Hydroculture media can be a synthetic soil including a three dimensional solid made of a plurality of fibers. The three dimensional solids can be a variety of shapes, such as spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, cuboids, parallelepipeds, polyhedrons (e.g., pyramid, tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron), prisms, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, rings, and combinations thereof. The solids can have a length/diameter ratio in the range of 0.1-5:1. Some or all of the fibers can include an antimicrobial substance and/or plant nutrients.

Methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the plant genome of transgenic plants comprising chimeric genes wherein the chimeric genes have a DNA element commonly used in plant molecular biology. Re-designed meganucleases to cleave such an element commonly used in plant molecular biology are provided.

Methods of transferring a plurality of plant somatic embryos to germination medium are provided.

The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Pismo and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

The invention relates to the field of Citrullus lanatus, in particular to a new variety of watermelon designated NUN 7201 WMW as well as plants, seeds and watermelon fruits thereof.

The present disclosure provides a method for propagating a crop using meristem excision, micropropagation, plantlet formation, plantlet singulation, plantlet transfer to artificial seeds, and planting artificial seeds. Methods are provided for producing and handling the plantlets and materials used to form artificial seeds. The artificial seeds may be used to store plantlets or may be planted to form a crop.

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.

A soil testing method determines available nutrient levels and effective and economical fertilizer/treatment, based on what nutrients in the soil will actually reach the root of a growing plant. A soil is tested to give a base-line/reference moisture content, and also initial nutrient(s) available to a plant root (if it were growing in that soil when no nutrients have been added) are determined, followed by comparing/correlating said initial available nutrient to nutrient requirements for desired plant growth during one or more periods of time and/or to a yield outcome desired. Various doses of fertilizer(s) or other treatment composition(s) are then added to portions of the soil, and those dosed portions are then tested for available nutrient levels, to determine the effect of said fertilizer(s)/treatment composition(s) on the nutrients that would be available in that particular soil to a plant root if that soil were fertilized with the various doses.

One embodiment provides a modular green roof tray, house plant growth media and horticulture growth media, and a tree protection mat for weed and moisture control made from recycled disposable diapers. The growth medium and tree protection mat contain superabsorbent materials from diaper that can absorb waters and greatly reduce irrigation so to provide a drought resistant feature. One embodiment also provides a manufacturing process to perform 100% recycling of disposed diapers.

According to the invention, the object is achieved by providing all necessary conditions at optimum level to produce plant and plant parts having higher nutrients and secondary metabolites, when compared to normal plants or grown in tap water. Formulated solution containing balanced nutrients, higher levels of targeted nutrient, required pH, single or multiple eliciting factors, required concentrations of natural preservatives and maintained at required temperature and light facilitated to achieve the above object.