Abstract: A method of real-time plant selection and removal from a plant field including capturing a first image of a first section of the plant field, segmenting the first image into regions indicative of individual plants within the first section, selecting the optimal plants for retention from the first image based on the first image and the previously thinned plant field sections, sending instructions to the plant removal mechanism for removal of the plants corresponding to the unselected regions of the first image from the second section before the machine passes the unselected regions, and repeating the aforementioned steps for a second section of the plant field adjacent the first section in the direction of machine travel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural working apparatus for use in forage harvesting and to a corresponding method with tines rotating about an axis A with corresponding tine ends. A device for changing the distance between the tine ends and the ground is also provided, as well as a sensor device for measuring a stubble height. An evaluation unit, in particular a decision support system, is provided to which the sensor device supplies measurement signals for the stubble height and which can determine a position of the tine ends as a function of the measured stubble height. A control device controls the device for changing the distance of the tine ends in order to set the determined position of the tine ends.

Abstract: A control system for controlling an implement that is movable between a work mode and a transport mode. The control system includes a source of hydraulic fluid, a first actuator and a second actuator. The first and second actuators are fluidly coupled to the source and disposed parallel to one another. A sensor detects movement of the first and second actuators between their retracted and fully extended positions, and a control valve is disposed in communication with the sensor and in fluid communication with the first and second actuators. As the implement moves to its transport mode, the sensor detects movement of the first and second actuators towards their fully extended positions. The control valve inhibits movement of the first and second actuators before either actuator reaches its fully extended position.

Abstract: A working vehicle is capable of autonomously traveling on a target traveling route and appropriately performing illumination during autonomous traveling to enable an operator to reliably confirm the presence of obstacles or the like on the target traveling route. The working vehicle includes a traveling body to autonomously travel on the target traveling route, illumination lamps located on the traveling body to respectively illuminate different directions, and a controller to change a control relating to a way of turning on the illumination lamps during the autonomously traveling.

Abstract: A working vehicle includes a traveling vehicle to travel on a scheduled traveling route and including a connector to which a towed vehicle is connected, and an autonomous traveling controller to control autonomous traveling of the traveling vehicle based on the scheduled traveling route and a relative angle between the connector of the traveling vehicle and the towed vehicle connected to the connector.

Abstract: A working vehicle includes a traveling vehicle to autonomously travel on a target traveling route, a working device attached to the traveling vehicle, an offset acquirer to acquire an offset amount and offset direction in a vehicle width direction between a width directional center of the traveling vehicle and a predetermined point in the working device, and a traveling position corrector to correct, based on the offset amount and the offset direction acquired by the offset acquirer, a traveling position of the traveling vehicle so that the predetermined point is located on the target traveling route.

Abstract: A header for a crop harvesting machine includes front and rear wheel arrangements that pivot about respective upright axis between a field orientation and a perpendicular transport orientation, while having respective suspensions arrangements movable between different suspended heights. A biasing spring provides lift assist to carry weight of the wheel arrangement during adjustment of the suspension elevation while being isolated from the suspension once set at any one elevation. The front wheel arrangement includes an anti-rotation latch that locks the front wheel in the field orientation automatically upon disconnection of a hitch arm. A second wheel of the rear wheel arrangement can be held in a raised position relative to a first wheel in a field orientation. Load bearing surfaces between the suspended rear wheels and the header frame abut one another when latching to the header frame to isolate the suspension from the header frame in the transport orientation.

Abstract: A header including at least one support and transport wheel assembly having an axle and two wheels. The wheel assembly is coupled to the main body of the header by an actuating system that has two actuator mechanisms. When changing from the field mode to the transport mode, the first actuator mechanism brings the wheel assembly forward from a position behind the header, after the header has been lifted up from the ground. After completion of this first movement, a second actuator mechanism swivels the wheel assembly to a position that is transversal to the header, after which the header is lowered to the ground. The two-step approach enables the changeover between field mode and transport mode without pivoting or otherwise moving the header relative to the feeder. The wheel axle may be pivotably suspended from a frame element that executes the swiveling movement.

Abstract: A header that includes at least one support and transport wheel assembly having an axle and two wheels. The wheel assembly is coupled to the main body of the header by an actuating system that includes an actuator mechanism configured to actuate a swivel movement of the axle and the wheels, the swivel movement being configured to bring the wheel assembly to or from a position wherein the axle is transversal to the longitudinal direction of the header. The wheel assembly is equipped with a drawbar that is deployable from a storage position to a deployed position, wherein the movement of the drawbar between the positions is synchronized with the swivel movement of the wheel assembly.

Abstract: An agricultural trench depth sensing system and method includes a light source (2002), a receiver (2003) and a sensor (2004). The light source directs light downwardly toward a trench previously opened in a soil surface. The receiver is disposed at an angle relative to the light source to receive reflected light. A sensor connected to the receiver senses a pattern of the reflected light. A monitoring system in communication with the sensor, generates a data frame containing triangulated line coordinates and intensity values of the reflected light indicative of a measured depth of the trench. The generated data frame may be associated with GPS coordinates for generating spatial maps and may be used to control operating parameters. The generated data frames may also identify relative soil moisture versus trench depth, or presence of dry topsoil or residue in the trench, or to identify seeds, seed spacing and seed depth.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for receiving manure from a vacuum truck, as that manure is collected from alleys of a dairy barn, includes receiving the manure in a mixing basin. The received manure is diluted in the mixing basin with a jet of water discharging a sufficient volume of water to form a sand-laden manure flow having a velocity of over 3 feet per second and dilute the received manure into a sand-laden manure suspension of less than seven percent manure solids. The resulting sand laden manure suspension is conducted into a vestibule of a sand settling lane to slow the flow of the sand laden manure suspension to enter a sand settling lane at a velocity of less than 1.25 feet per second. Sand is collected in the sand settling lane. Gravity urges the sand from the sand-laden manure suspension as it flows through the sand settling lane.

Abstract: A seed distributor evenly delivers seed from a bulk seed tank via hoses to seed bins on row planter units. The distributor has a circular chamber for receiving seeds from the seed tank. An internal cone in the distributor deposits the seeds 360° around the chamber. Seed tubes extend through the sidewall of the chamber. Pressurized air is introduced into the chamber and picks up seeds on the floor of the chamber and pass through the seed tubes for delivery by the hoses to the bins. The distributor may also include air tubes aligned with the seed tubes to further assure even distribution of seeds to the bins.

Abstract: A brush belt including a base member having a first side with a traction surface and a second side opposite the first side defining a mounting surface presenting a first edge and a second edge and having a longitudinal axis therebetween and parallel thereto and a plurality of bristles coupled to the mounting surface and arranged in a first section of bristles and a second section of bristles, the bristles of the first section each having a first diameter and the bristles of the second section each having a second diameter that is different than the first diameter. The first section abuts the second section.

Abstract: A brush belt includes a base member having a drive surface configured to engage a drive member and a mounting surface opposite the drive surface, the mounting surface having a longitudinal axis, a first edge, and second edge, the first edge and the second edge being positioned on opposite sides of the mounting surface and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of bristles, each bristle having a first end that is proximal to the mounting surface and a second end distal thereto, the second ends of the bristles collectively defining an undulating surface profile relative to the mounting surface when viewed parallel to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis from either the first edge or the second edge.

Abstract: A brush belt including a base member having first side with a traction surface and a second side that is opposite the first side, the first side having a mounting surface having a longitudinal axis, a first edge, second edge, and a plurality of projections extending from the mounting surface between the first edge and the second edge, the first edge and second edge of the mounting surface being parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of bristle clusters coupled to the base member, each bristle cluster of the plurality of bristle clusters having a plurality of bristles and being positioned between two projections.

Abstract: A method and system for stacking containers each container of a type having a front face having a truncated trapezoidal shape, a rear face having a truncated trapezoidal shape, a top base, a bottom base, a first vertical side adjacent to the top base, a second vertical side adjacent to the top base, a first sloped side between the first vertical side and the bottom base, a second sloped side between the second vertical side and the bottom base. A discharge valve projects from the bottom base where the first vertical side defines a platform for supporting an RFID tag. The containers are configured to be stackable in a manner to provide simultaneous reading of the multiple RFID tags on the platforms.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of targeting grower fields for crop yield lift is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processor, crop seeding rate data and corresponding crop yield data over a period of time regarding a group of fields associated with a plurality of grower devices; receiving, by the processor, a current seeding rate for a grower's field associated with one of a plurality of grower devices; determining, whether the grower's field will be responsive to increasing a crop seeding rate for the grower's field from the current seeding rate to a target seeding rate based on the crop seeding rate data and corresponding crop yield data; preparing, in response to determining that the grower's field will be responsive, a prescription including a new crop seeding rate and a specific hybrid to be implemented in the grower's field.

Abstract: A mower utility container accessory designed to quickly and easily attach to a common walk behind lawnmower. The utility container may include a tub unit attached to a mounting frame with a hinged dumping capability. The utility container can be used to carry lawn and garden tools, and materials, or can be used to haul items around the yard or to the curb. When detached from the lawnmower the utility container can be stored standing on the front edge for small footprint area. The method of attachment to the lawnmower is at the folding handle wing nut or knob bolt that is common on many walk-behind lawnmowers or clamped to the handle upright arms. The front of the utility container accessory simply rests on the blade deck of the lawnmower. This allows the attachment and removal to be accomplished without tools.

Abstract: A blade protection cover coupled to a blade of a lawn mower apparatus includes a first cover for covering one face of the blade and two second covers connected to the first cover. The two second covers cover two edges of the blade in a width direction of the blade. Two guides are disposed on inner faces of the two second covers. The two guides are configured to guide the blade protection cover to slide along the two edges in the width direction of the blade.

Abstract: The string trimmer includes a connecting rod, a string trimmer head, and an operation part. The string trimmer head includes a trimmer line, a spool, a housing, and a streamlined protection structure. The spool is configured to wind the trimmer line and is capable of rotating about a first axis. The housing has an accommodating cavity for accommodating at least part of the spool and a threading hole for the trimmer line to extend to an outer side of the housing. The protection structure includes a head, a tail and a passage through which the trimmer line penetrates. The head is connected to the housing, the tail extends on the outer side of the housing, and the passage is configured to accommodate the trimmer line penetrating through the threading hole and expose the trimmer line out of the tail of the protection structure.

Abstract: A header for a crop harvesting machine includes front and rear wheel arrangements that pivot about respective upright axis between a field orientation and a perpendicular transport orientation, while having respective suspensions arrangements movable between different suspended heights. A biasing spring provides lift assist to carry weight of the wheel arrangement during adjustment of the suspension elevation while being isolated from the suspension once set at any one elevation. The front wheel arrangement includes an anti-rotation latch that locks the front wheel in the field orientation automatically upon disconnection of a hitch arm. A second wheel of the rear wheel arrangement can be held in a raised position relative to a first wheel in a field orientation. Load bearing surfaces between the suspended rear wheels and the header frame abut one another when latching to the header frame to isolate the suspension from the header frame in the transport orientation.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting reel-crop engagement for a header of a harvester. The header includes a reel configured to draw crop from a crop field toward the header as the harvester moves through the crop field and at least one crop detector mounted to the reel. Data is received from the at least one crop detector mounted on the reel, processed, and used to detect reel-crop engagement.

Abstract: A header including a front and rear wheel assembly, each assembly having an axle and two wheels. Each wheel assembly is coupled to the main body of the header by an actuating system having an actuator mechanism for actuating a swivel movement of the axle and the wheels to bring the wheel assembly to or from a road transport position. The front and rear wheel assemblies are equipped with tie rod arrangements for steering the header when it is transported on the road. The wheels of the wheel assemblies are operated as caster wheels. The tie rod arrangement of the front wheel assembly is coupled to a pivotable base connected to, or connectable to, a drawbar. The wheel assemblies have respective actuators which are synchronized so as to synchronize the position of the front and rear wheels.

Abstract: A sorting table for sorting fruit includes a frame with a first side member and a second side member, a plurality of conveying rollers carried by the frame, a plurality of sorting rollers carried by the frame and positioned downstream from the conveying rollers, and a pair of combs positioned respectively with the first side member or the second side member. Each comb includes slots associated with a respective one of the sorting rollers. Each of the combs is pivotally coupled with a corresponding one of the first side member or the second side member. An actuator is coupled with each of the combs for selectively moving the pair of combs in directions transverse to the crop flow direction. An electrical processing circuit coupled with the actuator is configured for controlling the actuator and thereby selectively increasing or decreasing a spacing between the sorting rollers.

Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle (10, 310) may include a frame (30, 330), an engine (340, 40), a steering assembly, a support platform (20, 30, 320) and a front platform (348, 48). At least a pair of drive wheels may be operably coupled to the frame (30, 330). The engine (340, 40) is operably coupled to the frame (30, 330) via an engine platform (342, 42). The engine (340, 40) is disposed substantially between the drive wheels to selectively provide drive power to the drive wheels via respective hydraulic pumps (346, 46). The steering assembly includes control levers (50) operably coupled to respective ones of the drive wheels via the respective hydraulic pumps (346, 46). The steering assembly enables steering of the riding lawn care vehicle (10, 310) based on drive speed control of the drive wheels responsive to positioning of the control levers (50).

Abstract: A grain cart and foldable auger assembly having an upper auger assembly portion with a discharge portion, a lower auger assembly portion with an intake portion, and a compound angle joint that allows the upper auger assembly portion to be moved between operating and transport positions. When in an operating position, the upper auger portion and the lower auger portion are offset from each other by an operating offset angle. When in a transport position, the upper auger assembly portion is offset from the lower auger assembly portion by a transport offset angle such that the upper auger assembly portions folded across the front of the grain cart in a non-obstructive and non-protruding manner.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a first frame plate, a shaking plate, a second frame plate, a sieve body, a driving mechanism, a throwing rod, and a crank and connecting rod mechanism. The shaking plate is mounted in the first frame plate, forms an angle of inclination with a horizontal plane, and is connected to a shaking device. The second frame plate is mounted below the first frame plate, and is connected to the first frame plate through a crank mechanism. The sieve body is mounted in the second frame plate. The driving mechanism is connected to the shaking device and the second frame plate, and configured for driving the shaking device to cause the shaking plate to shake and driving the second frame plate to cause the sieve body to perform a sieving motion. A harvester including the cleaning device is further provided.

Abstract: A light source for plant cultivation includes a first light source emitting a first type of light for photosynthesis of a plant and a second light source emitting a second type of light for adjustment of phytochemicals in the plant. The first type of light has at least one peak in the visible spectrum, and the second type of light has a peak in a different wavelength band from the first light source. The second type of light has a peak in the wavelength band of about 360 nm to about 420 nm.

Abstract: The LED grow light system includes at least one of a first LED that includes a 4,000 k LED having a first light output, at least one of a second LED having a second light output in about an orange spectra, at least one of a third LED having a third light output in about a green/yellow spectra, and at least one of a fourth LED having a fourth light output in about a red spectra. Each of the first light output, the second light output, the third light output, and the fourth light output combine into an aggregate light output that mimics a full spectrum of sunlight at a relatively efficient input power of about 600-650 watts.

Abstract: The planting pot comprises a pot wall and a pot bottom, wherein clamping assemblies are arranged at the bottom of the pot bottom. The clamping assemblies comprising a plurality of upper clamping members and a plurality of lower clamping members; the upper clamping members positioned above the lower upper clamping members. A plurality of clamping portions are arranged at the pot bottom, when the pot wall is assembled with the pot bottom, each of the upper clamping members is clamped with an upper side of one of the clamping portions and each of the lower clamping members are clamped with a lower side of one of the clamping portions. The pot bottom can be effectively clamped by the clamping pieces arranged on the pot wall of the planting pot, thus preventing the pot bottom from falling off when the planting pot is moved.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydroponic field irrigation system comprising a field module for growing turfgrass. The field module comprises an energy absorbing mechanism comprising a horizontal spring layer and a growth medium comprising a steel grid layer, wherein the horizontal spring layer absorbs vertical forces exerted by external loads, and the steel grid layer is positioned on top of the horizontal spring layer for holding a plurality of turf sods. The hydroponic field irrigation system further comprises a used water tank for receiving water from the field module, an ultra-violet (UV) unit for disinfecting the water received from the used water tank, a water quality management unit for adjusting quality of the water received from the ultra-violet (UV) unit, a geothermal unit for conditioning temperature of water received from the water quality management unit and plurality of solenoid valves for pumping water into and out of the field module.

Abstract: A cultivar growing system is disclosed that may comprise a plurality of chambers. Each chamber comprises a floor, walls and a ceiling. The chambers also support a plurality of cultivars. The chambers also include sensors that monitor light, temperature, humidity, leaf temperature, vapor pressure deficit, carbon dioxide, plus grow medium temperature, oxygen, pH level, total dissolved solids, and electrical conductivity, and nutrients in the chamber and lighting elements that supply light from the direction of the ceiling of the chamber. The chamber also includes an air supply that supplies air from the direction of the floor of the chamber and a nutrient supply that provides nutrients and water to the cultivars. The chamber may also include one or more control systems for controlling the lighting elements, air supply and nutrient supply, wherein the one or more control systems incorporates information from the sensors and a predetermined growth recipe.

Abstract: Use of motion sensing and tracking equipment to image, monitor, track, and/or determine a parameter of plant growth kinetics (e.g., plant leaf elongation and height growth rate). Some embodiments concern methods for screening plants for the presence of one or more agronomic trait(s), and/or to study the growth kinetics of particular plants and cultivars, for example, in an automated high-throughput platform.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-shaped structure for cultivating one or more plants. The plate-shaped structure (1) may optionally collect moisture from the atmosphere and comprises a generally flat upper surface (30) provided with a cavity (31, 32, 33) for holding plant material. The cavity has a sidewall (41, 42, 43) and a bottom portion (51, 52, 53). Further, the bottom portion includes an aperture. In use, the plate shaped structure can cover a reservoir (10) or can be placed on the soil. Optionally, the plate-shaped structure comprises a drain opening (35) with a floating cap and a covering cap so as to allow moisture to flow through the drain opening while minimizing evaporation. Further, the plate-shaped structure may have a cap structure (84) at its periphery for clampingly receiving the upwardly extending exterior sidewall of the reservoir. The plate-shaped structure can be fixed to the reservoir using protrusions (57 a-c, 58a-c) traversing corresponding openings.

Abstract: A sod harvester can employ a roll forming mechanism that includes a roll starter that is configured to initiate the formation of rolls. The roll starter can include pivoting supports and front and rear slab flippers that also pivot to cause the rolls to be tightly and consistently formed. The roll forming mechanism can also include a roll advancer that continues the formation of the rolls. The roll advancer can be suspended to cause it to conform to the shape and size of the rolls as they advance.

Abstract: An in-line blower having a housing with a substantially straight airflow path. A motor and fan are positioned within the airflow path, below the handle of the blower. A battery powers the motor, and is located below the housing so that the handle, motor and fan, and the battery are vertically aligned so the weight of the blower is aligned with the handle, and reduces moment forces acting thereon.

Abstract: A method of growing plants in a coherent growth substrate product is provided and includes: providing at least one coherent growth substrate product comprising man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF) bonded with a cured aqueous binder composition; positioning one or more seeds, seedlings, cuttings or plants in contact with the growth substrate product; and irrigating the growth substrate product. The aqueous binder composition prior to curing includes a component (i) in the form of one or more oxidized lignins, a component (ii) in the form of one or more cross-linkers, and a component (iii) in the form of one or more plasticizers.

Abstract: A user terminal may be configured to communicate with a gateway. The gateway may be configured to communicate with sensor equipment including one or more sensors and watering equipment via a first network. The gateway may also be configured to communicate with the user terminal via a second network. The user terminal may include processing circuitry that is configured to provide a remote interface for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment via the gateway.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment including one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land, watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel, and a gateway configured to provide for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment. The gateway may interface between a first network and a second network. The first network may include at least the watering equipment and the sensor equipment. An operator may be enabled to wirelessly communicate with the gateway via the second network. At least one component of the watering equipment or the sensor equipment may be an adaptive component.

Abstract: A drainage device, system and arrangement for a plant pot, including: (a) a tray adapted to receive drainage fluid from the plant pot; (b) a cover for the drainage tray, the cover being permeable and adapted for a base of the plant pot to stand thereon, further adapted for the drainage fluid from the plant pot to pass there-through, into the tray; (c) an outlet port disposed in a sidewall of the tray; and (d) a drainage tube connected to the outlet port, the drainage tube adapted to provide a conduit for conveying the drainage fluid out of the tray.

Abstract: A hydroponics apparatus includes a housing; two or more channels provided vertically on one side of the housing to be spaced apart from each other; brackets coupled to the channels; and cultivation modules seated on the brackets, wherein a plurality of cultivation modules is fitted and coupled to each other to have an extended form and water channels are formed to communicate with each other, the cultivation modules in the extended form are coupled to each channel and seated through a plurality of brackets disposed in a horizontal direction, and the plurality of brackets are coupled to the channels so that heights are gradually increased or decreased from one-side bracket in the horizontal direction to the other bracket in the horizontal direction to form an inclination of the water channel.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in a hydroponic growing system is described. The apparatus include a frame of vertical members and horizontal members supporting horizontal tracks or guideways on which a set of growing vehicles are mounted. The growing vehicles each contain a number of growing trays in which plants or crops are accommodated whilst they grow. The apparatus is located within a high care facility within the hydroponic growing system.

Abstract: A system for providing a growth environment for a plant positioned in an automated plant growing system is disclosed. Light sources with each light source positioned in the automated plant growing system to expose the plant to the light sources and to generate light to trigger photosynthesis in the plant. A controller that monitors a growth parameters associated with the plant to determine whether the growth parameters deviate beyond a corresponding growth threshold. Each of the growth parameters provides an indicator as to a growth status of the plant and the growth status of the plant decreases when the growth parameters deviate beyond the corresponding growth threshold. The controller automatically adjusts an environmental parameter when the growth parameters deviate beyond the growth thresholds. Each of the environmental parameters impact the growth environment of the plant positioned in the automated plant growing system.

Abstract: Bench 1 for carrying trays 3 on which crops to be grown are located and for directing water flowing in the bench 1 to the crops present in the trays 3 and for excess water to a drainage opening 7. At the bottom 5 of the bin 9 a water-conducting reinforcing rib 21 extending in the longitudinal direction of the bin 9 is provided. This reinforcing rib 21 has an undulating course. The reinforcing rib 21 extends in or near the center between the two long, upright side walls 11, 13 from a first short side wall 15 to an opposite second short side wall 17. The reinforcing rib 21 is interrupted near this second short side wall 17, so that water can flow through the interruption 23 from one side of the reinforcing rib 21 to the other side of the reinforcing rib 21.

Abstract: In algae, the conditions for optimal production of biomass are different than the optimal conditions for oil/lipid production. Conventional processes require that both steps be optimized simultaneously which is necessarily sub optimal. The invention provides systems and processes for optimizing each type of production separately and independently, thereby improving overall production of oil, lipids and other useful products. This process is advantageous because it allows the optimization of the individual steps and growth phases in the production of oil from biomass. This allows the use of different feedstocks for various process steps.

Abstract: The invention provides methods that enhance the production of biomass from algae that grow autotrophically, heterotrophically, or photoheterotrophically, through the use of plant growth regulators (such as growth hormones, indole acidic acid, etc.) and hormone mimics (phenoxyacetic compounds, etc.). The plant growth regulators or mimics thereof may further increase the proportion of the desired value-added products, such as biodiesel or starch, in the algae culture or the harvested biomass.

Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions and methods for liquid-mediated delivery of pollen to a female reproductive part of a recipient plant. The pollen suspension solutions provided include a surfactant, an oil, a solute, or an aqueous solution, and about 2% to about 20% pollen by weight. The methods provided include producing a liquid pollen suspension solution comprising pollen from a donor plant and spraying the solution onto at least a first female reproductive part of a recipient plant, thereby pollinating the female reproductive part with the pollen from the donor plant.

Abstract: Various methods are provided for determining progeny plant genotypes from a pooled sample. The methods include genotyping marker alleles in two or more progeny plants, each resulting from a different parental cross. The methods utilize in-silico deconvolution implementing Hidden Markov Modeling to determine a probability of each possible genotype for one or more marker loci in at least one progeny plant from the genetic signal generated from the pooled samples. The present methods provide for increased efficiency in genotyping progeny plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to resistance to Xanthomonascampestris pv. campestris (Xcc) in cauliflower. According to the invention, the resistance is provided by DNA sequences, introgressed from a green cauliflower at specific loci in the genome of a white cauliflower. The introgressed sequences can be present homozygously or heterozygously in the genome of the white cauliflower, and they confer resistance to Xcc. The invention further relates to part of these cauliflowers, to seeds, to the progeny of these cauliflowers, and to method for producing cauliflowers resistant to Xcc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a plant or germplasm having root increased drought tolerance and/or increased yield under non-drought conditions as compared to a control plant. A maize plant, part thereof and/or germplasm, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a maize plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.