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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4069614 | Early growth alteration to increase corn grain yield Corn grain yield can be increased without affecting grain quality by alteration of early plant growth. One particularly preferred technique of early plant growth alteration involves reducing the effective leaf area of a short-season hybrid growing in a fu... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4063386 | Restoration of drilling mud-pits Restoration of drilling mud-pits which have served for purification treatment of drilling effluents in the search for hydrocarbons on terra firma by covering the floc of the mud-pit with a layer of water-absorbent material, particularly a natural cellulos... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4063384 | Method of and apparatus for washing sod strips, and method of sodding with washed sod strips A sod piece for sodding a soil area is formed to have the root portion thereof substantially free of soil for facilitated transportation and improved transplanting. The soil-free sod piece may be provided in a compact configuration, such as a roll or fold... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4060933 | Tissue culture technique utilizing a specific light source One aspect of the invention comprises a method for stimulating organogenesis of explants in a tissue culture comprising the step of illuminating the explant culture during at least a portion of its differentiation stage with light having a predominate spe... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4058930 | Turf growing apparatus A turf growing apparatus which comprises a container having a bottom and an upwardly extending side wall, and a collar releasably attached to the exterior of the upright side wall and extending above the top of the side wall. Grass is grown in a grass-gro... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4055915 | Method of and apparatus for treating plant organisms A method of accelerating the metabolism of plant organisms using sound in which the plant organism is interrogated as to which frequency of sound it prefers (or abhors in a suitable case). Sound at the "favored frequency" indicated by the test is then app... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4052817 | Process for storing and recovering plant tissue Meristematic tissue such as from shoot apices of herbaceous plants in a freezing solution containing a cryoprotectant are cooled to a temperature of at least -70° C, stored when frozen and subsequently thawed at an average warming rate of at least about ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4041642 | Process for improving the yield of sugar beets using low intensity light A method for increasing the yield of recoverable sugar from sugar beets is disclosed, wherein the beets are illuminated during at least a portion of the night with light having a wavelength in the range of 560nm to 700nm.... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4027428 | Method and apparatus for conserving soil water Natural soil is formed into clods ranging in size from a minimum dimension of about 5 mm to a maximum dimension of about 10 cm, and a hydrophobic agent is applied to the surface of the clods to increase the contact angle of water on the exposed grain surf... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4023506 | System and process for providing durability enhanced area A system and process is disclosed for providing a durability enhanced area that is particularly well suited for use as an athletic playing field. A vegetative crop has one or more layers of netting associated therewith so that each layer of netting has po... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020590 | Apparatus and method for exposing seeds to a magnetic field Apparatus for magnetically treating seeds comprises a magnet for producing a unipolar magnetic field, an enclosed generally cylindrical housing having a closable access opening therein in which said seeds are placed for treatment, drive means associated w... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019279 | Root control planter A tree planter which prevents the roots of a tree from cracking a nearby sidewalk, including a planting container which is buried in the ground with a young tree therein, the container having sidewalls of slick and impenetrable material such as plastic, a... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4010778 | Automatic seed planting machine and method for planting seeds in planters A method and automatic machine for planting seeds in boxes which insures that uniform and consistent seed distribution will be present in each planted box, and comprising dispensing seeds continuously from a supply hopper in single height, side-by-side re... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4006561 | Plant package and method of preparing the same Living plants, such as young, evergreen or deciduous trees or bushes, can be stored without loss of viability for several months, and cut flowers can be stored for about a week without apparent loss or freshness when enclosed in a plastic sheet or film en... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4004368 | Agricultural soil compositions An agricultural soil composition for the growing of plants and the like is provided in which a means is included for controlling and regulating the distribution of water throughout the growing zone. This composition is characterized by including in the ag... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4003160 | Process for growing chlorophyllose plants using carbon dioxide and heat generated in exothermic aerobic fermentation processes Processes for growing chlorophyllose plants in greenhouses using carbon dioxide and heat generated in exothermic aerobic fermentation processes in which carbon dioxide is produced.... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3997112 | Year round cooling water from the cold weather of winter Cooling water at 39° F is made available at low cost all year round by erecting towers in farmer's fields and spraying the water in the air around the towers to cool the water during the winter. The cooled water is collected and stored in a lake. During ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3996696 | Flocculation process The dilute clay-containing slimes waste, formed in the hydraulic mining of phosphate mineral, is flocculated by mixing with an aqueous extract of fertile topsoil or with fertile topsoil which is the uppermost 2 feet or more of overburden that contains at ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3992814 | Method for sorting seeds A method apparatus of sorting germinating seeds from non-germinating seeds. The seeds are disposed on the surface of a liquid carrying the seeds and germinating seeds are separated from non-germinating seeds by means of liquid streams acting on parts proj... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3990181 | Novel irrigation system and method for its application A row crop such as coffee plants is irrigated and fertilized by excavating the ground along each row of the crop to form a trench in which unglazed drainage tiles are laid in a row with cement-sand joints, covering the tile with soil and then applying in ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3988858 | Method of cultivating epiphytically growing plants A method of cultivating epiphytically or semi-epiphytically living plants, comprises the steps of individually attaching the plants to a non-native substrate in their seeding stage when they already have recognizable leaves and roots; throughout their cul... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3981100 | Highly absorbent starch-containing polymeric compositions Starch-containing polymer compositions are prepared which absorb amounts of water equaling up to more than 1000 times their own weight. The compositions find many applications including their incorporation into products such as disposable diapers, surgica... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3972146 | Process for propagating strawberry plants Strawberry plants are propagated by placing the normally dormant axillary or adventive shoots located on a strawberry plantlet at the base of a leaf stalk in an aqueous nutrient medium containing 0.01 to 100 mg/l N-benzyl-6-aminopurine until a multiplicit... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3969844 | Soil treatment methods Culturing an alga with known flocculant production capability on the soil for the purposes of aggregating soil particles is disclosed. According to the disclosure, flocculant producing algae are known in liquid culture medium as disclosed in pending appli... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967198 | Method and apparatus for electrically determining plant water status Method and apparatus for measuring the water status of a plant by measuring the long term variations in biological electrical potential developed by the plant. The electrical potential developed by the plant is measured by placing a first electrical probe... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3965617 | Method of potting trees and shrubs A method to pot field-grown evergreen or hard-to-transplant trees and shrubs involving container growing, digging, and potting procedures. After a tree or shrub reaches nearly salable size in the field, hollow cylinder is pushed in the ground so that the ... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3964405 | Perennial weed control by deep placement of volatile soil fumigants Perennial weeds are controlled by deeply placing selected volatile chemical soil fumigents, 14 to 24 inches below ground level, at 18 to 30 inches of horizontal spacing, and applied at rates ranging between 2.5 to 30 gallons per acre, to destroy their veg... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3955321 | Process for growing novel plants A plug is withdrawn from the wall of a living pumpkin attached to its vine. A plastic bag is introduced into the hole thus formed. Foreign matter is inserted into the bag, and the bag is tied, and pushed entirely into the pumpkin. The plug is replaced, th... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3950892 | Freeze drying of seeds The process of freeze-drying vegetable, farm-crop, and flower seeds to increase storage life and germination rate of the seeds.... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3940885 | Process and equipment for treating seeds and product thereof Seeds are subjected to microwave energy and a coolant gas, then subjected to a partial vacuum to stimulate growth and stabilize such stimulation. Seeds so treated have superior growth characteristics and are more resistant to disease and weather hazards. ... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3935673 | Production of belgium endive A technique for forcing the growth of Belgium endive in which roots grown in the field are placed in sterile growing media in pallet boxes stacked one above the other within a controlled-environment chamber whose available volume is fully utilized. In a p... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3931695 | Plant growth method and apparatus A method and apparatus for growing plants using artificial light wherein pulsed fluorescent lamps are placed among the plants themselves below the plant tops and are pulsed on and off at a rate such that the plant can utilize the light photons in a chemic... | 01/13/1976 |
| 3930335 | Plant growth system This invention relates to a method and apparatus for growing plant life under controlled conditions including gas discharge lamps with electronic means utilized to provide predetermined pulses of electric current to the lamps so that bursts of radiant ene... | 01/06/1976 |
