The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 1.8 kg.

Provided herein are methodology and composition for use of any nut (such as almond, walnut, or pistachio) or legume (peanut) shell and/or husk material in a growing substrate, with or without other components such as peat, perlite, or coir; for plant growth, whether it be used in its whole form or some reduced form such as, having been chipped or ground, and whether composted or not.

Provided herein are methodology and composition for use of any nut (such as almond, walnut, or pistachio) or legume (peanut) shell and/or husk material in a growing substrate, with or without other components such as peat, perlite, or coir; for plant growth, whether it be used in its whole form or some reduced form such as, having been chipped or ground, and whether composted or not.

A method of cultivating a fruit vegetable plant, including raising seedlings of the fruit vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more in an environment in which one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light are controlled.

A method of cultivating a fruit vegetable plant, including raising seedlings of the fruit vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more in an environment in which one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light are controlled.

A multifunctional fine cultivation device includes power grid, column, solar panel, circular container, fluorescent lamp, inset sticking board, and irrigation port. The container on the lowest side of the device is adapted to accommodate sands, and the middle of the container has the column, the top end of which is provided with the power grid; the upper side of the container is provided with the solar panel with a shape of high peripheral and low middle; the solar panel is in electric connection with the power grid, allowing the power grid to have low voltage for repelling birds; the solar panel has an inclined angle allowing rain water to flow into and be collected in the container; water can also penetrate into the ground through the feet, and the irrigation port can realize precision irrigation, and fluorescent lamps and inset sticking board attract and stick insets.

A multifunctional fine cultivation device includes power grid, column, solar panel, circular container, fluorescent lamp, inset sticking board, and irrigation port. The container on the lowest side of the device is adapted to accommodate sands, and the middle of the container has the column, the top end of which is provided with the power grid; the upper side of the container is provided with the solar panel with a shape of high peripheral and low middle; the solar panel is in electric connection with the power grid, allowing the power grid to have low voltage for repelling birds; the solar panel has an inclined angle allowing rain water to flow into and be collected in the container; water can also penetrate into the ground through the feet, and the irrigation port can realize precision irrigation, and fluorescent lamps and inset sticking board attract and stick insets.

A plant vitality adjuvant for suppressing bacterial wilt disease of plants is provided, the plant vitality adjuvant containing, as a main raw material, a fermented composition obtained by fermenting and aging a plurality of items belonging to fruits, citrus fruits, burdock and carrot belonging to edible roots, grains, sesames, seaweed, and saccharides.

The present disclosure relates to methods for the cultivation of perennial artichoke plants. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods of cultivating artichoke plants to increase the uniformity and yield of marketable products (e.g. edible mature buds), and to accurately program and condense the harvest interval of artichoke plants grown as perennials in a planting field in order to reduce production and harvesting costs.

This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.