Abstract: A harvesting and sowing integrated compound operation machine, including a combine harvester, a stubble cleaning device, a topsoil loosening device, a fertilization device, a rotary tillage and ditching device, a sowing device, a detection device, a first driving device, a second driving device and a control device, wherein the stubble cleaning device is mounted below a header of the combine harvester; and the topsoil loosening device, the fertilization device, the rotary tillage and ditching device and the sowing device are mounted at a rear of a chassis of the combine harvester.

Abstract: A machine includes a trailer frame, a tongue, a plurality of wheels, and an implement assembly. The tongue extends away from the trailer frame and supports a coupling. The plurality of wheels are coupled to the trailer frame. The implement assembly is coupled to the trailer frame, and includes a plurality of independent implement mounting assemblies coupled to a mounting rail. The independent implement mounting assemblies each include an arm, an implement, and a spring. The arm is selectively coupled to the mounting rail. The implement is coupled to a first end of the arm. The spring is coupled to a second end of the arm opposite the first end. The spring is configured to oppose movement of the implement relative to the mounting rail.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mowing height adjusting device and an automatic mower having the same. The mowing height adjusting device comprises a mowing component and a lifting mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a first housing and a first motor, the first housing is directly connected with the mowing component, the first housing is configured to surround and form a first accommodating cavity, the first motor is accommodated in the first accommodating cavity, the first motor is configured to drive the first housing to rotate around a first axis to drive the mowing component to move in a first direction, and the extension direction of the first axis is parallel to the first direction. The device is small in volume and compact in structure.

Abstract: A path planning system includes a path planning algorithm operable to receive a desired harvest width for each pass of a harvester implement, and a boundary of a harvest area to be harvested. The path planning algorithm determine a surface elevation of the harvest area within the boundary, which includes at least one elevation contour establishing a line of constant elevation. The path planning algorithm then defines a harvest path for the harvester implement to follow while harvesting the crop material. The harvest path is defined to substantially parallel the at least one elevation contour, and is incremented in elevation in a parallel manner based on the desired harvest width.

Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a sensor supported on the frame. The sensor, in turn, is configured to emit output signals for refection off of a field surface of a field and detect reflections of the output signals as return signals. Moreover, the agricultural implement includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensor. In this respect, the computing system configured to receive data associated with the detected reflections from the sensor and fit a line or plane to received data. In addition, the computing system is configured to determine at least one of an orientation of the frame or a distance between the frame and the field surface based on the fitted line or plane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biomechanical measuring technical method for maize seed radicle and coleorhiza separation, which is characterized by comprising the following operations: (1) seed sample preparation; (2) anterior tissue cutting; (3) radicle and coleorhiza separation; (4) coleorhiza sample acquisition; (5) coleorhiza sample fixation; (6) puncture force measurement; (7) information storage and analysis. The operation (3) includes the development of a maize radicle and coleorhiza separation device, and the operation (5) includes the development of a maize coleorhiza sample carrier. The present disclosure has the beneficial effects of providing direct biomechanical evidence for the research on the coleorhiza weakening regulation and control mechanism of the maize seed germination, and simultaneously providing reference for measuring the coleorhiza weakening biological force of the gramineous plant seeds.

Abstract: A closing wheel system for a seeder unit comprising a pair of closing wheels, each closing wheel comprising a coil member having a first end and a second end and a plurality of coil windings extending therebetween. The system comprising a base plate having a first surface and a second surface to which the second end of the coil member may extend around a periphery of the base plate. The system comprising an axle member extending through the base plate and having a free end extending from the base plate for engagement with the support arm, and a pair of wedge washer members mounted on the free end. The wedge washer members may engage with the support arm such that the wedge washers members engage with the support arm such that the axle member is caused to extend downward to orientate the closing wheels with respect to the support arm.

Abstract: A seed delivery shield, comprising a shield body, a retention apparatus configured to attach the shield body to a row unit, and a spring plate shaped to be at least partially engaged with a rear portion of the shield body and extending rearward toward a seed delivery tube. The spring plate configured to protect the row unit and seed tube from damage during and prior to planting operations.

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: A method for handling a fluid includes separating the fluid into a liquid and a vapor within a container such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid, detecting a level of the liquid in the container, and actuating at least one valve to exhaust the vapor from the container to maintain the level of the liquid at or above a desired level. The at least one valve is communicatively coupled to a controller. The method further includes sending a signal from the at least one valve to the controller, and determining diagnostic data based at least in part on the signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lawnmower string line adapter blade device primarily comprised of a body further comprised of a top surface, a bottom surface, at least one central fastener opening, at least one central string opening, at least one perimeter string opening, and at least one string. In the preferred embodiment, the body is generally circular in shape and can be attached via at least one fastener that is placed through a central fastener opening to the blade mounting area of a lawnmower. The central string openings and perimeter string openings further surround the central fastener opening in a radial fashion such that the string can be woven through the central string openings and the perimeter string openings to be secured to the body. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of separate nylon strings are woven through the openings to create quasi-blades.

Abstract: Outdoor power equipment including a frame, a battery, multiple wheels, a cutting deck, multiple chore motors, and multiple blades. The cutting deck is coupled to the frame and has a discharge opening. The electric chore motors are attached to the cutting deck and are selectively powered by the battery. Each of the blades is powered and rotated by one of the multiple electric chore motors. A first blade of the multiple blades is rotated in a first direction and a second blade of the multiple blades is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A battery system for a power equipment apparatus including a battery, a first latch and a second latch. The first latch and the second latch can be movable between a locked position where the first and second latches are configured to engage with a mating structure of the apparatus and a released position where the first and second latches are disengaged from the apparatus. A gearing assembly can be attached to the battery and driving one of the first latch and the second latch between the locked position and the released position. A spring can engage the first latch and the second latch, the spring biasing the first latch and the second latch toward the locked position.

Abstract: An automated grain filling system including a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect at least a portion of an upper perimeter of a receiving container and at least a portion of an upper surface of a grain mound in the receiving container. The processor is configured to compare the detected portion of the upper perimeter and the detected portion of the upper surface, and direct the operation of a grain transfer element. The grain transfer element is configured to transfer grain from a supplying container to the receiving container. The directed operation of the grain transfer element is based at least in part on a result of the comparison of the detected portion of the upper perimeter and the detected portion of the upper surface.

Abstract: Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor mounted in one of a pair of side by side housings which accelerate the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including angularly adjustable stator surfaces around the axis. Thus the discarded seeds rebound back and forth between the rotor and the stator to provide a plurality of impacts. The seeds are carried axially of the rotor by a controlled airstream so that they move to an axial discharge location where a discharge fan is mounted. The angle of the discharge around the rotor axis can be changed to direct the seeds to the side of the combine away from a straw chopper, towards the guide fins of the tailboard of the chopper, or into the housing of the straw chopper.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a frame and a crop cleaning assembly supported on the frame. The crop cleaning assembly, in turn, includes an oscillating component configured to oscillate relative to the frame in a manner that conveys crop material across the oscillating component. Furthermore, the agricultural harvester includes a RADAR sensor configured to emit an output signal directed at the crop material present on the oscillating component and detect an echo signal reflected by the crop material present on the oscillating component. Additionally, the agricultural harvester includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the RADAR sensor. In this respect, the computing system is configured to determine a thickness of the crop material present on the oscillating component based on detected echo signal.

Abstract: A crop constituent value is sensed by a crop constituent sensor on an agricultural machine. The crop constituent value is distributed among subregions covered by the agricultural machine. A vegetative index-estimated crop constituent value is obtained for each of the subregions. A weighted crop constituent value is generated for each subregion based upon the distributed constituent value for each subregion and the vegetative index-estimated constituent value for that subregion. An action signal is generated based upon the weighted crop constituent value for the subregion.

Abstract: A device for extracting auxiliary power from a power source installed on or associated with an implement, and supplying the auxiliary power to an auxiliary tool associated with the implement. The invention is preferably employed in the context of an auxiliary tool, e.g., in the form of a rotary trimmer, edger or the like, associated with another power implement, such as a lawnmower, wherein the power is preferably extracted from a driven member of the implement. Advantageously, the device is easy to attach/detach, is universally locatable and/or orientable on the implement, and is easily retrofittable to practically any existing implement, such as a lawnmower deck.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a leaf shaking device primarily comprised of at least one control unit, at least one cable, and at least one clamp. The control unit is further comprised of a motor with a plurality of vibration levels. The cable further connects to the control unit, wherein the clamp is located at the end of the cable that is not connected to the control unit. The clamp can then be secured around the limbs or trunk of a tree and the motor can be activated such that the tree begins to vibrate. As a result, all leaves on the tree or on the limb of the tree that the clamp is attached to will fall of the tree. The vibration of the motor can further be programmed to run for a fixed period of time such that the device can be left unattended while running.

Abstract: A hay hauler which may be selectively attached to an removed from a flatbed trailer to allow the flatbed trailer to carry round hay bales. The hay hauler attachment may be configured and arranged to dump carried hay bales to the side of the flatbed trailer and may include a plurality of removable lift legs that, when attached, will serve to use the dumping motion to lift the hay hauler from the bed of the flatbed trailer.

Abstract: An apparatus for the automated loading of wrapping material in an agricultural baling apparatus is disclosed. A reservoir houses at least two rolls of differing wrapping material, each roll of wrapping material having a leading end forming a gathered string, the gathering string being located in an associated retention notch. A pair of opposing feed rollers are provided for feeding the wrapping material into a baling chamber. A displacement apparatus is configured to move the gathered string between a first position in which the gathered string is located at least in part within the associated retention notch and a second position in which the gathered string is located at least in part in contact with the feed rollers.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of one or more controllable components of an agricultural baler. Using a moisture level of material collected by the agricultural baler a baling strategy including an indication of a wrapping material for a formed bale is determined. Methods include controlling one or more operational components associated with the baler in dependence on the determined baling strategy to control the wrapping process in accordance with the determined baling strategy.

Abstract: A baler a chute assembly extending in a rearward direction from a baling chamber configured to simultaneously receive first and second bales as the bales are urged out of the baling chamber. The chute assembly includes a rail assembly and an opposing shelf assembly, the rail assembly and the shelf assembly cooperating to form a cavity therebetween. The rail assembly includes an upper rail and a lower rail with the lower rail offset from the upper rail in a horizontal direction toward the cavity, and the shelf assembly includes a horizontal first surface, an ejection plate, an angled second surface and a guide rail. As the first and second bales are urged from the bale chamber the first bale engages the rail assembly and the second bale engages the shelf assembly. The chute assembly rotates the first and second bales as the bales drop from the chute assembly in a single line of bales arranged in an end-to-end orientation.

Abstract: A method for producing a biodegradable floral arrangement media that includes obtaining a pre-formed mixture by mixing together: (a) a matrix of natural or inert inorganic fibers and/or powders; (b) a water insoluble, meltable compostable binder; and (c) optionally, additives; and heating the pre-formed mixture to fuse the binder with the matrix. Also, a biodegradable floral arrangement media made by the process, which is preferably compostable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant regeneration medium composition and a plant regeneration method using same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a plant regeneration medium composition using a medium composition containing Shungite as an active ingredient to increase the rates of shoot organogenesis and root organogenesis, thereby shortening the time required for organogenesis using a plant explant and improving the efficiency of ontogeny, and to a plant regeneration method using same.

Abstract: A window planter includes a first compartment including a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first compartment is configured to house a first group of plants. A second compartment is slidably coupled to the first compartment. The first compartment includes a first outer sidewall. The second compartment is configured to house a second group of plants separated from the first group of plants by the first sidewall of the first compartment. A third compartment is slidably coupled to the first compartment. The third compartment includes a second outer sidewall. The third compartment is configured to house a third group of plants separated from the first group of plants by the second sidewall. At least the first compartment and the second compartment are configured to be secured to a window frame.

Abstract: Various implementations include a planter insert. The planter insert includes a base having a wall and a floor, two or more legs, and a cover. The wall and floor define a cavity which is impermeable to liquid. The two or more legs each have a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end. The first end of each of the two or more legs is coupled to the base. The second end of at least one of the two or more legs is movable between a first and a second position. The second end is closer to the base in the first position than it is in the second position. The cover is coupled to the base.

Abstract: An innovative modular indoor growing system uses a holistic approach that includes an heirloom/ancestral seed collection sourced from global seed banks, an in-home easy-to-use production system, passport-style information for people to explore or experience the global seed diversity of a crop, onboard sensors and cameras for real-time monitoring of the crop, virtual assistance facilitating the selection, development, and creation of new varieties, and a crowd sourced data collection network that relies on artificial intelligence to build a state-of-the-art knowledge base for product optimization and consumer intelligence.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for growing plants may include a first cup having a first lip disposed about a first opening. A ring may have a first channel defined about an inner diameter of the ring and a second channel defined about the inner diameter of the ring. The ring may retain the first lip in the first channel. Soil and plant material may be disposed in the first cup. A second cup may have a second lip disposed about a second opening. The second cup may be disposed over the first cup with the second lip adjacent the first lip. The ring may retain the second lip in the second channel.

Abstract: A gutter system for use in a hydroponic system for cultivating a crop includes a gutter and an upper surface. Arranged in the upper surface are a plurality of openings which are mutually separated in a longitudinal direction of the gutter, such that the gutter forms a channel in which substrates for having crop units of the crop grow therein are placeable via the openings. The upper surface is provided at the position of each of the plurality of openings with a flange which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the upper surface from an edge of the opening and as such forms a stop for a respective substrate of the substrates.

Abstract: A process for conditioning the air within a greenhouse comprising transparent walls and a structure including one or more ridge beams as part of a roof of the greenhouse. The process comprises maintaining a pressure difference between an average pressure within the greenhouse and a pressure exterior to the greenhouse, taking in air from the exterior of the greenhouse and mixing this air with air taken from the interior of the greenhouse to obtain conditioned air, distributing the conditioned air via a forced flow to the interior of the greenhouse, and discharging a volume of air from the interior of the greenhouse via openings present in the one or more ridge beams such to maintain the pressure difference.

Abstract: A plant protection guarding system is described comprising an upper sleeve that is configured, in use, to be positioned around a plants stem and to extend upwards from ground level; and a lower portion comprising one or more anchor portions configured, in use, to extend around a root system of the plant to anchor the plant protection sleeve after planting. Further aspects are described to a prepared plant assembly; methods of forming a plant assembly; methods of planting a plant using a planting tool and a prepared plant assembly.

Abstract: A monokaryotic mycelium sheet producing system for creating a sheet of monokaryotic mycelial material. The mycelium sheet producing system includes a culture unit, a spore stock unit, a plating unit, a section unit, a sub-plating unit, an expanding unit and a colonization unit. The culture unit prepares a monokaryon culture. The spore stock unit grows a plurality of fruit bodies in sterile laboratory conditions to create a spore stock. The plating unit performs a peroxide-based spore rescue and a plating process. The section unit is adaptable to section robust hyphae. The sub-plating unit sub-plates and expands the robust hyphae onto a spawn grain master. The expanding unit subsequently expands the spawn grain master into appropriate production of spawn volume. The colonization unit is adaptable to perform a subsequent colonization of mycelium substrate thereby creating a substantially defect free sheet of mycelium.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a simplified cotton cultivation method relying on setting bolls on VBs. Not only can the method form seed cotton yield and increase the yield by at least 10% compared with conventional manual pruning or no-prune technique, but also eliminate pruning and topping. The method is a new, simple and feasible simplified cotton cultivation method. The simplified cotton cultivation method relying on setting bolls on VBs includes the following steps: heading a cotton plant to retain only VBs when cotton grows to squaring stage, namely cutting off the first fruiting branch and an upper main stem thereof from the cotton plant after squaring, and only retaining the vegetative branches for growth and development, squaring, flowering, and setting bolls.

Abstract: A superhydrophobic modified film and modification method, and a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) composed thereof and a preparation method are disclosed. A polyethylene (PE) film is etched and deposited with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etcher in sequence. A nano-textured structure is formed on an upper surface of the PE film and a fluorocarbon layer is further deposited for modification. An upper electrode of the film is constructed by sticking a piece of ultra-thin copper tape on a superhydrophobic surface of the superhydrophobic modified film, and a lower electrode of the film is constructed by spin-coating a conductive polymer on a lower surface of the film after O2 plasma treatment. Thus, the TENG with high output and a double-electrode working mode based on the superhydrophobic modified greenhouse film is constructed. According to the modification method, the nano-textured structure is constructed on the surface of the film.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of relaying data of an irrigation system comprises establishing, via a mobile device communication element, a connection with a component associated with the irrigation system; requesting, via the mobile device communication element, current operational data representing real-time measurements associated with operations of the irrigation system; receiving, via the mobile device communication element, signals representative of a first data stream comprising the current operational data of the irrigation system; and transmitting, via the mobile device communication element, a second data stream comprising at least a portion of the first data stream to a remote computing device.

Abstract: Embodiments for crop-specific automated irrigation of an environmental medium and management of nutrients therein. In one aspect, operation of an irrigation apparatus can be regulated according to specific water demand of a crop. The water demand can be assessed by evaluating water content conditions of the environmental medium comprising the crop, medium characteristics, and/or nutrient delivery and transport characteristics at the medium. Regulation of operation of the irrigation apparatus can comprise control of one or more of water supply to the apparatus, positioning and/or movement of the irrigation apparatus, or configuration of sensing devices for collection of information suitable for such regulation.

Abstract: An aimable sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler can be mounting on an end of a traveling sprinkler system that moves in a linear direction or one that rotates about a center pivot tower. The sprinkler can include a base for connecting to the traveling sprinkler system and a turret coupled to the base so as to move in both yaw and pitch directions relative to the base. The sprinkler aims at discrete points within an irrigation area to achieve an even distribution of water.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide irrigation systems comprising: a central irrigation controller; a radio module; a control module; and a radio adaptor in communication with the control module; where the control module comprises: a processor, a first communication interface, and one or more valve drivers, where the control module is configured to implement irrigation commands in implementing at least a portion of irrigation programming such that the one or more valve drivers are each configured to control a different irrigation valve in accordance with the irrigation programming; and the radio adapter comprises: a second communication interface communicationally coupled with the first communication interface, and a wireless radio frequency transceiver configured to provide wireless communication with the radio module where the radio adapter is configured to relay information between the radio module and the control module.

Abstract: Techniques for horticulture light are provided. A horticulture light can monitor at least one characteristic of a defined region in which at least one plant is planted in a horticulture environment in which horticulture light bulb is installed, determine at least one action for the horticulture light bulb to perform based on a state of the at least one characteristic and at least one objective of the installation of the horticulture light bulb in the horticulture environment, and execute the at least one action.

Abstract: A fogponics apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a fog channel and an air channel. The fog channel has a first fog channel end that is open, and a second fog channel end that is closed. The air channel is within the fog channel and has a first air channel end extending past the first fog channel end, and a second air channel end within the fog channel. The second air channel end is distanced away from the closed second fog channel end such that when vaporized liquid is sent from the first air channel end to the second air channel end, the vaporized liquid egresses the second air channel end and travels through the fog channel to the first fog channel end.

Abstract: A plant growing system includes a growth medium preparation unit and a plant growing unit. The growth medium preparation unit includes a supply of water that feeds water through a water treatment unit, a nutrition module, and a reactor sub-system to have the water treated and modified and added with nano-elements and other nutrition components to provide a nutrition formula. The nutrition formula is supplied to the plant growing unit that includes a growing box inside which a tank is provided for receiving and holding the nutrition formula. A plant plate is disposed on the tank and is formed with at least one through opening for receiving and holding a plant. The root of plant is allowed to extend into the nutrition formula inside the tank, while the stem of the plant is growing in a void space above the plant plate and inside the growing box.

Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for allocating resources in a breeding pipeline to multiple origins. One exemplary method includes accessing a data structure including data representative of multiple origins, in which the data includes, for each of the multiple origins, a trait performance expression or genotypic component information. The exemplary method further includes determining a resource allocation, which allocates n resources among the multiple origins based on a probability associated with the trait performance expressions and/or the genotypic components for the origins, and then allocating the n resources in the breeding pipeline for the multiple origins, based on the determined resource allocation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining adventitious tetraploid buds of Blumea balsamifera, comprising the following steps: selecting a root segment of diploid B. balsamifera as an explant, culturing the root segment in a chromosome doubling inducing medium supplemented with 0.025-0.1 mg/L 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 1.0-2.0 mg/L 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BA), and 90-150 mg/L colchicine, inducing explant cells, and simultaneously doubling chromosomes and differentiating the adventitious buds. The present disclosure fills the blank of using a root of B. balsamifera as the explant and increases effective explant sources during the propagation, proliferation and biotechnological breeding of B. balsamifera. More importantly, root cells of the B.

Abstract: Provided is a plant having at least one of genetic characteristics (A)-(E) below. (A) Alleles in which the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID:1 is C are homozygous or heterozygous. (B) Alleles in which the base at the position corresponding to position 21 of SEQ ID:2 is T are homozygous or heterozygous. (C) Alleles in which the base at the position corresponding to position 28 of SEQ ID:3 is T are homozygous or heterozygous. (D) Alleles in which the base at the position corresponding to position 59 of SEQ ID:4 is C are homozygous or heterozygous. (E) Alleles in which the base at the position corresponding to position 64 of SEQ ID:5 is T are homozygous or heterozygous.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for screening natural products such as secondary metabolites produced by engineered microbial strains.

Abstract: Provided herein is shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ including seeds thereof and methods of using the variety to generate additional shallot varieties. The variety is characterized by its color, size, shape, and resistance to P. destructor.

Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 08224 LTL is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. NUN 08224 LTL is a Batavia lettuce variety, comprising resistance to Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) Isolates B1:16-37EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, and Lettuce Mosaic Virus (LMV) Pathotype II.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-CO7708 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-CO7708 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-CO7708 RZ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-ML8166 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-ML8166 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-ML8166 RZ.