A fortifier for growth and flowering in horticulture, trees and ornamental plants, aromatic plants and fruit trees, from wastewater from brewer's yeast with a very low protein concentration. The method including the step of: filtered by 80 μm; magnetic treatment of the liquid; addition of 0.1 to 20 g/l phosphate and 10 to 20 g/l glycose. Fermentation is carried out keeping the free amino acid content greater than 0.1%, the content of Mg.sup.+2 greater than 0.1%, total nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium below 3.0%, the content of protein from 0.5% to 1.0% and EDTA from 0.02% to 0.2%, all by dry matter weight; addition of microbes from the environment; at temperatures of 15° C. to 40° C. with gentle agitation, for 24 hours to 30 days; subsequent filtering and pH adjustment. It has been found to be effective in various crops.

This invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a biostimulant based on fermented seaweed extracts, natural compounds and living bacteria to stimulate the growth and general vigour of plants while improving crop yields and crop quality. The process developed includes a microbial fermentation extraction technology involving a bacterial consortium comprised of bacteria selected from 3 strains of Bacillus sp, which concentrates in a liquid solution many molecules, nutrients and bioactive substances of agronomic interest from five varieties of seaweed (Saccharina longicruris, Fucus vesiculosus, Ascophyllum nodosum, Chondrus crispus and Furcellaria lumbricalis) harvested in the cold coastal waters of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

This invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a biostimulant based on fermented seaweed extracts, natural compounds and living bacteria to stimulate the growth and general vigour of plants while improving crop yields and crop quality. The process developed includes a microbial fermentation extraction technology involving a bacterial consortium comprised of bacteria selected from 3 strains of Bacillus sp, which concentrates in a liquid solution many molecules, nutrients and bioactive substances of agronomic interest from five varieties of seaweed (Saccharina longicruris, Fucus vesiculosus, Ascophyllum nodosum, Chondrus crispus and Furcellaria lumbricalis) harvested in the cold coastal waters of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

An agro-industrial process with minimal environmental impact, of the type having a step of cultivating vegetable and/or mushroom products, includes a step of harvesting the products, at least one step of thermo-mechanical treatment of the products in order to obtain intermediate products, and a step of packaging of a final stage of the intermediate products. The thermo-mechanical treatment step provides for a mechanical process of removing the unnecessary parts from the products so as to define waste. The waste, constituted exclusively by vegetable substances, is separated from the intermediate products, intended for the subsequent treatment and packaging steps, and sent into a biogas production unit. The digestate, constituted by the waste of the biogas production unit, is used as a fertilizer on the respective cultivation soil in a new step of cultivation of vegetable products.

Disclosed is a method for removing an antibiotic resistance gene by using ionizing radiation, wherein same comprises treating antibiotic-microorganism residues using ionizing radiation to destroy the DNA of microbial cells, thereby realizing the effective removal of the resistance gene, and same can simultaneously degrade residual antibiotics, wherein the ionizing radiation is performed using gamma rays or a high energy electron beam generated by an electron accelerator. The radiation in the method can be performed at room temperature and has broad application prospects in the environmental field.

Method for producing a fertilizer or herbicide from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making alcohol and system therefore is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. Thereafter, the thin stillage portion can be dewatered to provide a water soluble solids portion and a dewatered protein portion, which may be optionally dried. The protein in the resulting protein portion can serve as a nitrogen source and sulfur containing amino acids can serve as a sulfur source, which can be desirable components in fertilizers and herbicides. To that end, the resulting protein portion directly may be sold and/or used as a fertilizer or herbicide or can be combined with other components to provide the fertilizer or herbicide.