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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178285 | Functional substrates for growth of culinary and medicinal mushrooms Methods of increasing the amount of one or more functional compounds in medicinal mushroom biomass and mushroom mycelia by growing the mushrooms on a substrate that is high in the functional compound or compounds of interest is provided. More specifically, a method ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7144192 | Self-propelled road milling machine A self-propelled road milling machine includes a chassis (2) housing a rotatable milling roll (4) between lateral plates (12,13) disposed orthogonal to the axis of the milling roll (4). The milling roll (4) has a base body (14 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7043874 | Substrate and method for growing shiitake mushrooms [Lentinus edodes (Berk.) singer] and new shiitake strain The present invention describes a new substrate comprising olive oil waste as the nutrient for growing edible and medicinal shiitake mushrooms (Lentinus edodes) in aseptic plastic bags. The invention further provides the strain Ile-1, a new and distinct varie... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6994850 | Method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition comprising swine manure The present invention provides a method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition that comprises yeast cells and swine manure. The yeast cells of the invention have an enhanced ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, decompose phosphorus minerals and compounds,... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979444 | Method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition comprising poultry manure The present invention provides a method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition that comprises yeast cells and poultry manure. The yeast cells of the invention have an enhanced ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, decompose phosphorus minerals and compound... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6698137 | Seed inoculation system A seed treating apparatus used to inoculate and treat seeds, which consists of a portable tank, pump, valve and nozzle system. This system can be mounted on any agricultural hauling vehicle or seeding implement to apply inoculant to seeds before or during... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688041 | Pigment concentrates for coloring seeds The present invention relates to the use of a pigment form or pigment concentrate comprising of an organic pigment, and optionally an inorganic filler and/or an organic additive for coloring of seeds. Seeds colored by the dry pigment forms or pigment conc... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684564 | Embryo delivery system for manufactured seeds A method of delivering cultivated plant embryos including the step of orientating a plurality of plant embryos in a predetermined orientation. Analyzing each of the plurality of embryos according to a predetermined quality criteria to identify qualified e... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6584542 | Microwave paging architecture A Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mobile station architecture consuming less power and random access memory (RAM) is presented herein. The mobile station includes a coprocessor which executes frame programs. The frame programs include instructions wh... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6576457 | Fungal media and methods for continuous propagation of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi in root organ culture An in vitro system using Agrobacterium-transformed dicotyledon roots (such as carrot roots) and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (such as Glomus intradices) was developed to produce viable and aseptic spores. The entire life cycle from the growth of... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6372964 | For higher basidiomycetes mushrooms grown as biomass in submerged culture The present invention describes new and distinct horticultural varieties of higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms grown in submerged culture. Specifically, the new varieties of species of the genus Pleurotus offer superior yields of mushroom cell biomass and gr... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6362397 | For higher basidiomycetes mushrooms grown (as one cell biomass) in submerged cultures The present invention describes new and distinct horticultural varieties of higher Basidiomycetes mushroom grown in submerged culture. Specifically, the new varieties of species of the genus Tremella offer superior yields of mushroom one-cell biomass rich... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6041544 | Speciality mushroom spawn A mushroom spawn comprising a mixture of: (a) at least one proteinaceous ingredient in an amount to provide at least 3.5% nitrogen on a dry weight basis; (b) 2 to 30 wt % based on dry weight of paper pellets (c) 5 to 60 wt % based on dry weight of at leas... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5888803 | Method for the production of mushrooms The invention relates to a method for producing fungi, especially mushrooms, using a casing material comprising granules and/or agglomerates of granules of a mineral fibre structure, and to a casing material notably for the use in the production of fungi ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5759223 | Heat-treated corn gluten meal for fungal supplementation The present invention provides an all-natural, non-chemically modified supplement for increasing the growth and/or crop yield of fungi in a growth medium comprising corn gluten meal having a particle size range of from about 10 to about 40 mesh, having a ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5709048 | Natural savory and umami flavoring materials from dehydrated mushroom The present invention relates to the production of three (3) distinct savory flavor types of dehydrated mushrooms: (1) a light-colored material with strong mushroom flavor, (2) a tan-colored material with a meaty, buttery and savory flavor and (3) a dark-... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5681738 | Use of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid in mushroom cultivation Provided is a method for the use of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid (ODA) as a fungal growth hormone to stimulate mycelial growth of cultivated mushrooms. A species of cultivated mushroom is selected and grown in a solid or liquid growth medium which has bee... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5522175 | Natural savory and umami flavoring materials from dehydrated mushroom The present invention relates to the production of three (3) distinct savory flavor types of dehydrated mushrooms: (1) a light-colored material with strong mushroom flavor, (2) a tan-colored material with a meaty, buttery and savory flavor and (3) a dark-... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503647 | Mushroom casing spawn The present invention provides an improved casing spawn that reduces the time between casing and the onset of mushroom production. The casing spawn is prepared from particles containing no available nutrients and with a substantial capacity to hold moistu... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5443612 | Methods of making agricultural materials Methods of making agricultural materials for aiding and facilitating the growth of plants and crops are based on the combination of waste paper and other materials and the formation of such combinations into pellets. Where the agricultural material is for... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5427592 | Intact seed-based delayed-released nutrient supplement for mushroom cultivation There is provided a method of cultivating mushrooms and mushroom spawn, wherein a delayed-release nutrient supplement is utilized. The method is an improvement over prior methods which utilize nutrient supplements in the growing of mushrooms and mushroom ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5395417 | Apparatus and process used in working windrowed ingredients to produce pre-wet cycle mushroom compost A mobile machine and process are provided for milling, mixing, wetting and re-forming an initial windrow of vertically layered ingredients used in the pre-wet cycle for producing mushroom compost. In performing these actions, an assembly of toothed drums,... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5370714 | Method of cultivating mushrooms and woody culture medium therefor There is provided a culture medium for cultivating mushrooms whose material can be selected from a variety of woody materials and which can be transported in a compact form. There is also provided a method of cultivating mushrooms using such a culture med... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5291685 | Intact seed-based delayed-release nutrient supplement for mushroom cultivation Intact seed of rapeseed is added to compost at spawning to increase the yield of mushrooms similar to chemical-based delayed-release supplements. No chemicals, however, are needed in its preparation, only a treatment to destroy sprouting of the seed.... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5196042 | Mycelial fertilizer The present invention relates to a mycelial fertilizer that is characterized in method, and the objects thereof are to provide a mycelial fertilizer wherein the mycelial fertilizer containing mainly thermactinomyces is carried on a specified carrier to co... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5186731 | Method and compositions for promoting mushroom growth A method of improving the yield of mushrooms which comprises supplementing the compost with an effective amount of a salt of an aliphatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic carboxylic acid, said salt being a calcium salt and/or a salt with an aliphatic, alicyclic... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5127933 | Complete fertilizer and fungus nutrient material with low solubility and method for making same A complete fertilizer and nutrient material with low solubility comprised of potassium calcium sulfate, calcium ammonium phosphate, and ammonium bitartrate. The low solubility fertilizer is made easily from commonly available substances. Potassium bi-tart... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123203 | Method for culture of fungi including shiitake (Lentinus edodes) An improved substrate for mushrooms that is essentially cellulose-free comprising a major portion of grain and minor portions of nutritional supplements. The grain is partially sterilized by boiling in order to kill bacteria, cooled in order to induce ger... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5096481 | Sheared roots as a VA-mycorrhizal inoculum and methods for enhancing plant growth A vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum composition comprising host plant roots colonized by at least one species of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, the colonized roots having a particle size in the range of from about 33 μm to about 425 μm... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5057141 | Compositions for biological control of plant pathogenic nematodes Soybean meal and urea compositions have been found to exhibit enhanced and commercially useful nematistatic and nematicidal activity in soils. Chitin-containing materials, e.g., crab shells, shrimp shells, fungal mycella, etc., have also been found to exh... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5000976 | Method of converting the composition of peat A method of converting the composition of peat which comprises the steps of: mixing the peat with 10 to 40% by weight of particles of cereals such as corn or bran thereof on the basis of the weight of the peat; culturing the hyphas of a mycorhiza-forming, whit... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4990173 | Hydrophilic mushroom growth supplement and method of using same A nutrient supplement for enhancing the growth of mushrooms in a compost bed is disclosed. The supplement comprises a protein material (e.g., corn gluten meal) coated with a hydrophilic carbohydrate material.... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4945059 | Method of proliferating vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi A method of proliferating vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (i.e., VAM fungi) is disclosed which comprises inoculating VAM fungi in a soil medium containing a potato and a porous amphoteric ion exchanger, an accelerator and, optionally, in the presen... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4874419 | Substrate for growing shiitake mushrooms A non-sterile, pasteurized nutrient substrate composition is disclosed suitable for growing shiitake mushrooms. Its composition and preparation are described. In addition, the use of the substrate composition is taught for the commercial, large-scale grow... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4848026 | Composting process for the production of mushroom cultivation substrates A process of preparing a mushroom growth medium from a cellulosic material is provided in which the cellulosic material used in the solid-state fermentation process is chemically ammoniated. The chemical ammoniation step reduces composting time, particula... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4818268 | Osmoprotectant An osmoprotectant particle for use in enhancing fungus growth and particularly for use with edible mushrooms. The osmoprotectant particle includes a carrier particle, either a protein or a neutral material and a plurality of osmoprotectant microdroplets c... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4803800 | Synthetic substrate for filamentous fungi A synthetic substrate which supports the growth and development of filamentous fungi is disclosed. The substrate is comprised of a nutrient in a hydrated hydrogel matrix forming a capsule. In a preferred embodiment, the capsule has an irregular external s... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4776872 | Method and composition for enhancing mushroom growth A mushroom growth enhancer is provided consisting of a cracked soybean product in combination with a preservative agent. The cracked soybean product is size-adjusted to -10+30 U.S. standard mesh and dehulled. The dehulled, size-adjusted product is then co... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4764199 | Method of preparing mushroom growing supplements from corn gluten meal A mushroom growing supplement is prepared from acidic corn gluten meal by mixing with aqueous formaldehyde while maintaining the meal in free-flowing condition. The treated meal is then packaged without heating or drying and is ready for use by mushroom g... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4741122 | Process and apparatus for sterile and/or partially sterile preparation, inoculation and bagging of mushroom substratum The process and apparatus according to the invention are suitable for sterile and/or partially sterile preparation, inoculation and bagging of mushroom substratum. The joint application of the process and apparatus enables the use of agricultural wastes a... | 05/03/1988 |
