United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Dow Agrosciences LLC

John Mirusso

Daniel O Chellemi

Phillip J Howard

John D Busacca

Anthony Weiss

Equipment for the placement or positioning of one or more items in or on the ground is provided. In one form, an apparatus includes a toolbar, a container, a metering unit configured to selectively control release of one or more items from the container and an application member configured to deliver the one or more items released from the container to the ground. In one aspect of this form, the metering unit is configured to selectively control release of one or more spherical items having a diameter in the range of about 0.25 inches to about 1.0 inches, and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the range of about 0.5 inches to about 0.75 inches, from the container to the application member. In another more particular aspect, the spherical items are capsules that include a shell wall encapsulating a pesticide composition and including a gelatin material.

Positioning equipment

Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 50&#xb0; angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90&#xb0; angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.

Under bed fumigator

Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 15&#xb0; angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90&#xb0; angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.

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Delray Beach, FL, United States of America

John Mirusso