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4774186 Microbial compositions and methods for treating soil
PATENT ABSTRACTS indicative of photosynthetic activity of a leaf in vivo. 4771572 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CULTURING PLANTS Teruo Higa, Ginowan, Japan assigned to Saken Co Ltd; Ryoko Co Ltd Improved method and apparatus for plant culture, particularly in arid regions. A culture bed is defined by moisture-proof walls and is charged with soil. Pipes disposed at the bottom of the culture bed supply moisture to plants growing therein, the amount of moisture being controlled to maintain the upper boundary of the capillary penetration zone a distance below the soil surface.
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DESICCATED ANALOGS OF BOTANIC SEED M Keith Redenbaugh, Davi Slade, Jo Fujii assigned to Plant Genetics Inc Methods and materials are provided for desiccated analogs of botanic seeds which are created by removing a portion of the water by slow or fast drying so that the plant tissue is no longer saturated with water. In a second embodiment, the meristematic tissue is encapsulated in a gel or polymer followed by dehydration. In another embodiment, the meristematic tissue is dehydrated prior to encapsulation in a gel. Protectants can be incorporated in the gel capsule. Meristematic tissue can be isolated from, for example, somatic embryos, zygotic and germ line sources.
4774186 MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SOIL Jimmie W Schaefer, Kent W Boyum Microbiol compositions for uniform application to dry soil to provide a cover crop and to improve soil aggregation are disclosed. The compositions comprise flocculant-producing photosynthetic microorganisms, especially algae, in a dormant or resting stage mixed with a dry, particulate, water dispersible carrier. Methods for the production and use of the compositions are also disclosed.
4774237 EXPELLANTS OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC MICROBES Ryuzo Ueno, Hiroshi Kita, Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishinomiya, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo The present invention provides expellants of phytopothogenic microbes comprising rifamycins, which have excellent in prevention of disease in plants with little adverse influence to human body and environments.
4780408 ANTIBODY FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF TRIFLURALIN Bohn Dunbar, Gordon Niswender, James Hudson assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation An antibody specific to trifluralin can be produced by first substituting a soluble, straight chain amino acid for a propyl group of alpha, alpha, alpha-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N-N-dipropylp-toluidine. The trifluoro group at the 4 position, the nitro group at the 2 position and the other nitro group at the 6 position are left exposed. Thereafter, the resulting substitution product is conjugated, at the site of the substituted amino acid group, with a lysine-rich protein. The resulting compound is then used as an antigen to evoke an immune response in a host animal or antibody producing cell line. The antibody produced against the antigen is then harvested and used in an assay such as a radioimmunoassay or enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) to determine the presence and concentrations of trifluralin in agriculturally signifcant substances such as plant materials, soil and water or to otherwise test for trifluralin contamination of water, food and air.
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DESICCATED ANALOGS OF BOTANIC SEED M Keith Redenbaugh, Davi Slade, Jo Fujii assigned to Plant Genetics Inc Methods and materials are provided for desiccated analogs of botanic seeds which are created by removing a portion of the water by slow or fast drying so that the plant tissue is no longer saturated with water. In a second embodiment, the meristematic tissue is encapsulated in a gel or polymer followed by dehydration. In another embodiment, the meristematic tissue is dehydrated prior to encapsulation in a gel. Protectants can be incorporated in the gel capsule. Meristematic tissue can be isolated from, for example, somatic embryos, zygotic and germ line sources.
4774186 MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SOIL Jimmie W Schaefer, Kent W Boyum Microbiol compositions for uniform application to dry soil to provide a cover crop and to improve soil aggregation are disclosed. The compositions comprise flocculant-producing photosynthetic microorganisms, especially algae, in a dormant or resting stage mixed with a dry, particulate, water dispersible carrier. Methods for the production and use of the compositions are also disclosed.
4774237 EXPELLANTS OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC MICROBES Ryuzo Ueno, Hiroshi Kita, Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishinomiya, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo The present invention provides expellants of phytopothogenic microbes comprising rifamycins, which have excellent in prevention of disease in plants with little adverse influence to human body and environments.
4780408 ANTIBODY FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF TRIFLURALIN Bohn Dunbar, Gordon Niswender, James Hudson assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation An antibody specific to trifluralin can be produced by first substituting a soluble, straight chain amino acid for a propyl group of alpha, alpha, alpha-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N-N-dipropylp-toluidine. The trifluoro group at the 4 position, the nitro group at the 2 position and the other nitro group at the 6 position are left exposed. Thereafter, the resulting substitution product is conjugated, at the site of the substituted amino acid group, with a lysine-rich protein. The resulting compound is then used as an antigen to evoke an immune response in a host animal or antibody producing cell line. The antibody produced against the antigen is then harvested and used in an assay such as a radioimmunoassay or enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) to determine the presence and concentrations of trifluralin in agriculturally signifcant substances such as plant materials, soil and water or to otherwise test for trifluralin contamination of water, food and air.