signal receiving module is located outside the boundary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hongwei Wang, Dezhong Yang, Qing Gao
  • Publication number: 20220240445
    Abstract: A dual function tool head including a first selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in a first direction and automatically move to a stowed position when the tool head rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in the second direction and automatically moved to a stowed position when the tool head rotates in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald J. Hoffman, Eric J. Nolin
  • Publication number: 20220240446
    Abstract: A header positioning system for controlling a position of a header for a combine harvester. The header positioning system including a controller that is configured to receive signals corresponding to (i) a measured inclination of either the header or the combine, (ii) a measured ground speed of the header or the combine, and (iii) a measured height of the header with respect to ground. The controller is further configured to adjust a height and a pitch of the header as a function of the inclination, measured ground speed and the measured height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jethro Martin
  • Publication number: 20220240447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of harvesting textile hemp, the method comprising mowing the hemp and wherein the cut stems are held between crossed conveyor belts and then rotated 90° from vertical to horizontal, taken over one or more times by other belts, to be deposited in parallel swaths on the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: CRETES NV
    Inventor: Dirk VAN PUYVELDE
  • Publication number: 20220240448
    Abstract: An end effector includes a cutting mechanism, a gripping mechanism, and a pivot component. The cutting mechanism and the gripping mechanism are coupled to the pivot component. The cutting mechanism is coupled to a first portion of the pivot component and the gripping mechanism is coupled to a second portion of the pivot component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jaylyn Daugherty, Gregory Schroll, Timothy Brackbill
  • Publication number: 20220240449
    Abstract: An agricultural header comprises a first frame, a second frame, an endless side draper belt supported by the first frame, an endless center draper belt positioned in register with the side draper belt to receive cut crop laterally therefrom, an inter-frame flexible seal coupled to the first frame and the second frame. The first frame is coupled for movement relative to the second frame. The flexible seal underlies the side draper belt to receive cut crop that falls from the side draper belt and is arranged relative to the center draper belt to guide fallen crop toward the center draper belt. The flexible seal is configured to flex to accommodate movement of the first frame relative to the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew R. White, Duane M. Bomleny, Bryan R. Yanke, Justin C. Freehill
  • Publication number: 20220240450
    Abstract: A conditioner assembly in an agricultural implement for conditioning cut crop material includes a top roll and a bottom roll rotatably supported by a pair of lateral side walls. The top roll is arranged relative to the bottom roll to define a roll gap therebetween for conditioning the cut crop material as the cut crop material passes therethrough. A stabilizing link extends between each of the lateral side walls and the top roll for pivotally coupling the top roll to the conditioner frame, and an adjustment mechanism extends between each of the lateral side walls and the top roll. The adjustment mechanism is selectively and remotely actuatable to automatically pivot the top roll toward and away from the bottom roll, thereby decreasing and increasing the roll gap for optimally conditioning different types and volumes of cut crop material received by the agricultural implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Neil Barnett, Matthew Stephens
  • Publication number: 20220240451
    Abstract: A three point hay lift assembly includes a hay spear device for a three point hitch and a three point hay lift. The hay spear device includes at least one stabilizer mounted to a frame within about 24 inches of a hay spear mounted to the frame. This enables the hay spear device to be lowered without the stabilizers contacting a trailer platform or bed. The hay lift includes a tube configured to slide over the hay spear that is longer than the stabilizer of the hay spear device. A crossbar limits the insertion depth of the hay spear into the hay bale and at least one stabilizer is attached to the crossbar to prevent the hay bale from spinning. An ear extends from the tube to contact the frame of the hay spear device and prevent the tube from spinning about the hay spear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: John C. Bishop
  • Publication number: 20220240452
    Abstract: A method of harvesting crop material includes capturing an image of a plurality of regions 28 of a field 50. The respective image of the regions 28 is analyzed to determine data related to constituent species of the crop material located within each of the regions 28. The data is associated with a region identifier 48 assigned to the respective one of the regions 28, and saved in a memory 42 of a computing device 30. The crop material in the field 50 is then harvested and formed into a bale. The harvested crop material formed into the bale is gathered from a subset 46 of the regions 28. A region identifier 48 of each of the regions 28 included in the subset 46 of the regions 28 is associated with the bale identifier 38, such that the data related to constituent species of the crop material included in the bale is associated with the bale and may be obtained by querying the computing device 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: TIMOTHY J. KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20220240453
    Abstract: A cleaning system of a combine harvester includes a fan, a first valve member positioned within a first duct of the fan for throttling the flow of air through the first duct, a second valve member positioned within the second duct of the fan for throttling the flow of air through the second duct, a first actuator for adjusting a position of the first valve member, a second actuator for adjusting a position of the second valve member, first and second sensors for sensing air pressure at first and second sieves, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the sensed air pressures from the sensors, compare the sensed air pressures with either each other or threshold values, and transmit instructions to one or both of the actuators to adjust the positions of one or both of the valve members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Scott Wilson, Seth Bich
  • Publication number: 20220240454
    Abstract: A twine knotter (10) for forming two knots (16, 33) in a pair of twine strands comprising: a drive pulley (20), a bill hook (9) rotatably driven by the drive pulley (20) about a knotter axis (K) to form two successive knots (16, 33) in the pair of twine strands (5, 7), a twine holding device (18) for clamping the pair of twine strands (5, 7) between a first clamping element (21) and a second clamping element (22), and a twine knife (13) for cutting the pair of twine strands (5, 7). The second clamping element is driven rotatably about a twine holder axis (G) by the drive pulley such that the rotatable second clamping element completes two rotations for one rotation of the drive pulley, and the twine holder axis (G) and the knotter axis (K) enclose an angle of less than 45° with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh
    Inventors: Karsten BALDSIEFEN, Felix Höller, Bartlomiej Mateusz König, Andreas Acimas, Michael Flanhardt
  • Publication number: 20220240455
    Abstract: A method and a device for propagating plants, by which the propagation rate or growth rate of the plants can be increased. This is achieved in that at least one plant is recorded at least in regions by an image recognition device and plant-specific features of the at least one plant are recognized by a control unit on the basis of the items of information obtained by the image recognition device. In dependence on the recognized features, at least one component of the plant is then automatically severed from the plant by a cutting means for propagation. A type and/or physical properties of the cutting means to increase a propagation rate of the plants are selected in accordance with the recognized plant-specific features of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: RoBoTEC PTC GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Von Rundstedt, Friederike Von Rundstedt
  • Publication number: 20220240456
    Abstract: In a produce management system (1), a production-base-side apparatus (10) outputs management data generated or input in a process of breeding produce at a production base. A management-base-side apparatus (70) stores or outputs at least one of the management data, a piece of relevant information generated as a result of processing or inspection of the management data, and a piece of certification information generated in response to obtainment of the management data, when the management-base-side apparatus obtains the management data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yoji TAKEHIRO, Miyuki SAITO, Koyo TAKENOSHITA, Isamu YOSHIDA, Ryoji NISHIMURA, Yusuke YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220240457
    Abstract: A light module includes a substrate, at least one first light source, at least one second light source, and at least one third light source. The first light source is disposed on the substrate and emits a first type of light towards a plant. The second light source is disposed on the substrate and emits a second type of light towards the plant. The third light source is disposed on the substrate and emits a third type of light towards the plant. The first to third types of light have peak wavelengths in different wavelength bands. The first type of light is UV light or blue light in a short wavelength band, the second type of light is UV light, and the third type of light is visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se Ryung KIM
  • Publication number: 20220240458
    Abstract: Positive air pressure is applied on a ventral side of a plant canopy and negative air pressure is applied on a dorsal side of the plant canopy. By this arrangement, the negative air pressure draws air supplied by the positive air pressure on the ventral side of the plant canopy across the plant canopy past the dorsal side of the plant canopy to withdraw heat from the plant canopy, for example, from an agricultural lighting system and/or humidity from plant respiration in a controlled indoor environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Emil V. Breza, Ian Matheson
  • Publication number: 20220240459
    Abstract: A method of installing a roof planter assembly includes providing first and second planter modules each including a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space adapted to receive plant matter therein, wherein at least a pair of the plurality of sidewalls cooperate to form a corner therebetween, the corner including first and second portions along a length of the corner and having bottom and top edges, respectively, that are entirely horizontally offset and spaced from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Hortech, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20220240460
    Abstract: A rotary liquid-supplying cultivation device for plant growth is provided, which includes a box body provided with a water tank, a liquid supply device and a rotating device. A fill lamp is connected with an inner wall of the box body. The liquid supply device includes a liquid supply pipe, a solenoid valve, a sleeve, a first spring, a bushing, a metal pipe, a cannula and a cultivation basin. An end of the liquid supply pipe is inserted in the water tank; a limiting block is arranged in the sleeve and slidably matched with an inner wall of the sleeve; two ends of the first spring are respectively connected with the limiting block and the bushing. The rotating device includes a turntable on which the cultivation basin is arranged, a transmission rod coaxially connected with the metal tube and a driving mechanism configured to drive the transmission rod to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Cho Yee NG
  • Publication number: 20220240461
    Abstract: A method for growing herbs includes planting a herb and allowing the herb to germinate, becoming a herb seedling and either transplanting to or maintaining the herb seedling in a restrictive container, where the herb seedling is held for a predetermined period of time before transplanting the herb seedling to a second stage,where the seedling is held in order to grow and develop a larger root system. Maintaining the herb seedling in a restrictive container has the effect that the herb's root system will be prevented from growing, in comparison to an herb planted in a nursery. The herb will essentially stop growing while the root system is restricted. Meanwhile the herb will continue maturing, developing oils which are more elastic. Herbs with more elastic oils will be significantly more resistant to cold temperatures at a harvesting size, compared to herbs that have not been transplanted to restrictive containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Shenandoah Growers Inc.
    Inventor: Ulf JÖNSSON
  • Publication number: 20220240462
    Abstract: A device for collecting sap from a tapped hole in a tree and directing the sap to a sap collecting tube that is removably connectable to the device. The device comprises a tapping member with a first portion that is removably insertable into the tree and a second portion extending outside the tree when the first portion is inserted into the tree and a connecting member with a connecting portion adapted to be mounted to the second portion of the tapping member and a fitting portion adapted to receive the sap collecting tube. The device also comprises a securing means for locking the connecting member relative to the tapping member such that longitudinal movement of the connecting member is prevented and a seal mounted between the second portion of the tapping member and the connecting portion of the connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Christian GOSSELIN, Martin CHABOT
  • Publication number: 20220240463
    Abstract: An irrigation control device comprises a coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of irrigation equipment. Control circuitry is electrically coupled to the coil to receive control signals from an irrigation control unit and to control the flux at the coil. A housing covers at least a portion of both the coil and the control circuitry, the housing including a threaded end configured to thread the irrigation control device to a valve assembly to be actuated by the electromagnetic flux of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy J. Crist, Matthew S. Prucinsky
  • Publication number: 20220240464
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an interface unit interfacing with an irrigation controller, comprising: a housing; a controller configured to instruct an interruption of a watering schedule executed by the irrigation controller, the interruption based on one or both of sensed temperature and sensed rainfall amount, and based on one or both of user entered temperature and rainfall threshold parameters; a switching device coupled with the controller, and configured to cause the interruption in response to signaling from the controller; and a user interface comprising: a plurality of user input devices configured to provide signaling to the controller based upon user's engagement, and configured to allow the user to define the temperature and rainfall threshold parameters; and a user display comprising a display screen; wherein the controller is configured to cause the display screen to display a plurality of pictorial representations that in combination convey whether irrigation is being interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, Gerald E. Peterson, David G. Fern
  • Publication number: 20220240465
    Abstract: Provided are a cultivation assisting device and a cultivation assisting method which are capable of assisting cultivators in cultivating crops using nanobubble water effectively. In order to assist cultivation of crops using nanobubble water, first information relating to a nanobubble water use condition is acquired for each cultivator cultivating a crop and second information relating to the result of cultivation is acquired for each cultivator; from the first information and second information of each cultivator, the correlation between the use condition and the result is determined; a selection of a result is accepted; and a use condition based on the selected result is derived on the basis of the correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Masaaki IIZUKA, Yuichi OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220240466
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Xianyun Ren, Baoquan Gao, Zhiqiang Chang, Hongxing Ge, Qingbing Liu, Ping Liu, Jian Li, Ruiyong Fan
  • Publication number: 20220240467
    Abstract: Plant cell fate and development is altered by treating cells with cellular reprogramming factors. Embryogenesis inducing embryogenesis factor genes and/or morphogenic developmental genes are used as cellular reprogramming factors, specifically comprising polypeptides or polynucleotides encoding gene products for generating doubled haploids or haploid plants from gametes. Maize microspores treated by contacting the isolated cells with an exogenous purified, recombinant embryogenesis inducing embryogenesis factor gene products and/or morphogenic developmental gene polypeptide results in embryogenesis. The gametes of a maize plant develop into embryoids when transformed with a genetic construct including regulatory elements and structural genes capable of acting in a cascading fashion to alter cellular fate of plant cells. Embryogenesis factor proteins and/or developmental morphogenic proteins expressed from a genetic construct are used for ex situ treatment methods and for in planta cellular reprogramming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: JON AARON TUCKER REINDERS, HUAXUN YE
  • Publication number: 20220240468
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP063 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP063, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventor: Chihiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20220240469
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP065 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP065, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventor: Chihiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20220240470
    Abstract: A new watermelon line designated ‘WL0044’ is described. ‘WL0044’ is a watermelon line exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventors: Laura BARHAM BROWN, Robert BARHAM
  • Publication number: 20220240471
    Abstract: New wheat varieties designated ‘10020777675’, ‘10020777765’, and ‘20646295’ are described. ‘10020777675’, ‘10020777765’, and ‘20646295’ are wheat varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: GDM SEEDS INC.
    Inventors: Marcos Quiroga GÜIRALDES, Juan Ignacio SEVERO
  • Publication number: 20220240472
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV925302. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV925302, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV925302 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV925302 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV925302.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Bryce M Lemke
  • Publication number: 20220240473
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated UA54i19GT is disclosed herein. The present invention provides seeds, plants, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar UA54i19GT. Further, it provides methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing UA54i19GT with itself or another soybean variety. The invention also encompasses any soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by the methods disclosed herein, including those in which additional traits have been transferred into UA54i19GT through the introduction of a transgene, through mutagenesis, or by breeding UA54i19GT with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Pengyin Chen, Leandro Mozzoni, Sandra L. Florez-Palacios
  • Publication number: 20220240474
    Abstract: The present application provides tobacco inbred plants dS1746, dS1746MS, dS1564 and dS1564MS. The present application also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present application also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Andrew C. Adams, Marcos F. de GODOY LUSSO, Sreepriya PRAMOD, Dongmei XU
  • Publication number: 20220240475
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH3452, tomato line FIR-A818-0433, and tomato line FDR-A815-3562V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH3452, tomato line FIR-A818-0433, and tomato line FDR-A815-3562V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH3452, tomato line FIR-A818-0433, and tomato line FDR-A815-3562V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Alan Krivanek
  • Publication number: 20220240476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-MP0026 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-MP0026 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-MP0026 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Johan Cornelis Solleveld