The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.

The problem of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable resin composition that can be easily molded in a short time, with molded bodies therefrom having appropriate flexibility. The resin composition for solving the above problem comprises 100 parts by mass of poly(butylene adipate/terephthalate) and 1-10 parts by mass of an aliphatic polyester having a certain structure. The amount of the poly(butylene adipate/terephthalate) is 80% by mass or more based on the total amount.

A subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) pipe including a polymer water conduit with drippers spaced along a length of its wall and one or more essential oils (EO) adsorbed to a nanoclay (NC) /polymer structure so that EO is delivered to soil surrounding the SDI pipe.

The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.

The cylindrical emitter (3) with water filter is welded into a pipe (2), the filter develops in the internal concave surface of the emitter and is comprised of a collection channel (4) developing preferably peripherally and to an arc of large magnitude incorporating considerable number of orthogonal openings (5) formed by the side walls (11) of shallow channels (12) that cross perpendicular the collection channel (4) extended to a considerable length front and rear of the openings (5). Every opening (5) cones ponds to a shallow channel (12), the shallow channels are parallel to the flow (14) of the water and are preferably raised over the internal concave surface of the emitter. The flow in the shallow channels (12) feeds continuously the collection channel (4) irrespectible if the surface of the openings (5) is covered or not by foreign particles (15). The openings (5) and the side walls of the filter are formed with the engraving of longitudinal, shallow and preferably radial channels on the cylindrical core of the mold that forms also the internal cylindrical surface of the emitter.

A greenwall cladding system for the growth of organisms such as plants and fungi on the side of structures, such as internal and external walls of buildings, is provided. Methods for the production of organisms on a greenwall cladding system, such as plants and fungi are also provided herein.

Systems and methods for modeling ways to best design pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitters are provided. The systems and methods are designed to help reduce activation pressure while maintaining a substantially constant, desirable flow rate in an irrigation system. Various parameters that impact the activation pressure and the flow rate can be adjusted to assist in finding optimal designs. The parameters can at least include one or more of resistances in a flow path, resistances in a membrane cavity, a membrane, or placement of a membrane with respect to a membrane cavity. Optimal designs for such emitters based on the discloses systems and methods are provided, including at least one exemplary embodiment in which a length of a flow path is substantially reduced as compared to known emitters.

An irrigation implement may include a member having a first end a second end. The first end may be open and the second end may include a pinched seal. The member may further define an opening disposed toward the second end, and be configured to enable an irrigation tube to be attached to the opening such that the opening is sealed by the irrigation tube. A process may use a pinching and heating process to self-seal the irrigation implement on one end in producing the irrigation implement.

An emitter provided with: a water intake part that communicates with the interior of a tube when the emitter is joined to the tube; a pressure-reducing flow channel part for forming a pressure-reducing flow channel; a flow rate adjustment part for adjusting the flow rate of the irrigation liquid in accordance with the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube; and a discharge part that faces a discharge opening. The flow rate adjustment part has: a base; an accommodation part that accommodates the base; a communication hole that opens to the base and communicates with the discharge part; and a diaphragm part that is flexible and is disposed so as to be separated from the base, the diaphragm part approaching the base when the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube is received.

The present invention provides a dripper apparatus for use with an irrigation system. The apparatus comprises an elongate shaft, having a first inlet end; a second, opposing outlet end; a filter section provided along a portion of the shaft, extending from the first, inlet end; a flow restriction section provided along a portion of the shaft, adjacent the filter section and extending partway toward the second, outlet end; a central bore extending within the shaft from the flow restriction section to the second, outlet end, defining an outlet aperture; and a conduit provided to ensure fluid communication between the flow restriction section and the central bore. The present invention also provides an irrigation system including one or more tube members having dripper apparatus at least partly received therein.