Abstract: ‘BB14-232PT-2’, is the second known genotype selected in a tropical environment of Peru. ‘BB14-232PT-2’ does not require chill-hours for either budbreak or fruit production, possibly because ‘BB14-232PT-2’ does not develop endo-dormancy. The fruit of ‘BB14-232PT-2’ is a medium to large size berry, with medium dark blue color, excellent fruit firmness and crunchy texture. The eating quality of ‘BB14-232PT-2’ is excellent and superior to many of the varieties currently grown in Peru, with a sugar/acidity balance of 16 to 20. Time of fruit production in ‘BB14-232PT-2’ can be regulated by the pruning date and environment conditions.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and denominated SPINK754. The new variety exhibits an attractive and intense color, harvesting 1 to 2 weeks prior to the standard variety, and strong post-harvest preservation when grown under the conditions prevailing in the central valley of Chile.

Abstract: A new and distinct apple tree named ‘PremA025’, notable for its resistance to apple scab and for its fruit, which has an attractive red skin color, excellent texture and sweet rich flavor.

Abstract: This invention is a new and distinct grapevine plant denominated ‘IFG Rais-one’. The new grapevine is characterized by producing small-sized white seedless berries that begin to dehydrate naturally on the vine, producing dried on the vine raisins without the need for cane-cutting. Berries are borne on medium sized clusters which are loose in nature.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘RutThu2’, characterized by its compact, mounding, spreading form with unusual, thread-leaf shoots; growth in USDA Zone 8a, growth in full sun and part-shade conditions in landscape and container production, and better heat tolerance than other thread-leaf forms of Thuja occidentalis or Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Acer tree named ‘RVF-1’ that is characterized by its fast growth rate. Its consistent fall foliage colors that is grey-red in color in early November, its foliage with good resistance to diseases and pests, and its high tolerance to extreme heat and humidity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Spiraea plant named ‘SMNSJSA’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; dense and bushy habit; leaves that are initially reddish orange in color, becoming bright greenish yellow and eventually darker yellow green with development; inflorescences with numerous bright purplish red-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new Lantana plant named ‘LANZ0047’ having medium size mature deep red flowers, excellent flower production, vigorous plant growth and uniform dense semi-spreading habit with medium sized dark green foliage and very low seed set.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘SMNHSG’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; strong and sturdy stems; dark green-colored leaves; freely and remontant flowering habit with numerous panicles per plant; showy lacecap inflorescences with purplish red-colored sterile flowers that when “blued” are purple in color; and good garden performance.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Spiked Speedwell, Veronica spicata plant named ‘Ever After’, with medium height, stiff, upright, compound branched spikes of densely-arranged lilac-colored flowers beginning in early summer and continuing for twelve to fourteen weeks above dark-green, lanceolate, highly lustrous foliage. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, as a container plant, or as a cut flower, and maintains its foliage through the season with good disease tolerance, specifically rust resistance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gardenia plant named ‘SMNGDUO’, characterized by its low mounding, upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; glossy dark green-colored leaves; freely and continuously flowering from mid to late summer; relatively large double-type white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: Peppermint plant selection 18-14-185, denominated ‘Palisade’ peppermint is a new Mentha x piperita cultivar that produces an essential oil different in composition than commercially grown mint varieties known to the Inventor. The essential oil is similar to standard Peppermint plant oil in components composition but differs substantially in the ratio of said components. Organoleptically, it differs from typical peppermint oil. It is more resistant to Verticillium dahliae mint wilt than current commercially grown varieties. Furthermore, ‘Palisade’ produces an oil type that varies minimally in oil profile based on plant maturity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Celosia plant named ‘Zancesha’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; dark purplish red-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; purplish red-colored flowers arranged on spicate-type inflorescences; and good container performance.

Abstract: ‘VALCOSTA2’ is a new and distinctive Ctenanthe plant which is characterized by foliage with large laminae borne on long, upright petioles that arise directly from the base of the plant, a light greyed-green adaxial laminar surface with broad portions of the lamina adjacent to veins prominently colored with a mixture of dark green to yellow-green, an abaxial laminar surface which is colored with a mixture of dark greyed-purple and brown and lightly suffused with yellow-green at the margins, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation. The new variety is typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacbellinda’, characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderate vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and semi-double light purple and reddish purple bi-colored flowers that are held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis plant named ‘MVNC1902’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit with stems that are similar in length, its long flowering period from late spring to early autumn in The Netherlands, its inflorescences with ray florets that are bright red in color with yellow-orange margins, its abundance of inflorescences that are large in size, its resistance to powdery mildew, its high tolerance to heat and humidity, and its healthy foliage that maintains its bright green appearance.

Abstract: A new variety of Gentiana L. plant (Japanese gentian) which has a narrow lanceolate leaf shape and a stem length of 71.0 cm on average.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Allhytia’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit and high fruit density; large glossy pink and white-colored fruits; and suitability as a cut flower plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) plant named ‘UF19-82-2’, selected for having a combination of desirable traits that make it well-suited for superior performance as an annual plant in the summer landscape. ‘UF19-82-2’ has foliage that is consistent dark crimson red with numerously lobed and well-defined yellow green margins across the plant in both sun and shade trial conditions. ‘UF19-82-2’ is novel due to its extremely vigorous upright and spreading growth habit and consistent color in both mature and immature foliage.

Abstract: A device for clamping tissue includes a first jaw having a distal portion for communicating with tissue and a proximal portion having a first wing and a second wing. The device also includes a second jaw having a distal portion for communicating with tissue and a proximal portion having a first slot and a second slot, the first slot disposed between a middle structure and a first lateral structure, the second slot disposed between the middle structure and a second lateral structure. The first jaw is rotatably coupleable to the second jaw with the first wing extending into the first slot and the second wing extending into the second slot.

Abstract: Methods and systems for integral storage and blending of the materials used in oilfield operations are disclosed. A modular integrated material blending and storage system includes a first module comprising a storage unit, a second module comprising a liquid additive storage unit and a pump for maintaining pressure at an outlet of the liquid additive storage unit. The system further includes a third module comprising a pre-gel blender. An output of each of the first module, the second module and the third module is located above a blender and gravity directs the contents of the first module, the second module and the third module to the blender. The system also includes a pump that directs the output of the blender to a desired down hole location. The pump may be powered by natural gas or electricity.

Abstract: Methods and systems for integral storage and blending of the materials used in oilfield operations are disclosed. A modular integrated material blending and storage system includes a first module comprising a storage unit, a second module comprising a liquid additive storage unit and a pump for maintaining pressure at an outlet of the liquid additive storage unit. The system further includes a third module comprising a pre-gel blender. An output of each of the first module, the second module and the third module is located above a blender and gravity directs the contents of the first module, the second module and the third module to the blender. The system also includes a pump that directs the output of the blender to a desired down hole location. The pump may be powered by natural gas or electricity.

Abstract: A backlight assembly and a display device including the backlight assembly include a light source which emits light, a light guide plate disposed adjacent to the light source and which receives the light emitted from the light source, a light source supporter including a bottom plane including a first region and a second region, and a first receiving unit including a bottom surface and a side wall. The light source and the light guide plate are disposed on the first region of the bottom plane, the second region extends from a portion of the first region on which the light source is disposed, the bottom surface is disposed opposite the light guide plate, and the side wall is disposed at an end portion of the bottom surface along a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the bottom surface.

Abstract: Methods of configuring a different authority for a plurality of users to use at least one application in an electronic device. User inputs are received to set passwords for respective user levels, where each user level is associated with a different authority to access applications. The passwords are registered for the respective user levels. At least one application is associated with one of the user levels.

Abstract: A method of calculating process corrections for a lithographic tool, and associated apparatuses. The method comprises measuring process defect data on a substrate that has been previously exposed using the lithographic tool; fitting a process signature model to the measured process defect data, so as to obtain a model of the process signature for the lithographic tool; and using the process signature model to calculate the process corrections for the lithographic tool.

Abstract: An accelerator system is implemented on an expansion card comprising a printed circuit board having (a) one or more graphics processing units (GPUs), (b) two or more associated memory banks (logically or physically partitioned), (c) a specialized controller, and (d) a local bus providing signal coupling compatible with the PCI industry standards. The controller handles most of the primitive operations to set up and control GPU computation. Thus, the computer's central processing unit (CPU) can be dedicated to other tasks. In this case a few controls (simulation start and stop signals from the CPU and the simulation completion signal back to CPU), GPU programs and input/output data are exchanged between CPU and the expansion card. Moreover, since on every time step of the simulation the results from the previous time step are used but not changed, the results are preferably transferred back to CPU in parallel with the computation.

Abstract: Techniques for adaptive noise cancellation for multiple audio endpoints in a shared space are described. According to one example, a method includes detecting, by a first audio endpoint, one or more audio endpoints co-located with the first audio endpoint at a first location. A selected audio endpoint of the one or more audio endpoints is identified as a target noise source. The method includes obtaining, from the selected audio endpoint, a loudspeaker reference signal associated with a loudspeaker of the selected audio endpoint and removing the loudspeaker reference signal from a microphone signal associated with a microphone of the first audio endpoint. The method also includes providing the microphone signal from the first audio endpoint to at least one of a voice user interface (VUI) or a second audio endpoint, wherein the second audio endpoint is located remotely from the first location.

Abstract: An illuminated pushbutton for a pushbutton switch having a light transmitting pushbutton and an indicia cover that is attached to a front end of the light transmitting pushbutton. The indicia cover has non-light transmitting regions and light transmitting regions on its front surface, wherein the light transmitting regions provide visible, light-transmitted indicia on the light transmitting pushbutton. The indicia cover has an adhesive on its rear surface to attach the indicia cover to the front end of the light transmitting pushbutton. An LED in the pushbutton switch is constructed to transmit light to the indicia cover. The light passes through the light transmitting regions (symbols and letters) but not through the non-light transmitting regions. As the light passes through the light transmitting symbols and letters, the symbols and letters are lighted and visible in the dark.

Abstract: An encoder/decoder is based on a combination of two audio or video channels to obtain a first combination signal as a mid-signal and a residual signal derivable using a predicted side signal derived from the mid-signal. A decoder uses the prediction residual signal, the first combination signal, a prediction direction indicator and prediction information to derive decoded first channel and second channel signals. A real-to-imaginary transform can be applied for estimating the imaginary part of the spectrum of the first combination signal. The prediction signal used in the derivation of the prediction residual signal, the real-valued first combination signal is multiplied by a real portion of the complex prediction information and the estimated imaginary part of the first combination signal is multiplied by an imaginary portion of the complex prediction information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting profiles are provided. The profile setting method includes receiving, from a first terminal, a profile transfer request message that requests transfer of a first profile or portion thereof from a first secure element to a second secure element; configuring a second profile using the first profile or portion thereof; and sending, to a second terminal, the configured second profile.

Abstract: A frame control system for an agricultural implement includes a first sensor configured to be coupled to a sub-frame of the agricultural implement and directed toward a soil surface. The first sensor is configured to emit a first output signal toward the soil surface and to receive a first return signal indicative of a first height of the sub-frame above the soil surface. The frame control system also includes a first sub-frame actuator configured to be coupled to the sub-frame and to a main frame of the agricultural implement. The first sub-frame actuator is configured to control a first position of the sub-frame relative to the main frame along a vertical axis. In addition, the frame control system includes a controller configured to control the first sub-frame actuator such that a difference between the first height and a target height is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a seed-planting implement may include a furrow-forming tool configured to form a furrow in soil present within a field. Furthermore, the system may include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a topographical profile of the soil within the field. Additionally, a controller of the disclosed system may be configured to identify a topographical feature within the field based on the data received from the sensor. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to determine a position of the furrow-forming tool relative to the identified topographical feature. Additionally, the controller may be configured to initiate a control action to adjust the position of the furrow-forming tool when it is determined that the relative position between the furrow-forming tool and the identified topographical feature is offset from a predetermined positional relationship defined for the furrow-forming tool.

Abstract: A plough comprising: a plough body; an actuator mechanism that is configured to adjust a pitch angle of the plough body; and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine an actuator-control-signal for setting the pitch angle of the plough body based on control-data; and provide the actuator-control-signal to the actuator mechanism.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a seeding system having a seed transport mechanism configured to transport a seed along a transport route, a seed sensor configured to sense presence of the seed at a first location along the transport route, and a motor configured to drive movement of the seed transport mechanism to transport the seed from the first location to a second location in which the seed is released from the seed transport mechanism. A processing system is configured to track a position of the seed along the transport route based on an indication of the sensed presence of the seed at the first location and detected movement of the seed transport mechanism, and generate a motor operating parameter based on the tracked position of the seed and a target parameter for releasing the seed. The motor of the seeding system is operated based on the motor operating parameter.

Abstract: In one aspect, a calibration method for a seed meter may include controlling an air pressure source to apply an initial air pressure to a seed transport member of the seed meter defining a plurality of seed cells. The method may further include controlling the seed meter to rotate the seed transport member relative to a seed chamber of the seed meter containing a plurality of seeds. The method may additionally include performing a calibration cycle for the seed meter, which may include monitoring a first parameter indicative of a number of empty seed cells as the seed transport member rotates, iteratively adjusting the air pressure from the initial air pressure as the first parameter is being monitored, and when the first parameter crosses a first threshold, recording the associated air pressure as a minimum air pressure for the seed meter.

Abstract: A seed planter assembly for planting seeds in rows throughout a field includes at least one tank for storing the seeds and a seed hose in communication with the at least one tank for delivering the seeds to the field. The seed planter assembly also includes a support frame for supporting the at least one tank and the seed hose, and a linkage assembly (e.g., including a four-bar linkage) coupled with the support frame and the at least one tank. The linkage assembly is configured for lifting the at least one tank from a first orientation proximate to a support surface to a second orientation spaced farther apart from the support surface. The seed planter assembly can also include an actuator (e.g., a hydraulic actuator) connected between the support frame and the linkage assembly for moving the at least one tank between the first orientation and the second orientation.

Abstract: A fertilizer stick comprising a saccharide and a fertilizer dispersed therein, wherein the saccharide constitutes about 25% to about 95% (w/w) of the stick.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method for operating a round baler. The method comprises providing a nonstop baler type machine; controlling a feeding mechanism for feeding of crop into a prechamber and a main bale forming chamber by a control system of the baler; in a feeding operation, feeding the crop through a first feeding channel into the prechamber; and switching the feeding operation by the control system, thereby, stopping feeding the crop into the prechamber and starting feeding the crop through a second feeding channel into a main bale forming chamber of the baler. The control system is configured to switch the feeding operation in response to a binding material parameter reaching a predetermined parameter value, the binding material provided for wrapping a bale formed in the main bale forming chamber. Furthermore, a round baler is disclosed.

Abstract: An agricultural baler includes a bale chamber for the compression of crop material into bales. The bale chamber has a floor that comprises an inlet opening. The baler also has a plunger for forcing the crop material from an inlet end of the bale chamber towards an outlet end, and a feeder duct communicating with the bale chamber through the inlet opening. The feeder duct has an upper end facing generally upwardly and communicating with the inlet opening in the bale chamber and a lower end facing generally in a forward direction. The feeder duct also has a top wall and a bottom wall extending between the lower end and the upper end of the feeder duct. The baler also has one or more actuators that are configured to move the top wall and/or the bottom wall; and a controller configured to activate the one or more actuators during a baling operation in order to adjust the volume of the feeder duct.

Abstract: A crusher includes a blade assembly and a drive assembly. The blade assembly includes a first blade and a second blade. The drive assembly is respectively connected with the first blade and the second blade, and is configured to drive the first blade and the second blade to rotate. The first blade is configured to disperse and perform primary cutting of the materials. The second blade is configured to perform secondary cutting of the materials. The first blade makes the materials fully disperse, so that the second blade can fully cut the materials. In addition, the first blade initially cuts the materials, so that the formed fragments can achieve a better fertilization effect.

Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system comprising (i) a lighting device comprising a plurality of light sources for application in a horticulture production facility, wherein the light sources are configured to illuminate with horticulture light crops, wherein the lighting system further comprises (ii) a control unit configured to control the light intensity of local light at a location, wherein the local light is the sum of the horticulture light and light at the location originating from an optional other light source, and wherein the control unit is configured to prevent a change in the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) of the local light at the location of on average more than 50 nmol/sec/m2 over a predetermined period of time selected from the range of equal to or smaller than 5 minutes by controlling the contribution of the horticulture light to the local light.

Abstract: The present invention provides structures that maximize the use of minimal ground space or pot soil by providing generally vertical outward-sloping multiple cords or net trellis such as to offer increasing volume for plant foliage with height, which is adjustable to the user's desire. A compact kit includes at least two elongated leg member, and at least one elongated support, and can be assembled into structures up to approximately twice as wide at the top as at the base where the plants begin growing in soil. Flaccid replaceable cords when installed incline generally outward and upward to top horizontal rods supporting wining plants to grow generally vertically and even horizontally across the top.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling conditions in a plant cultivation facility includes a lighting system arranged in connection with plants present in an environmentally sealable and closable cultivation facility; a hydronic cooling arrangement for lowering or impeding the rise of temperature in the cultivation facility, the cooling arrangement comprising a cooling manifold present in connection with plants in the cultivation facility and a heat recovery arrangement for utilizing excess heat generated in the cultivation facility. The heat recovery arrangement includes a heat storing system. The heat recovery arrangement includes one or more condenser dryers/coolers for collecting water and/or heat absorbed in the indoor air of a cultivation facility and a heat pump assembly for transferring the heat, accumulated in the heat storing system by way of the cooling arrangement's circulation water and/or the condenser dryer's/cooler's circulation water, into an independent secondary circuit.

Abstract: A display module and a plant cultivation apparatus equipped with a display module are provided. The display module in which a control panel that controls a plant cultivation environment and an output that outputs a state of the plant cultivation environment are provided in a front surface thereof coupled to a structure of a bed and withdrawable and insertable into the plant cultivation apparatus together with the bed. The display module may be located at a front surface of the bed, so that usability and space efficiency may be increased.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a planter.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of graft-mediated hybrid monocotyledonous plants. Methods for the production of such plants are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4D79 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D79 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D79 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4D79 or a locus conversion of PH4D79 with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03P560 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03P560 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03P560 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03P560, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03P560 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03P560 and methods of using maize variety X03P560 are disclosed.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 6HHJI7071 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 6HHJI7071 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 6HHJI7071 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 6HHJI7071 or a locus conversion of 6HHJI7071 with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 7NNMS5335 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 7NNMS5335 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 7NNMS5335 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 7NNMS5335 or a locus conversion of 7NNMS5335 with another maize variety.