Provided are methods for growing a plant under certain stressed conditions that alter the morphology of the plant. In certain aspects, however, although the plant is altered and may be undesirable for commercial purposed, the plant still produces an adequate number of seeds for breeding purposes. Further, because plants may be smaller in size, they can be grown at higher densities, allowing the production of large populations of plants to be brought under controlled conditions which can exclude pollinating insects and thus increase the genetic purity achievable in a breeding program.

Provided are methods for growing a plant under certain stressed conditions that alter the morphology of the plant. In certain aspects, however, although the plant is altered and may be undesirable for commercial purposed, the plant still produces an adequate number of seeds for breeding purposes. Further, because plants may be smaller in size, they can be grown at higher densities, allowing the production of large populations of plants to be brought under controlled conditions which can exclude pollinating insects and thus increase the genetic purity achievable in a breeding program.

A high-efficiency cultivation method for high-frequency drip irrigation, water saving, seedling survival and strengthening, and yield increase of cotton fields in saline-alkali soil is provided, belonging to the field of agricultural planting technologies. It mainly includes performing land preparation; setting a planting mode; laying tubes; performing a high frequency drip irrigation; fertilizing with water; performing intertillage; performing chemical control; and performing green prevention and control. The method effectively solves many defects in the existing methods, improves the quality of cotton field preparation and seeding in saline-alkali soil, saves irrigation water, increases the emergence rate and seedling survival rate, improves the saline-alkali resistance of cotton seedlings, increases the yield, and achieves the goal of water-saving, high-quality and high-efficiency cultivation of cotton seedlings in saline-alkali soil.

A high-efficiency cultivation method for high-frequency drip irrigation, water saving, seedling survival and strengthening, and yield increase of cotton fields in saline-alkali soil is provided, belonging to the field of agricultural planting technologies. It mainly includes performing land preparation; setting a planting mode; laying tubes; performing a high frequency drip irrigation; fertilizing with water; performing intertillage; performing chemical control; and performing green prevention and control. The method effectively solves many defects in the existing methods, improves the quality of cotton field preparation and seeding in saline-alkali soil, saves irrigation water, increases the emergence rate and seedling survival rate, improves the saline-alkali resistance of cotton seedlings, increases the yield, and achieves the goal of water-saving, high-quality and high-efficiency cultivation of cotton seedlings in saline-alkali soil.

This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.

This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.

Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes.

Disclosed are methods of improving germination rates of plants/crops, as well as preventing or arresting water evaporation loss from targeted soil areas, which allows for improved water usage efficiency by crops, plants, grasses, vegetation, etc.

This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.

Use of a device D in agricultural applications, forestry or home and garden applications, wherein said device D is used for dispensing in the air, as a vapor, an active ingredient that is liquid at ambient temperature, wherein device D contains: —an aeration system that contains a pipe (2, 4, 510) opening into the open air and is configured to allow an airflow to pass through the pipe; —at least one distributor member (8, 208) that is in fluid connection with a storage container and is intended to be supplied with a liquid active ingredient from said storage container, said distributor member containing a porous body (8, 208) that contains micro-channels forming an outlet arranged in said pipe in order to constitute an evaporation zone for the active ingredient therein, wherein the pores present in said porous body are at least a part of the micro-pipes of the distributor member; —a heating member (11, 211, 132) arranged on or in the distributor member so as to control a flow of the active ingredient through the distributor member.