The invention concerns an air-moving device (10) for pollinating at least one recipient plant using pollen collected on at least one donor plant, comprising: a means (12) for collecting pollen from said at least one donor plant, a means (14) for distributing pollen on at least one recipient plant, a channel for conveying the pollen collected from the collecting means (12) to the distributing means (14), an air flow amplifier (18) which employs Coanda effect for inducing a flow of air inside the conveying channel (16) from the means (12) for collecting the pollen to the means (14) for distributing the pollen.

The invention also concerns a pneumatic deflector for deflecting the Coanda effect flow of pollen disposed at the level of the pollen distributing means (14).

A method of weed control is provided. The method comprising: (a) determining development of flowers of at least one weed species of interest; and (b) artificially pollinating at flowering the flowers of the at least one weed species of interest with pollen that reduces fitness of the at least one weed species of interest. Also provided are systems for executing the method.

A device for detecting a group of offending objects and determining that the number of offending objects is above a predetermined threshold of offending objects. The device uses an image capturing system to scan areas to detect flying objects such as flying insects to detect a presence of a swarm of such flying objects. An action head on the device is configured to automatically respond once a swarm of objects is identified. The action head may disperse the swarm by expelling a substance such as a mist, smoke, repellant or insecticide.

An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module rotatably mounted within the grow chamber and defining a plurality of apertures for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A pollen pod is mounted to the grow module in one of the apertures and contains pollen for pollinating the plant pods to facilitate plant growth. A pollen ejection device, which may be a pressurized air nozzle or a protruding member for puncturing the pollen pod, is fixed to the liner or otherwise stationary relative to the pollen pod and is configured for engaging the pollen pod when the grow module rotates the pollen pod past the pollen ejection device to discharge and disperse pollen onto the plant pods.

An induction heating system a base and an electromagnetic radiation source configured to generate an emission area in the base. The emission area comprises a portion of the base that receives electromagnetic radiation from the electromagnetic radiation source. The system also includes a ferromagnetic element and an element controller configured to move the ferromagnetic element into and out of the emission area.

A system including means for encapsulating a plant in a closed environment; means for injecting pollen into said closed environment; means for expanding a space covered by said closed environment; means for filtering contaminants from entering said closed environment; means for attaching said closed environment to a plant appendage or plant container; means for holding or diffusing pollen inside said closed environment; and means for maximizing an amount light penetrating within said closed environment.

This invention describes a new method to generate hybrid seed in any crop plant while also reducing contamination from out-crossings and self-pollination. In contrast to conventional seed production methods, the method of the invention is not dependent on the use of any form of male sterility in the female parent plants, nor the use of isolation distances from unrelated and undesirable plants of the same species, nor the use of male parent plants in proximity to the targeted females. The process involves the delivery of pollen of the male parent at will, as available either in a preserved pollen bank, or using real-time collection from male plants as they become available. Desired pollen is delivered to fertile females during the period when viable pollen from the females and locally proximal unrelated plants is not being released. The delivered male pollen is in such amounts and fortuitously timed that it preferentially pollinates the females and produces relatively pure hybrid seed at levels much higher than if one used current hybrid production practices and did not utilize male sterility practices or prescribed isolation distances. Such fortuitous timing may involve the intentional application of pollen to females a day or two prior to female parent pollen becoming viable, and/or several consecutive mornings prior to female parent pollen or other proximal plant pollen beginning to shed each day.

A method for performing mold remediation includes placing a ferromagnetic material in or adjacent to a surface upon which mold is located. The method also includes emitting, by an electromagnetic radiation source, radiation to heat the ferromagnetic material that is adjacent to the surface upon which the mold is located. The method also includes detecting, by a temperature sensor, a temperature of the surface. The method further includes comparing, by a processor in communication with the electromagnetic radiation source and the temperature sensor, the temperature of the surface to a desired temperature to perform mold remediation.

A plant duster, especially for data palm pollination, has a small tube for dispersing dust (1) and a container for the dust to be dispensed (7). A rubber stopper (3) in one end of the container and about one end of the small tube flexibly mounts the small tube on the container for communication with the container for receiving the dust. A truncated, hollow cone (4) has one end on the other end of the cylinder part of the caver of the container for communicating with container of the dust therein and a threaded tube on the other end. The container of the pollen Flour mixture (7) threaded to tubular (14), battery-operable air pump (15) has threads on one end for connection to Inverted truncated, and hollow cone (24) this hollow cone connected to 5 cm diameter cylinder (53) contains the batteries and the upper control system. This tub threaded to the carrying tub. A first carrying tube section (26) is threaded on to the threaded tube at one end and has an enlargement about the other end. There are also further carrying tube sections in graduated diameters, each further carrying tube section having an enlargement about one end corresponding to that about the other end of the first carrying tube. A last carrying tube section has threads on the other end to plastic tub contains the remote control system of the pollinator, whereby operating the pump to entrain the dust therein and dispense the entrained dust through the small tube. Timer and speed control give constant dose of the pollen that can be adjusted automatically and manually.

A collection system to collect pollen from the male cluster. It consists of a bag of sieve cloth at the end of which is a steel ball attached to a flexible metal wire to move the ball. The flexible metal wire passes through the tube (39) to facilitate movement. This bag surrounded by another bag of non-permeable cloth (37) that collects pollen. Special grinding machine with a battery that grinds the flowers into the bag, to get the highest amount of pollen and best Specification. A bag inclosing all these with solar batters charger and other accessories.

A method of analyzing shipments of goods includes receiving, by a transceiver of a shipment analysis system, a heat map template, where the heat map template is an expected heat map for a plurality of packages in a shipment. The method also includes directing electromagnetic radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source to the package to heat any ferromagnetic material in or on a package. The method also includes generating, by a processor of the shipment analysis system, a heat map based on the heating of any ferromagnetic material in or on the package. The method further includes generating, by the processor, an alert responsive to a determination that the generated heat map does not match the heat map template. The alert indicates that the package is not one of the plurality of packages in the shipment.