A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.

Apparatus (10) or injecting soil treatment into soil includes a handle (17) and a manifold head (16) carried by the handle (17) for delivering soil treatment into soil. The manifold head (16) has a first set of high pressure nozzles (38) each configured to deliver a first volume of soil treatment into the soil at an operating pressure over an injection period and a second set of high pressure nozzles (102) each configured to deliver a second volume of soil treatment into the soil at the operating pressure over the injection period. The second volume of soil treatment is greater than the first volume of soil treatment.

A facility secondary NO.sub.3.sup. salinized soil modifier and a modification method are disclosed. The present invention involves the preparation processes of two biological soil modifiers A and B and application methods thereof, which are specifically described as follows: (1) soil modifier A.: solid, obtained by microbial fermentation with straw powder and rice bran and the like as raw materials. C/N between 30-50, applied by uniformly mixing at 1-1.4% by mass with facility ploughing soil, co-culturing at 35-50 C. for 5-7 days, and then returning to fields; and (2) soil modifier B: liquid, subjected to salt tolerance acclimation to have effective microbial populations, and used in the crop growth period. Based on the microbial techniques, the present invention can improve soil structureness, enhance microbial activity and promote biological immobilization on inorganic nitrogen in soils, significantly increasing the facility cultivation crop yield, and improving the product quality.

A self-contained plant cloning system and method for stimulating root growth from a stem of a plant. The system includes a reservoir having a base, one or more sidewalls, and an open upper end, defining an interior volume that can hold liquid. A rack rests on the upper end of the reservoir and can support a plant therein. A pump and cooling element are disposed in the reservoir and can be submerged in the liquid. The submersible pump is connected to one or more sprayers that mist liquid on the stems in order to stimulate root growth. As the pump is operated, it circulates the liquid in the reservoir. Liquid directly contacts the cooling element as it circulates in order to efficiently regulate the temperature of the environment in the reservoir.

The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated P05X.5322-11WRF, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety P05X.5322-11WRF, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety P05X.5322-11WRF with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety P05X.5322-11WRF with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety P05X.5322-11WRF, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety P05X.5322-11WRF, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.

A planting baseplate assembly comprises a base, a water storage device, and a diversion element. The base includes a base body; a drain hole penetrating the upper and lower surfaces of the base body, wherein a connection member extends downward from the lower surface of the base body; a plurality of water guiding trenches mutually intersecting on the upper surface of the base body and interconnecting with the drain holes for water drainage; and a plurality of overflow holes disposed in and penetrated the water guiding trenches for water drainage. The water storage device includes a storage body and a connection neck to fix with the connection member. The diversion element is inserted through the drain hole and extended to the water storage device. The planting baseplate assembly is easy to assemble, favorable to environmental protection, and applicable to green roofs and various planting apparatuses.

Container systems for manipulating growth of a plant or a portion thereof in a controlled environment are provided. The growth of the plant can be controlled for ornamental benefit, commercial benefit or both. The container system may comprise separable modular sections, thereby allowing control over the growth of different parts of the plant. The separate modular sections may be assembled together to control the growth of the entire plant.

A system including a controlled agriculture environment containing one or more growing rooms, each containing one or more growing units is described. Each growing room is managed by an HVAC system under the control of an environmental control unit. Each growing room may have a specific temperature and humidity optimized for the type of plant or plants being room. The growing room may have a positive air pressure when compared to areas connected to it to ensure that no insects or contaminants can enter the growing room. The growing room may provide water feed, compressed air, CO.sub.2, and electricity to each of the growing units. The growing units are also connected wirelessly to an environmental control unit.

The present invention discloses a method and system for providing horticultural light to a plant. The said method and system includes at least one computer, at least one database, a communication network and a horticultural light emitting diode (LED) array configured to provide light to plants. The user provides an input to the computer and said computer accesses the databases to identify an outdoor light spectrum corresponding to the said input. Further, the said computer determines LED instruction parameters corresponding to the identified outdoor light spectrum and communicates the identified LED instruction parameters to the horticultural LED array. The horticultural LED array receives said instruction parameters and produces emission corresponding to the said outdoor light spectrum. The said outdoor light spectrum produced by the said horticultural LED array shines on at least one plant that corresponds to the selected user inputs.

An inbred corn line, designated MCB70, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line MCB70, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line MCB70 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line MCB70 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MCB70, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MCB70 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.