A plant processing system of the present invention includes: a plant cultivation facility (1) which cultivates plants including a sugar solution; a crushing facility (2) which crushes plants felled in the plant cultivation facility (1); a juicing facility (3) which harvests sap from plant chips obtained by the crushing facility (2); a methane fermentation facility (5) which performs a methane fermentation process on the sap; and a power generation facility (6) which generates electric power using a biogas obtained by the methane fermentation facility (5) as a fuel.

A plant processing system of the present invention includes: a plant cultivation facility (1) which cultivates plants including a sugar solution; a crushing facility (2) which crushes plants felled in the plant cultivation facility (1); a juicing facility (3) which harvests sap from plant chips obtained by the crushing facility (2); a methane fermentation facility (5) which performs a methane fermentation process on the sap; and a power generation facility (6) which generates electric power using a biogas obtained by the methane fermentation facility (5) as a fuel.

The invention is directed to a bamboo plantation where the bamboo is integrated with pre-existing non-bamboo vegetation. In some aspects, the invention relates to a high-yielding bamboo plantation. In some aspects, the invention relates to a bamboo plantation grown on degraded or marginal land. In some aspects, the invention relates to the conversion of degraded or marginal land to a high-yielding bamboo plantation.

The present disclosure refers to a method of intensive and sustainable cultivation of fruit trees with high water consumption, such as avocado, in confinement via multivariable management of: plant architecture, nutrition, dynamic densities, artificial pollination, and use of specific wavelengths for each phenological state that allow early entry into production, maximization of yield per unit area, and control of the time of fruit harvest. The method of growing fruit trees with high water consumption (for example, avocado, citrus, apple, mango, pear, peach, kiwi, among others), in containers for intensive fruit production, includes the stages of: having plants avocado with high root density in aerated containers; arrange in containers in a substrate for accelerated root growth; fertigating the containers with a nutrient solution that provides precocity in the vegetative development, flowering and fruiting of the plant; arranging the containers in conditions of dynamic density, which varies from a density of 1.01.5 meters to a density of 3.52.5 meters; controlling the phenological cycle of the plant by lighting with a system of LED lights with intermittent pulses of wavelengths that act cyclically over time and within the location space of the plants; artificially pollinating the flowers by applying pollen by a spray system to each floral panicle; controlling the size of the tree by driving and pruning to form a multi-axis type plant architecture; controlling pests and diseases through biological control with microorganisms; and cultivating the large-caliber fruit with a small seed size.

Soil conduits are constructed between tree pits in an urban environment. These soil conduits extend upward to the surface, are covered by grates, and are permeable to allow the seepage of water and nutrients to tree roots in the tree pits. The soil conduits include, from the surface moving downward, mulch, horticultural soil, a fabric barrier, and crushed stone. The horticultural soil is inoculated with mycorrhizal fungus that creates fungal networks between the roots of various trees, communicating water and nutrients between the roots of the connected trees. These fungal networks increase the health, carbon dioxide consumption and oxygen production of urban trees. Various planting schemes could be employed such as using trees and bushes to create a common mycorrhizal network (CMN) which is associated with arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM), using plants that associate with ectomycorrhizae (ECM), or using plants associated with both types of fungus networks.

The locations of flowers on a plant, rather than the locations of agricultural products produced from such flowers, are used to facilitate the performance of harvesting and other agricultural operations in robotic agricultural applications. In some implementations, the identified location of a fruit-producing flower may be used by a robotic device to apply an indicator tag to a flowering plant proximate the flower for later identification when performing various types of directed and automated agricultural operations. In other implementations, the identified location of a fruit-producing flower may be used by a robotic device to anchor a stem of a flowering plant to a predetermined location such that the location of the flower, and of any fruit(s) later produced by such flower, are controlled and/or known when performing subsequent agricultural operations.

Methods for predicting a yield of fruit growing in an agricultural plot are provided. At a first time, a first plurality of images of a canopy of the agricultural plot is obtained from an aerial view of the canopy of the agricultural plot. From the first plurality of images, a first number of detectable fruit is estimated. At a second time, a second plurality of images of the canopy of the agricultural plot is obtained from the aerial view of the canopy of the agricultural plot. From the second plurality of images, a second number of detectable fruit is estimated. Using at least the first number of detectable fruit and the second number of detectable fruit and agricultural plot information, predict the yield of fruit from the agricultural plot.

A method for generating cut-point data including information indicating a three-dimensional position of a point on a cane of a fruit tree where the cane is to be cut off, includes, for each of one or more canes of the fruit tree, acquiring a measurement value(s) concerning one or more attributes including an attribute concerning vigor of the fruit tree, based on sensor data of the one or more canes, determining the one or more canes each as a cane to be removed or a cane to be retained based on the measurement value(s), determining a number of buds to be retained on each cane determined as a cane to be retained, generating the cut-point data for each cane determined as a cane to be removed, and based on the number of buds to be retained, generating the cut-point data for each cane determined as a cane to be retained.

A method for generating cut-point data including information indicating a three-dimensional position of a point on a cane of a fruit tree where the cane is to be cut off, includes, for each of one or more canes of the fruit tree, acquiring a measurement value(s) concerning one or more attributes including an attribute concerning vigor of the fruit tree, based on sensor data of the one or more canes, determining the one or more canes each as a cane to be removed or a cane to be retained based on the measurement value(s), determining a number of buds to be retained on each cane determined as a cane to be retained, generating the cut-point data for each cane determined as a cane to be removed, and based on the number of buds to be retained, generating the cut-point data for each cane determined as a cane to be retained.

A method for cultivating a Tung tree seedling through hypocotyl grafting, includes selection of a sand storage time of a rootstock (Vernicia montana Lour.) seed, seedbed construction, scion collection, scion cutting, rootstock cutting, bandaging, transplantation and management, and the like.