The present invention relates to methods for controlling or preventing infestation of a plant by a phytopathogenic microorganism of the genus Macrophomina spp., comprising applying to a crop of plants, the locus thereof, or propagation material thereof, a compound according to formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, A, B are as defined herein.

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The present disclosure relates to the technical field of Gastrodia elata planting, in particular to an organic planting method of G. elata, including the process of mycelia colonized material preparation: cutting a branch of Quercus acutissima into bars; cutting out fish scale openings on the bars to obtain bars with the fish scale openings; successively soaking the bars with the fish scale openings in boiling water and a growth-promoting solution to obtain bars after growth promotion treatment; and putting Amillariella mellea spawns and an inoculation substrate into each fish scale opening of the bars after the growth promotion treatment to obtain a mycelia colonized material. The growth-promoting solution and the inoculation substrate are prepared by treatment of fresh G. elata stalks with Bacillus pumilus and hot-dip extraction treatment in ethanol.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of Gastrodia elata planting, in particular to an organic planting method of G. elata, including the process of mycelia colonized material preparation: cutting a branch of Quercus acutissima into bars; cutting out fish scale openings on the bars to obtain bars with the fish scale openings; successively soaking the bars with the fish scale openings in boiling water and a growth-promoting solution to obtain bars after growth promotion treatment; and putting Amillariella mellea spawns and an inoculation substrate into each fish scale opening of the bars after the growth promotion treatment to obtain a mycelia colonized material. The growth-promoting solution and the inoculation substrate are prepared by treatment of fresh G. elata stalks with Bacillus pumilus and hot-dip extraction treatment in ethanol.

A method for obtaining a betalain pigment composition from red beet plants comprising pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-generating compound and the use of the obtained betalain pigment composition for coloring of an edible product.

A method for obtaining a betalain pigment composition from red beet plants comprising pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-generating compound and the use of the obtained betalain pigment composition for coloring of an edible product.

A mobile light exposure device or improving the yield and quality of biological material has a first module for emitting one or more light pulses, which includes a light treatment panel whose surface area is between 0.01 m.sup.2 and 10 m.sup.2, a second module or adjusting the optical power density of the treatment panel and optionally adjusting the temperature of the panel, and a means of locomotion for moving the device at a speed of between 1 and 10 km/h. The optical power density of the panel is between 100 W/m.sup.2 and 10,000 W/m.sup.2, preferably between 300 W/m.sup.2 and 3,000 W/m.sup.2, and the light pulses delivered to the biological material are of identical or different wavelengths and of durations less than or equal to two seconds.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices related to the study of ecological processes. In one aspect, a device includes a base, a substrate, and an enclosure. The substrate is in contact with a first surface of the base. The substrate and the base define a root chamber. The enclosure is in contact with a second surface of the base. The base and the enclosure define a growth chamber. The base defines a stem port connecting the root chamber and the growth chamber. The base further defines a first port in fluid communication with the root chamber and a second port in fluid communication with the root chamber. The device is operable to contain a plant, roots of the plant being in the root chamber, a stem of the plant passing through the stem port, and leaves of the plant being in the growth chamber.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices related to the study of ecological processes. In one aspect, a device includes a base, a substrate, and an enclosure. The substrate is in contact with a first surface of the base. The substrate and the base define a root chamber. The enclosure is in contact with a second surface of the base. The base and the enclosure define a growth chamber. The base defines a stem port connecting the root chamber and the growth chamber. The base further defines a first port in fluid communication with the root chamber and a second port in fluid communication with the root chamber. The device is operable to contain a plant, roots of the plant being in the root chamber, a stem of the plant passing through the stem port, and leaves of the plant being in the growth chamber.

The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing a lignocellulosic biomass, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass has a lignin content of 40% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less and a contact angle with water of 50° or less.

A method for cultivating functional crops using nano organic germanium and nano organic selenium, includes performing irrigation or foliar fertilization on plants of the crops with nanoscaled organic germanium and nanoscaled organic selenium, which are prepared in nanoscale sizes by performing one or two or more selected from a method of applying physical energy (heat or pressure) to organic germanium and organic selenium, a method of applying electrical explosive energy, and a chemical bonding process, at least twice at the time when the plants of the crops are most vigorously grown and developed and at the time of maturation to bear fruit, wherein the prepared nanoscaled organic germanium and nanoscaled organic selenium are one-component materials which are dispersed in water as a solvent in a nanoscale state.