Abstract: A plant holder includes at least one cell which defines a plant position and which is configured to receive plant material during use. A clamp includes a clamping position in which plant material is to be clamped in the cell and an open position in which plant material is to be arranged in and/or removed from the clamp. The clamp is provided with at least one actuator which is configured to be engaged externally in order to open the clamp. A system includes such a plant holder. A method of processing a plant holder including a clamp, includes the steps of: opening the clamp; arranging plant material in the clamp and/or removing it therefrom; and closing the clamp.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a Phytoimmune system to manage diseases in fruit trees, in which concomitant in vitro micrografting is used with actively growing plant tissue to create Complex Architecture Plants capable of generating immune, resistance, or tolerance responses to specific targeted plant diseases, such as the bacterial disease Huanglongbing (HLB), also, known as Citrus Greening Disease, and the viral disease Plum Pox Virus (PPV), also known as Sharka disease.

Abstract: A grafting device includes: a transfer unit configured to transfer, in a predetermined direction, a grafted seedling that is in a state where a cut surface of a graft and a cut surface of a rootstock are closely attached to each other; a tape supply unit configured to arrange a tape on a transfer path of the grafted seedling in such a manner that the tape is allowed to be pulled out; a pull-out member configured to transfer through the transfer path in advance of the grafted seedling to pull out the tape from the tape supply unit, and sandwich a closely attached part of the grafted seedling between a first part of the tape and a second part facing the first part; and a welding unit configured to cover a periphery of the closely attached part of the grafted seedling with the tape and weld the tape.

Abstract: A grafting apparatus includes plate-shaped grafting members each provided with, on a main surface on one side in a thickness direction thereof, at least one plant holder to hold a plant for grafting. The grafting apparatus includes a cutter and a joiner. The cutter is configured to cut a stem of the plant for grafting that is held by the at least one plant holder of each of the grafting members. The joiner is configured to mutually join at least parts of the grafting members, while the at least one plant holder holds a part of the plant for grafting that has been cut by the cutter, to thereby mutually join parts of the plants for grafting.

Abstract: The presently claimed invention is related to a method for vegetative propagation of woody plants selected from the group consisting of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.), Salix sp., olive tree (Olea europaea), rootstock Atlas (Prunus persica x Prunus dulcis x Prunus blireiana), blueberries (Vaccinum corymbosurn), Vitis vinifera, Aristotelia chilensis, Quillaja saponaria and Quercus ilex, from prepared leaf cuttings, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) providing cuts of leaf cuttings from a donor tree, b) immersing the prepared leaf cutting into a combination of growth regulators, c) planting the prepared leaf cutting into a solid substrate of organic and/or inorganic origin, d) inducing sprouting and rooting of the prepared leaf cutting, by means of controlled ambient temperature, humidity and illumination, wherein steps a) through d) always occur outside an in vitro environment; and embodiments thereof.

Abstract: A grafting method includes: making a cut surface of a scion and a cut surface of a rootstock contact with each other, and disposing sheet-like thermoplastic resin films facing each other across a contact part; and covering a periphery of the contact part with the thermoplastic resin films by ultrasonically welding the thermoplastic resin films.

Abstract: A grafting method includes: making a cut surface of a scion and a cut surface of a rootstock contact with each other, and disposing sheet-like thermoplastic resin films facing each other across a contact part; and covering a periphery of the contact part with the thermoplastic resin films by ultrasonically welding the thermoplastic resin films.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel watermelon cultivar SP-7 and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a watermelon plant by crossing the watermelon plants of the invention with themselves or another watermelon plant. The invention also provides watermelon plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. Further provided are methods of producing triploid watermelon seed and plants and seedless watermelon fruit produced therefrom as well as the triploid watermelon seed and plants and the seedless fruits produced by such methods.

Abstract: A tree harvester includes a body and a harvesting system coupled to the body. The tree harvester further includes a control system coupled to the body. The control system is configured to receive data from the harvesting system regarding a characteristic of a harvested tree and control operation of the harvesting system based on the data. The harvesting system is configured to remove an intermediate portion of the harvested tree below a tree crown and graft the tree crown to a tree stump.

Abstract: A whip and tongue grafting device may include a slanting cut tool including a guide to position stem for receiving a slanting cut, and including a cutting device for making the slanting cut. The device may also include a whip cut tool including a guide to position a stem for receiving a tongue cut, and including a cutting device for making the whip cut. The device may also include other guides for producing other required cuts to the stem.

Abstract: A tree harvester includes a body and a harvesting system coupled to the body. The tree harvester further includes a control system coupled to the body. The control system is configured to receive data from the harvesting system regarding a characteristic of a harvested tree and control operation of the harvesting system based on the data. The harvesting system is configured to remove an intermediate portion of the harvested tree below a tree crown and graft the tree crown to a tree stump.

Abstract: A time saving snap on cloning mold for use in cloning a plant by air layering. The mold has a reservoir for storing liquid to keep the rooting medium in the air layer moist by wicking of the liquid throughout a long period of root development. The cloning mold quickly snaps on the branch that is being air layered. The reservoir is effective when the mold is used on both branches that are growing with an upward tilt and those growing with a downward tilt.

Abstract: Methods of expressing a molecule of interest in a plant are disclosed. One method comprises contacting roots of the plant in a solution comprising at least one Geminivirus based expression construct so as to allow the at least one Geminivirus based expression construct to be absorbed by the roots, the expression construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding the molecule of interest, and further the expression construct being capable of systemic symptomless spread in a plant host, thereby expressing a molecule of interest in a plant. Expression constructs capable of systemic symptomless spread in a host plant are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.

Abstract: An air rooting shell comprises a first shell half mateable with a second shell half to form a shell for enclosing around a branch. The shell comprises a reservoir for containing planting medium and an upper lipped opening that receives the branch and collects and funnels water to the reservoir. A bottom opening is provided through which the lower portion of the branch may exit. Side openings on the shell may be used to enclose a branch in a horizontal orientation, while the upper lipped opening remains vertically oriented to receive water.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of neutral anolyte for decontaminating grape vine wood.

Abstract: A plant graft production line for automatically grafting a rootstock and a scion si disclosed. The aforesaid plant graft production line comprises (a) a closed-loop conveyor; (b) at least one grafting assembly arranged for transporting along said conveyor; the assembly further comprises a rootstock holder for holding the rootstock and a scion holder for holding the scion; the holders arranged for at least partially superimposing said rootstock and scion; (c) stationary cutting mechanism for cutting exposed rootstock surface; (d) a stationary cutting mechanism for cutting a exposed scion surface to be; (e) stationary clipping mechanism for clipping the superimposed rootstock and scion together. It is a core feature of the invention to provide the rootstock holder arranged so as to provide a curvilinear plane along which said rootstock is conformed thereby presenting a curved cutting target for the cutting mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to pathogen resistant citrus compositions, organisms, systems, and methods. For example, a composition may comprise a peptide (e.g., a defensin peptide) and/or a nucleic acid (e.g., a defensin nucleic acid). A pathogen resistant citrus plant may comprise, in some embodiments, a defensin peptide and/or an expressable nucleic acid encoding a defensin peptide.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graft element for joining together plant stem sections. The graft element is made of a resilient material and takes the form of a tubular structure having a hollow center that extends in a longitudinal direction so as to form a cylinder. The graft element further comprises a side opening along its length and two elongated members. The side opening is connected to the hollow center over the entire length of the graft element. The two elongated members are located at opposite sides of the side opening and oriented substantially parallel thereto. The elongated members are provided with cutouts for receiving a gripping unit. The invention further relates to systems and methods for joining plant stem sections using the graft element. Finally, the invention relates to a system and a method for preparing the graft element.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of watermelon grafting. In particular, double grafted watermelon seedlings and plants are provided and methods for producing such double grafted seedlings and plants.

Abstract: A grafted seedling producing device including a stock seedling holding unit that holds and conveys a stock seedling, a stock cutting unit that cuts the stock seedling held by the stock seedling holding unit, and a joining unit that joins the stock seedling conveyed by the stock seedling holding unit and a scion seedling, the stock cutting unit including a stock cutter unit that includes a stock blade for cutting the stock seedling by a predetermined stock cutter trajectory, the stock seedling holding unit holding an embryonic stem of a seedling for grafting at a predetermined position on the stock cutter trajectory in a vertical posture, the grafted seedling producing device includes: a supporting unit configured to retract the stock cutter unit from an advance position for cutting in proximity to the stock seedling holding unit; and a stock pressing member that presses and fixes a portion ahead of a cutting position of the embryonic stem from a seedling holding position against the stock seedling holding uni

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the traceability of plants after field planting and during the whole productive and commercial cycle, by means of the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tags technology, comprising: 1) marking of the plants by the grafting of radio-frequency microchips containing information relating to the plant it-self, directly in the trunk or other parts of the plant or by means of external systems; 2) handling and display of the traceability data by means of a suitable software system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-6, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing propagating material, in particular whole plants, to be used in tree cultivations of double trunk type and the obtained material.

Abstract: A whip and tongue grafting device may include a slanting cut tool including a guide to position stem for receiving a slanting cut, and including a cutting device for making the slanting cut. The device may also include a whip cut tool including a guide to position a stem for receiving a tongue cut, and including a cutting device for making the whip cut. The device may also include other guides for producing other required cuts to the stem.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tomato plants that are resistant to pathogenic plants of the Orobanchaceae family, to methods for producing said plants and to the use thereof. The invention further relates to a method of controlling parasitic plants of the Orobanchaceae family, particularly O. aegyptiaca, in tomato crops and for securing tomato fruit production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants in the genera of Jatropha, more specifically, in Jatropha curcas.

Abstract: A grafted seedling producing device including a stock seedling holding unit that holds and conveys a stock seedling, a stock cutting unit that cuts the stock seedling held by the stock seedling holding unit, and a joining unit that joins the stock seedling conveyed by the stock seedling holding unit and a scion seedling, the stock cutting unit including a stock cutter unit that includes a stock blade for cutting the stock seedling by a predetermined stock cutter trajectory, the stock seedling holding unit holding an embryonic stem of a seedling for grafting at a predetermined position on the stock cutter trajectory in a vertical posture, the grafted seedling producing device includes: a supporting unit configured to retract the stock cutter unit from an advance position for cutting in proximity to the stock seedling holding unit; and a stock pressing member that presses and fixes a portion ahead of a cutting position of the embryonic stem from a seedling holding position against the stock seedling holding uni

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of cultivating a grafted cactus (Gymnocalycium mihanovichii) cultivar “Yellow Top” including the steps of: a) selecting a cross combination between “GG02451” and “GG205736”; b) crossing the combination, harvesting cactus fruits after a mature stage has been passed, disinfecting the cactus fruits, selecting and sterilizing seeds contained in the cactus fruits, and sowing the seeds; c) obtaining germinated seedlings; d) selecting only colored seedlings from the germinated seedlings; e) first-grafting the selected colored seedlings onto small virus-free Hylocereus trigonus in test tubes; and f) covering light-shielding film on the cultured seedlings to harden the seedlings and secondarily grafting only the seedlings onto Hylocereus trigonus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of somatic embryos from poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) plant tissue. Furthermore, the present invention discloses subject matter that relates to poinsettia plants, particularly to non-chimeric poinsettia plants, and to a method of producing the same.

Abstract: Material is mechanically removed from the cut-out extremities of the graft holder (1) and graft (13) by a tool fitted with two parallel milling cutters (3, 4) of different thickness, in which the inner face of the milling cutter of smaller thickness (3) lies in the plane passed by the longitudinal central axis (X-X) of the graft holder and of the graft, so as to create two matching longitudinal hollow seats (5, 6) and longitudinal extensions (14, 15), where the extensions of one portion end up being exactly capable of interpenetrating the hollow seats of the other portion, and the longitudinal central axes (X-X) of the graft holder and of the graft turn out to be coincident.

Abstract: A fruit tree bonsai planting method includes primarily grafting a scion with a stock by an inarching method, with an inarched location being fastened tightly by a tape. A lower part of the scion is cut off when the inarched location is healed and then the stock is transplanted to a pot with fertile soil for fixing, thereby forming a fruit tree bonsai having an indoor decorative condition and edible fruits.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are viral vectors suitable for transfection into woody trees for purposes of delivering and expressing beneficial genes with increased stability. Specifically exemplified herein are vectors for transfecting citrus trees. The vectors allow for the expression of useful proteins, such as those that can protect the tree from disease.

Abstract: An apparatus and method cultivate trees by preventing freezing and frost damage and inhibiting root stalk sprouts. The apparatus is a frustoconical cover that rests on the ground to cover the root ball of the tree. The stalk and leaves are extended from a hole in the frustum. Water such as mist is injectable within the cover to prevent cold and frost damage.

Abstract: A method for separating a lump piece of rosette plants. The method includes the steps of gripping a rosette plant and positioning it parallel to a longitudinal axis of an elongated holder which has a longitudinal opening at least along the longitudinal axis; introducing a part of the lump piece of the rosette plant into the holder via the mentioned longitudinal opening; cutting off the lump piece along a cutting plane parallel to the longitudinal axis, while closing the longitudinal opening, such that the introduced part of the lump piece is enclosed in the holder; and removing the enclosed cut-off part of the lump piece from the holder. The method includes the further step of cutting off a part of the rosette plant enclosed in the holder along a second cutting plane.

Abstract: A method of shaping a portion of a woody plant into a desired form is provided. The method is effected by providing a root of a woody plant, shaping the root into the desired form and culturing the root under conditions suitable for secondary thickening of the root.

Abstract: A method of cutting a stem to be whip grafted, comprising: securing the stem in a bore of a hand-held grafting tool that includes an angled end, with a portion of the stem extending out from the angled end; drawing a knife across a face of the angled end to thereby cut the stem; and removing the cut stem from the grafting tool. In one respect the hand-held grafting tool comprises a housing having a bore and at least one angled end, a holding member, and moveable connectors attached to the holding member, wherein the moveable connectors protrude through and bisect the housing.

Abstract: A grafting method comprises the steps of, first preparing a stool by right transverse cuts through a limb or trunk, meaning that the limb or trunk of a tree or shrub is cut at essentially right angles. Root and scion stocks are grafted to the stool using the well known bark grafting technique. The stool is then placed into a rooting medium with the grafted root stock immersed in the medium. Appropriate heat and water is made available to ensure that the root stock is established and that sufficient nutrients and moisture is conducted to the scion stock through the stool.

Abstract: Commercially available rose saplings have been conventionally grafted a rose scion on a wild rose stock, however shoots grown from a single wild rose rootstock are effectively used to graft many kinds of roses so as to bloom various flowers. The invention provides a method of grafting many kinds of roses on a single wild rose stock to bloom various flowers by paying attention to lateral buds formed on one or several shoots grown from a wild rose rootstock and grafting many kinds of perpetual rose scions on each notched opening with a lateral bud, which makes it possible to enjoy roses planted in a pot even in a small space, and rose saplings thus produced.

Abstract: A plant grafting system comprises a cutter assembly. The cutter assembly has a pair of V-shaped upper razors and a pair of V-shaped lower razors. A holder/insertion assembly is provided. The holder/insertion assembly is laterally spaced from the cutter assembly. The holder/insertion assembly has blocks and clamps for retaining the lower portion of an upper plant and the upper portion of a lower plant with respect to the razors. Next provided is a first drive to move the cutter assembly and razors for cutting a V-shaped recess in the upper portion of the lower plant and a V-shaped projection in the lower portion of the upper plant. Further provided is a second drive. The second drive causes relative movement between the V-shaped projection and the V-shaped recess to cause frictional contact there between.

Abstract: A new plant was created as an interspecific hybrid of the genus Euphorbia. The plant was created by the rescue of an embryo resulting from the cross-pollination of a cultivated Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with a seedling of the uncultivated Euphorbia cornastra. The new interspecific hybrid plant was found have unique traits that differed from either parent. The plant exhibited colorful flower bracts indicating desirable characteristics for ornamental use. In addition to providing the interspecific hybrid plant and parts thereof, the invention provides methods for making the same as well methods for creating interspecific hybrid plants having altered growth characteristics and the plants created thereby.

Abstract: Nematode-inducible promoter sequences are disclosed. These sequences can be used for expressing DNA sequences in plant cells. Chimeric DNA constructs comprising the nematode-inducible promoter sequences operably linked to DNA to be expressed in plant cells are also disclosed. Plants comprising the chimeric DNA are provided.

Abstract: An isolated DNA fragment that promotes root knot or cyst nematode indcuible transcription of a coding sequence downstream of and operably linked to the fragment in at least an Arabidopsis thaliana plant and a chimeric DNA sequence including the DNA fragment. Also, methods for the use of the DNA fragment.

Abstract: A grafting system for cutting the end of a plant material includes a frame for holding the plant material and a blade assembly mounted to the frame. The blade assembly includes a blade that is movable at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material. The system also includes an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of engrafting donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in a mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiation, comprising: (a) administering to the recipient at least one dosage of a hematopoietic growth factor; (b) subjecting the recipient to a low dosage of radiation; and (c) transplanting the donor hematopoietic pluripotent cells into the recipient, thereby engrafting the donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in the mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiation.

Abstract: A machine for the surface treatment of long, narrow objects, more particularly vine shoots, with the following features:a frame fixture (3), that defines the direction of motion (32);at least one conveyor module (4), that has at least one pair of conveyor rollers (14), with a conveyance channel between them, and that is arranged with these along the axis of motion (32);at least two brushes (20, 20a) that define a processing channel that runs along the axis of motion (32).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film (A) consisting of a mixture comprising at least one polyamide and at least one polyolefin, the said film being placed on agricultural land into which a fumigant is injected. According to a first variant, the invention also relates to a film comprising the above layer (A) and a layer (B) consisting essentially of a polyolefin. According to a second variant, the invention also relates to a film comprising the above layer (A) placed between two layers (B). A coextrusion binder may optionally be placed between the layers (A) and (B) in the two variants. The invention also relates to a process for the treatment of soils by fumigation.

Abstract: A grafting film is provided which is formed of a film of a polyalkylene polymer having a self-adhesive property and an elastic memory which causes the film when stretched around a scion and rootstock graft union to gradually contract around the graft union and apply an increasing amount of pressure circumferentially around the graft union. The film also has oxygen and CO.sub.2 permeability properties which cause a gas volume isolated by the film adjacent the graft union to have a higher CO.sub.2 concentration and a lower oxygen concentration relative to the ambient environment around the plant. The film preferably has at least 12% oxygen permeability and less than 2% CO.sub.2 retention. The film is preferably less than about 60 .mu.m thick and more preferably less than about 50 .mu.m thick.