A method for the production of fruit trees including the steps of: grafting of an offshoot or propagation material of the variety to be propagated on a grafting point of a rootstock, to form a tree, planting of the rootstock in a nursery, pot or greenhouse ground and subsequent transplanting of the developed tree in a production ground; wherein the planting takes place arranging the rootstock tilted to one side to form with the ground an angle of pre-set amplitude, smaller than 90° and preferably of 45° and with the offshoot in a substantially vertical position; in the transplanting step the rootstock is arranged in the production ground in a substantially vertical position, so that the trunk of the tree, which is angled in respect to the rootstock, forms a main side branch from which vine-like branches or side branches orientated upwards sprout.

A structure and method for three-dimensional restoration of slope soil in an abandoned ion-absorbed rare earth mining area, belonging to the field of ecological restoration technologies. The structure for three-dimensional restoration of slope soil in an abandoned ion-absorbed rare earth mining area provided by the present invention includes an ecological water-harvesting pond, ecological intercepting ditches, an improved soil layer laid on the surface of a to-be-restored slope region and a soil restoration ecological network disposed on the improved soil layer. The improved soil layer, the ecological water-harvesting pond and the ecological intercepting ditches are each provided with a combined plant synusia system. The restoration structure provided by the present invention can effectively improve an extremely degraded ecological environment of the abandoned ion-absorbed rare earth mining area caused by tailings waste land and restore the degraded or polluted mining area soil and environment caused by mine destruction during rare earth mining.

A system and method for applying hydro-mulch and hydro-seed products stored underground through an irrigation system includes a first irrigation system, a second irrigation system, and a storage tank at least partially located underground, the storage tank being in fluid connection with the second irrigation system, wherein the storage tank is configured for storing and supplying the hydro-mulch and hydro-seed products to the second irrigation system.

The invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) ##STR00001##
or salts thereof
for controlling coffee rust, citrus black spot, citrus scab or banana black sigatoka disease, and to corresponding methods.

The presently claimed invention is related to a method for vegetative propagation of woody plants selected from the group consisting of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.), Salix sp., olive tree (Olea europaea), rootstock Atlas (Prunus persica x Prunus dulcis x Prunus blireiana), blueberries (Vaccinum corymbosurn), Vitis vinifera, Aristotelia chilensis, Quillaja saponaria and Quercus ilex, from prepared leaf cuttings, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) providing cuts of leaf cuttings from a donor tree, b) immersing the prepared leaf cutting into a combination of growth regulators, c) planting the prepared leaf cutting into a solid substrate of organic and/or inorganic origin, d) inducing sprouting and rooting of the prepared leaf cutting, by means of controlled ambient temperature, humidity and illumination, wherein steps a) through d) always occur outside an in vitro environment; and embodiments thereof.

The present invention relates to a polymeric human growth hormone prodrug and dry, liquid and reconstituted pharmaceutical formulation comprising said prodrug. It furthermore relates to their use as medicaments for the treatment of diseases which can be treated with growth hormone and to methods of treatment. It also relates to methods of application of such polymeric human growth hormone prodrug or pharmaceutical formulation.

Provided are a know-how information processing system, method and device with which it is possible to utilize advanced know-how which responds to changes in the surrounding environment. This know-how information processing system links action information and event information acquired at the same time or within a prescribed time period, records the same as a life log of a subject (operator), and outputs information in which the life log and environment information are associated with one another (know-how data) or information generated from the associated information (know-how content), as know-how information.

A single plant which comprises a differential altitude and distributed root system; a foliage system; and at least one stem connecting between said root system and said foliage system. Methods of making same. Living facade including same.

The invention discloses a medium combination for a rapid propagation medium for blueberry stem segment tissue, wherein the pre-culture medium takes the MS medium containing 2-(N-morpholine) ethanesulfonic acid as basic medium, comprising 0.1-0.5 mg/L IAA, 0.05-0.6 mg/L CPPU; the rapid culture medium takes the MS medium containing 2-(N-morpholine) ethanesulfonic acid as basic medium, comprising: 0.2-0.5 mg/L ZT; the seedling growth medium takes the MS medium containing 2-(N-morpholine) ethanesulfonic acid as basic medium, comprising: 0.1-2.0 mg/L 2-ip; and the rooting medium takes MS medium as basis medium, comprising: 0.3-4.0 mg/L NAA. The invention further discloses a method of using the above medium combination to conduct rapid propagation of blueberry stem segment tissue, the propagation rate of this method is rapid.

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