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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5862626 | Process for producing tuber This invention provides a process for easy and large-scale production of tubers from plants belonging to the genus Solanum, wherein the improvement resides in that tubers are formed with high efficiency by exposing stolons and shoots, elongated in a liqui... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5755058 | Farming method using waste material A method of farming comprises collecting waste material such as manure from animal farming, or effluent from food processing plants or the like in a closed container, stirring and aerating the material within the container and adding yeast and phosphoric ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5735076 | Method for producing high quality crop A method for producing a high-quality crop is described, which comprises irrigating soil with oxygen-removed water or water supersaturated with a non-oxygen gas, and the water is preferably drenched into the soil and/or irrigated onto the soil surface whi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5697187 | Method for treatment of crops by an irrigation solution The present invention provides a unique method and apparatus for improving crop yield through the use of an inventive irrigation solution to inhibit surface pathogens, improved water penetration and increase crop production and market quality. In a presen... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5659997 | Bag for the cultivation of mushroom spawn An improved bag for the cultivation of mushroom spawn is provided the bag has continuous gas permeable sealing strips sealed to the inside walls of the bags which covering openings in the bag, so as to allow the bag to be vented without loss of moisture. ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5659998 | Water-absorbent polymer mixture for underground dispersion An improved mixture of water-absorbent polymers, including a quantity of small-grained particles, may be injected below-ground where plants are growing or are to be planted, such as by using air-blown, plowblade applicators. In a preferred mixture, 10-20%... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5650551 | Newbold's diamond, a densely foliolate, complanate leatherleaf fern A new variety of leatherleaf fern having a diamondlike shape, arose as a vegetative mutation from a plant of Rumohra adiantiformis (Forst.f.) Ching that was under normal cultivation conditions. Through successful propagations by both rhizome division and ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5638637 | Production of improved rapeseed exhibiting an enhanced oleic acid content Improved rape plants, seeds capable of forming the same, and a novel improved endogenous vegetable oil derived from the rapeseeds are provided. Such plants have the ability to yield an endogenous vegetable oil of increased heat stability in combination wi... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5636472 | Apparatus for the continuous cultivation of aquatic macrophytes An apparatus for cultivating macrophytes grown on the water surface in a circular basin structure containing a channel of plant growth nutrients water spiraling from the basin structure periphery into the center of the basin structure and then back out ag... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5632116 | Apparatus and method for recovery of cottonseed from lint Apparatus and method for delinting cottonseed using hydrogen chloride gas derived from hydrogen chloride stored at high pressure. The hydrogen chloride gas is expanded and reduced to a pressure in the range of but above atmospheric pressure, then heated i... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5622003 | Seed coating containing Mn (NO3)2 .multidot.6H2 O What is described herein are homogeneous, aqueous, non-freezing seed coating compositions containing high loadings of a nutrient such as Mn(NO3)2.6H.sub.2 O.... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5617671 | Method for growing turfgrass indoors under reduced light conditions A method for growing turfgrass indoors on an activity field under reduced light conditions, The method uses a Type II plant growth regulator (PGR) and particular conditions for growth, The result is a high quality activity field of turfgrass capable of wi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617672 | Plant growth media and process for using same A method for controlling the growth rate of plants is provided. The method is directed to using a ureaformaldehyde foam composition blended with a soil formulation. Depending upon the amount of foam added to the soil, the resulting mixture can be used to ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5600918 | Apparatus for killing weeds Apparatus which comprises a housing having a compartment and a shaft, a piezoelectric crystal captured in the compartment of the housing and an actuator assembly slideably disposed in said shaft for selectively applying a compressive force to the crystal ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5590489 | Method for growing fruit body of Fistulina hepatica There is disclosed a method for growing fruit bodies of Fistulina hepatica which comprises the steps of cutting off some parts of side wall of a cultivation vessel close to the fruit body primordium-forming part on a solid medium contained in the vessel h... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586412 | Method for recovery of cotton seed from lint A method and apparatus for recovering cottonseed from the lint in batch quantities for planting purposes. The system utilizes a dilute acid approach and provides for gradual mixing of the fuzzy seed and a dilute acid solution followed by batch drying and ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584140 | Rooting method for vegetative plant propagation of hard-to-root plants A method of vegetative propagation which comprises (a) developing etiolated shoots on stock plants by immersing a stock plant horizontally in a flat or bed that contains a growing medium; (b) removing said shoots after they have reached a semi-hardwood st... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5555674 | Sod mats constructed of stable fibers and degradable matrix material and method for propagation New sod mats are described. The sod mats are reinforced with a coherent sheet of stable fibers and degradable matrix material. The sod reinforcements are easy to manufacture and handle. The sod mats have good of handling characteristics, good sod mat prop... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5512069 | Seeds, coated or impregnated with a PPFM Seeds coated or impregnated with at least one pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM) have improved germinability. PPFMs can be cultured to produce the cytokinin zeatin.... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5434343 | Potato variety `ND1538-1Russ` The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum is a cross of a Lemhi and a ND450-3Russ. It was first grown at the Langdon Experiment Station, North Dakota. The new variety produces tubers that are long, smooth, and uniform with shallow eyes and dark brown skin ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434344 | Sucrose accumulating tomato technology A new tomato cultivar is provided which is homozygous for a genetically fixable recessive genetic factor which confers the ability to bear fruit that accumulate sucrose. The increased sucrose content, in turn, leads to a higher total soluble solids conten... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434345 | Potato variety ND671-4RUSS The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum ND671-4RUSS is a cross of Wash.330 and ND9567-2RUSS. It was first grown at the horticulture greenhouse on the campus of North Dakota State University. The new variety produces tubers that are oblong, smooth, and un... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5344471 | Plant root coatings Non-phytotoxic roots coating compositions comprising a polymer, VAM propagules, and a fungicide that selectively inhibits pathogenic fungi are provided. Also provided are methods of coating plant roots with the aforesaid composition and plants comprising ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5269819 | Aquaculture production of duckweed for human consumption The invention provides an aquaculture complex for high protein crop production of a duckweed clone suitable for human consumption comprising a body of water in combination with duckweed clones, the majority of said clones being characterized by having les... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5250082 | Encapsulated structure for plant initiate material Disclosed is an encapsulated structure for plant initiate material. Plant initiate material is encapsulated in a waterproof membrane coating or waterproof capsule, onto which water swellable polymeric material particles are partly embedded. This structure... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5181457 | Seed peeling apparatus By rotating a seed agitater means such as a rotary cutter within a seed container in which seeds such as of spinach and lawn grass are admitted, the seeds are peeled to separate seed cores from seed coats while being stirred. The seed cores free from the ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5178642 | Inoculum from ectomycorrhizal fungi forming endomycorrhizal infection with herbaceous plants Fungal inoculants for plants producing ectomycorrhizae with woody plants or endomycorrhizae with leafy plants are formed in perlite from microsclerotia-producing fungi such as Cenococcum geophilium.... | 01/12/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5119588 | Method and apparatus for culturing autotrophic plants from heterotrophic plant material A method and apparatus is disclosed for growing embryonic or other undeveloped plant material in a controlled, biologically sterile environment to produce plants capable of surviving in soil in an uncontrolled environment. Cloned somatic embryos of a part... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5119589 | Methods of priming seed Seed is primed by progressive hydration in a rotating drum (1) by water introduced as steam from a steam generator through an outlet pipe (5) to condense as a mist on the drum walls or as liquid water pumped onto the drum walls through several fine bore t... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5117579 | Method and apparatus for applying fixed nitrogen to plants An electrical ion emitting farming implement to be moved over a field of crop planted in earth for above ground atmospheric treatment of growing plants comprising a frame. A series of bell-shaped members are mounted at spaced intervals on a boom across it... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5097623 | Apparatus for cultivating mushrooms A mushroom cultivation apparatus includes an air suction fan or a vacuum pump which suctions air in all or part of an incubation chamber, a budding chamber and a plurality of suppressing and growing chambers, which are required for cultivation of mushroom... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5090156 | Method for storing bulbs A method for storing a seedling, a nursery plant and a bulb for a long period under an ordinary temperature condition by immersing a seedling, a nursery plant and a bulb in a solution containing a growth inhibitor or an osmoregulator, sealing thus treated... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5077934 | Method and apparatus for controlling plant growth A method and apparatus for controlling plant growth is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally oriented magnetic field parallel to a predetermined axis projecting through viable pl... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5068998 | Process for improving the organoleptic properties of wines The present invention relates to a process for improving the organoleptic properties of wines comprising the step of treating standing grapes that will be used for wine production less than one month before harvest with a composition containing, as active... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5060418 | Method of transplanting a container grown plant The invention is a method for treating a plant growth medium containing a plant so that the growth medium remains intact around the roots during transplanting operations. This involves treating the growth medium shortly before transplanting with an adhesi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5060414 | Phytotoxicity of a combined RF and microwave electromagnetic field A method and device for vegetation control. More particularly a technique of a plurality of steps in the application of electromagnetic fields of two or more selected but different frequencies, at least one in the ratio frequency range being first applied... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058318 | Process for the production of lilium species The subject invention concerns a process for the expeditious production of members of the Lilium genus. Using the procedures described here, it is possible to produce Lilium bulbs of forcing size in less than a one-year period. Specifically, young plants ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5058316 | Method and apparatus for cultivating mushrooms A mushroom cultivation method and apparatus concentrate the sunlight through a sunlight concentrating device 17 and introduce the sunlight into a hermetically sealed cultivation chamber through optical fibers 8 at a cultivation term after completion of sc... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5048227 | Method of cultivating agaricus blazei mushroom An artificial cultivation method of Agaricus blazei, i.e., edible basidiomycetes which grow wild in fields and mountains in the Sao Jose do Rio Preto district located northwestward of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. The optimum cultivation conditions have been es... | 09/17/1991 |
