Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for ethanol production, use, and waste recovery using aquatic plants. In certain embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for reuse and further processing of waste alcohols, sugars, organic acids and/or byproducts produced by conversion of corn, other grains, or other biomass materials of use in biofuel production methods.

Method of inhibiting live grazing organisms in an algae composition are disclosed, which do not inhibit the algae. In certain embodiments the concentration of algae increases. In other embodiments the mortality of live grazing organisms is complete. The method contacts an algae composition with wastewater comprising free ammonia and maintaining pH of at least 8 for more than two hours.

The present invention relates to a method for modulating plant processes said method being characterized in that a plant is fed with an eco-friendly, plant- and/or algae-derived, biostimulant composition comprising exogenous small RNA molecules. In particular, the method of the invention can be used for modulating physiological or pathological plant processes, such plant growth, plant productivity, fruit quality, quality of produce, plant yield, plant response to abiotic stress and plant resistance to diseases or to infections.

The present invention generally relates to agriculture and, more specifically, to biomass compositions and methods for decreasing bruising, increasing plant health, increasing soil health, increasing sweetness in fruits and/or decreasing needle-drop in conifer species.

A method of producing lipids, containing the steps of: culturing an alga in which expression of a gene encoding a protein containing a thioredoxin domain and a thioredoxin reductase domain is enhanced, and producing fatty acids or lipids containing the same as components.

This invention discloses an innovative budgetary process on how to turn green cells of Haematococcus pluvialis into red cysts that contain the astaxanthin of the highest rate. With this finding, green motile cells are converted into dormant red cysts via addition of resting cysts into the culture with green cells. Transformation of green cells of Haematococcus pluvialis into red dormant cells with this invented method can be achieved without need of high-intensity light. Light intensity can be reduced for up 15 times to approach the similar results within the same time-period. The least concentration of 1% of red cysts to green culture supports the economically most approved run. Shaking of the cultures of green cells with added red cysts stimulates the transformation process. Inoculation of higher concentration of red cysts into green culture of Haematococcus pluvialis shorten the period of greens conversion into a biomass, enriched with astaxanthin.

Disclosed are a system and method for growing and/or monitoring macroalgae and aquatic plants in a large body of water. The method includes placing a mass or collection of the seaweed/aquatic plants in the body of water at a location where the water is at least 300 meters deep, and monitoring a depth of the seaweed/aquatic plants until the seaweed/aquatic plants sink below a sequestration threshold depth. The system includes a platform on or from which the seaweed or aquatic plants are grown, wireless detection equipment on the platform, and a wireless data signal transmitter on the platform, configured to transmit a wireless signal that indicates a depth of the sinking seaweed or aquatic plants.

Disclosed are a system and method for growing and/or monitoring macroalgae and aquatic plants in a large body of water. The method includes placing a mass or collection of the seaweed/aquatic plants in the body of water at a location where the water is at least 300 meters deep, and monitoring a depth of the seaweed/aquatic plants until the seaweed/aquatic plants sink below a sequestration threshold depth. The system includes a platform on or from which the seaweed or aquatic plants are grown, wireless detection equipment on the platform, and a wireless data signal transmitter on the platform, configured to transmit a wireless signal that indicates a depth of the sinking seaweed or aquatic plants.

Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations.

Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations.