A nanobioremediation method is for soil in a high-concentration polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated site. The method includes adding a carbon nanomaterial and a base fertilizer to soil in a high-concentration PAH-contaminated site, evenly broadcast sowing alfalfa seeds to the contaminated soil, and keeping the soil moisture content at 60% of the field moisture capacity, and when the alfalfa grows to the flowering or maturity stage, harvesting and removing the plants from the contaminated soil.

A method for obtaining new plant growth data according to an experimentation objective, the method including defining an experimentation objective; defining a set of experimentation alternatives; obtaining a data set of experimentation alternative conditions; obtaining a trained plant growth model including plant growth model parameters; defining an experimental design utility function based on the experimentation objective; selecting an experimentation plan from the set of experimentation alternatives by using the trained plant growth model, the experimental design utility function, and the data set of experimentation alternative conditions; and performing the selected experimentation plan to obtain new plant growth data.

Processes and methods for hydroponically sprouted cereal grains are disclosed as a mechanism for lowering enteric methane emission and improving ruminant mass gain and carcass quality by administering to a ruminant a feed ration having at least one feed component having one or more hydroponically sprouted cereal grains for increasing, for example, rates of glycolysis within the rumen.

Processes and methods for hydroponically sprouted cereal grains are disclosed as a mechanism for lowering enteric methane emission and improving ruminant mass gain and carcass quality by administering to a ruminant a feed ration having at least one feed component having one or more hydroponically sprouted cereal grains for increasing, for example, rates of glycolysis within the rumen.

The present disclosure generally provides a fertigation process comprising providing a nitrification inhibitor composition; providing a urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer composition; combining the nitrification inhibitor composition with the fertilizer composition; and applying the combined composition during a growing cycle of a crop using an overhead irrigation system. The present disclosure also relates to this fertigation process wherein the nitrification inhibitor comprises dicyandiamide and dimethyl sulfoxide and the crop is corn.

The present disclosure generally provides a fertigation process comprising providing a nitrification inhibitor composition; providing a urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer composition; combining the nitrification inhibitor composition with the fertilizer composition; and applying the combined composition during a growing cycle of a crop using an overhead irrigation system. The present disclosure also relates to this fertigation process wherein the nitrification inhibitor comprises dicyandiamide and dimethyl sulfoxide and the crop is corn.

The present disclosure relates to a simplified cultivation method without wheat-corn rotation system in Huang-huai-hai Plain. Aiming at making the most of regional light, temperature and water resources to increase the annual wheat-corn grain yield, the method optimally integrates cultivation technologies for two crops to achieve the objective of complementary, comprehensive and balanced annual grain production. The technical core of the method is as follows: directly planting corn with minimal tillage under no soil ploughing but straw mulching after corn harvest, and directly planting wheat with minimal tillage under no soil ploughing but straw mulching after wheat harvest, thereby realizing zero crop rotation in annual wheat-corn planting in the Huang-huai-hai Plain, making the most of light and temperature resources and increasing regional annual grain yield.

The present disclosure relates to a simplified cultivation method without wheat-corn rotation system in Huang-huai-hai Plain. Aiming at making the most of regional light, temperature and water resources to increase the annual wheat-corn grain yield, the method optimally integrates cultivation technologies for two crops to achieve the objective of complementary, comprehensive and balanced annual grain production. The technical core of the method is as follows: directly planting corn with minimal tillage under no soil ploughing but straw mulching after corn harvest, and directly planting wheat with minimal tillage under no soil ploughing but straw mulching after wheat harvest, thereby realizing zero crop rotation in annual wheat-corn planting in the Huang-huai-hai Plain, making the most of light and temperature resources and increasing regional annual grain yield.

The invention relates to novel nitrification inhibitors of formula I, which are substituted thiazolidine compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) as nitrification inhibitors, i.e. for reducing nitrification, as well as agrochemical mixtures and compositions comprising the nitrification inhibitors of formula (I).

This invention relates to methods and compositions for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a beneficial endophyte of the genus Streptomyces, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with said endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified endophytes, synthetic combinations comprising endophytes, and methods of making and using the same. In particular, this invention relates to compositions and methods of improving soybean and maize plants.