A method for controlling a serine content of a solanaceous plant, comprising performing cultivation of a solanaceous plant using a cultivation solution containing sodium chloride, while adjusting one or both of concentration of sodium chloride in the cultivation solution and number of days for performing the cultivation using the cultivation solution.

A method for controlling a serine content of a solanaceous plant, comprising performing cultivation of a solanaceous plant using a cultivation solution containing sodium chloride, while adjusting one or both of concentration of sodium chloride in the cultivation solution and number of days for performing the cultivation using the cultivation solution.

Plant-aeration systems, methods for plant aeration, plant-aeration cells, methods of environmental remediation, systems for algae cultivation, and apparatuses for algae aeration.

Plant-aeration systems, methods for plant aeration, plant-aeration cells, methods of environmental remediation, systems for algae cultivation, and apparatuses for algae aeration.

In a method and device for measuring a height of an agricultural product above ground using a mobile communications device, the method includes positioning the communications device above the agricultural product and determining a distance between the communications device and the agricultural product using a built-in sensor of the communications device. The height of the agricultural product is determined on the basis of the determined distance.

In a method and device for measuring a height of an agricultural product above ground using a mobile communications device, the method includes positioning the communications device above the agricultural product and determining a distance between the communications device and the agricultural product using a built-in sensor of the communications device. The height of the agricultural product is determined on the basis of the determined distance.

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.

A system for plant parameter detection, including: a plant morphology sensor having a first field of view and configured to record a morphology measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, a plant physiology sensor having a second field of view and configured to record a plant physiology parameter measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, wherein the second field of view overlaps with the first field of view; a support statically coupling the plant morphology sensor to the physiology sensor, and a computing system configured to: identify a plant set of pixels within the physiology measurement based on the morphology measurement; determine physiology values for each pixel of the plant set of pixels; and extract a growth parameter based on the physiology values.

A method is provided of producing a Lactuca plant seed including using a Megachile bee as pollination means, and providing the a Megachile bee a minor nectar plant to have preference in flower visiting, in addition to a pollen parent Lactuca plant and a seed parent Lactuca plant and to perform a crossing of a Lactuca plant using a plant species having the preference in flower visiting equivalent to or lower than that of the Lactuca plant. According to one embodiment, it is possible to produce a Lactuca hybrid plant seed more efficiently and economically than before while using a Megachile bee as pollination means.