Provided is a method for planting a mixed forest of yew trees and fig trees. Yew trees and fig trees are interplanted based on characteristics of yew trees and fig trees. A seedling bed method is used in the plain zones, and a terrace field method is used in mountain zones in order to improve land utilization rate and make full use of complementary advantages of ecological niches. In the present disclosure, ground and underground spaces on tree growing site are fully used. Fig trees grow fast and have large leaves, thus shading part of sunlight for yew trees and savings costs required for building shade shelters for yew trees. By using the method for constructing a mixed forest in the present disclosure, the constructed mixed forest not only allows for increase of biomass, but also provides higher paclitaxel content in yew trees than that in pure forest.

A dormancy control system for use with plants such as fruit trees, nut trees, and perennial berry bushes planted in commercial settings. The dormancy control system employs vertical shade structures to control the dormancy of plants such as fruit trees, nut trees, and perennial berry bush crops. The dormancy control system results in dramatic increases in crop yield, and may be coupled with orchard planting directional orientation, evaporative cooling systems, and chemical and hormone based spray applications

A device and a method for breeding blueberry-specific mycorrhizal fungi. The device includes a container, where a bottom of the container is laid with perlite to form a perlite layer; an absorbent cotton is arranged on the perlite layer; a hole for planting is provided in the absorbent cotton and blueberry tissue culture seedlings or moss seedlings are placed in the hole; and a spore transfer solution is provided around the blueberry tissue culture seedlings or moss seedlings. When used as a bacterial fertilizer for inoculation in the field, the pieces of absorbent cotton are buried directly around the blueberry roots; while used for research, one of the pieces of the absorbent cotton is washed with sterile water and filtered with a filter paper to obtain mycorrhizal fungi spores.

Irrigation bag for irrigation of primarily fully-grown, mature and collection trees, which contains at least one non-pressurized filling opening (3) and/or at least one filling opening (4) with pressure filling fitting, and it also contains in the lower part simple openings (21) for discharging liquid and/or waterproof seams and/or dripper (22) and/or connecting piece (23) with dripping hose connection (24), and the volume of the bag is up to 4000 litres. Irrigation bag assembly, where at least one bag (1) contains at least one non-pressurized filling opening (3) and/or at least one filling opening (4) with pressure filling fitting, and the bags (1) are connected via a connecting hose (51) connected with openings (4) and/or connected with connecting elements (5). Tree irrigation method using bags or bag assembly where the bag (1) or bag assembly (1) is placed as close to the tree canopy dripline (103) at least partly on permeable subsoil (104).

A cultivation and management device for fruit vegetable plants and fruit trees includes environment state information on an environment state of a fruit vegetable plant or a fruit tree to be cultivated, planned cultivation evaluation index information on a preplanned cultivation evaluation index of the fruit vegetable plant or the fruit tree, a calculation unit configured to determine and output a work including a shape change work for the fruit vegetable plant or the fruit tree with respect to inputs of the environment state information and the planned cultivation evaluation index information with a learning model, and an output unit configured to output the work including the shape change work for the fruit vegetable plant or the fruit tree.

A method and system for managing bearing plants so that their belowground root-zones are clustered together to improve water-use effectiveness; and training their aboveground structures such that their aboveground structures have the wider spacing they require. It is applicable to plants (e.g., vine-like plants including wine grapes) whose trunks can be oriented at an angle other than vertical or which can be otherwise shaped so that their canopies are not centered above their root-zones but rather are horizontally offset from the root-zones.

Provided is a method for planting a mixed forest of yew trees and fig trees. Yew trees and fig trees are interplanted based on characteristics of yew trees and fig trees. A seedling bed method is used in the plain zones, and a terrace field method is used in mountain zones in order to improve land utilization rate and make full use of complementary advantages of ecological niches. In the present disclosure, ground and underground spaces on tree growing site are fully used. Fig trees grow fast and have large leaves, thus shading part of sunlight for yew trees and savings costs required for building shade shelters for yew trees. By using the method for constructing a mixed forest in the present disclosure, the constructed mixed forest not only allows for increase of biomass, but also provides higher paclitaxel content in yew trees than that in pure forest.

A method of predicting fruit quality in a crop before harvesting the crop, comprises receiving a fruit quality threshold for the crop, and selecting a sub-seasonal time-window and a growth threshold, based on the fruit quality threshold. The method also comprises monitoring growth of the crop before a beginning of the time-window, and continuing the monitoring throughout the time-window. If the monitored growth is below the growth threshold during at least 80% of the time-window, then the method provides a prediction output that the fruit quality is above the fruit quality threshold for at least a first percentage of the crop.

The present invention relates to a decision support method for the management of an orchard of fruit trees, the method comprising the following steps: Receiving (10) a plurality of digital images acquired in color, Then for each current image of the plurality of images: Converting (20) the current digital image acquired, into a converted HSL image coded in Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Filtering (30) the Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Combining (40) the filtered Hue Saturation and Lightness planes (5, 6, 7) to obtain a Combined plane (12), Calculating (50) a Work plane (13) from the Combined plane (12), Counting (60) the objects of interest in the Work plane (13), Determining (70) a blossoming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image.

The present disclosure concerns new isolated strains of the fungus Hypholoma spp. useful as a biological control agent for the reduction of Armillaria Root Disease on woody plants. The isolated strains, delivering medium comprising said a culture of said strains and/or mycelium derived from said strains may be applied to stumps and roots of woody plants in managed natural forests, plantations and orchards to reduce the incidence and impacts of Armillaria Root Disease.