1. An expandable irrigation controller for controlling a plurality of watering stations in an irrigation system comprises:
a removable front panel, the removable front panel comprising:
a plurality of manual controls operable to input instructions for a watering program;
a memory operable to store the input instructions; and
a controller operable to execute the watering program; and
an inner housing, connected to the front panel, the inner housing comprising:
a circuit board connected electrically to the controller, wherein the circuit board includes two electrical conductors extending across the inner housing, wherein control information from the controller is encoded for transmission on the two electrical conductors; and
a station module operable to provide an ONOFF signal to at least one watering station of the irrigation system, wherein the station module is electrically connected to the two electrical conductors and the ONOFF signal is provided based on the control information from the controller in accordance with the watering program, and
wherein the station module connects to the two electrical conductors at substantially any desired location along the conductors.
2. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 1, wherein the station module further comprises:
control contacts operable to electrically connect the station module to the two electrical conductors;
a decoder circuit operable to decode the control information from the controller sent to the station module by the two electrical conductors;
a switching circuit operable to provide the ONOFF signal for the watering station based on the decoded information; and
a terminal connected the watering station to send the ONOFF signal to the watering station.
3. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 2, further comprising:
an expander module mounted in the inner housing and connected to the two electrical conductors, wherein the expander module is operable to pass the control information from the two electrical conductors to an external housing in which one or more external station modules are mounted, such that the control information from the controller is used to control the external station modules.
4. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 3, wherein the station module further comprises a setting dial rotatable between a plurality of positions, wherein a specific position of the setting dial indicates the watering station controlled by the station module and whether the station module is positioned in the external housing.
5. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 2, further comprising:
a radio frequency module connected to the two electrical conductors and operable to send and receive radio frequency signals, wherein the radio frequency module sends a control radio frequency signal to an external housing in which one or more external station modules are mounted, such that the control information in the control radio frequency signal is used to control the external station modules.
6. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 5, wherein the control information is received from the controller via the two electrical conductors.
7. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 5, wherein the control information is received from a remote radio frequency source; and wherein the radio frequency module links the control information to the two electrical conductors such that the control information is provided to the station module in the inner housing and is included in the control radio frequency signal.
8. The expandable irrigation controller of claim 7, wherein the housing further comprises a second station module connected to the two electrical conductors, wherein the second station module is operable to control a watering station based on the control information linked to the two electrical conductors by the radio frequency module.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH1JPA with a second plant of variety PH1T92, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PH1JPA and PH1T92 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120365 and PTA-122697, respectively.
2. The hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed of claim 1, wherein a seed treatment has been applied to the seed.
3. A method comprising cleaning the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed of claim 1.
4. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed of claim 1.
5. A plant, plant part, or cell produced by growing the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed of claim 1, wherein the plant part or cell comprises as least one cell of the hybrid maize variety X18D794.
6. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant, plant part, or cell of claim 5.
7. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant, plant part or cell of claim 5 and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
8. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the maize plant of claim 5, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
9. The method of claim 8 comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce the second maize plant.
10. The method of claim 8 comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce the second maize plant.
11. A hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion, wherein said seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH1JPA with a second plant of variety PH1T92; wherein representative seed of said varieties PH1JPA and PH1T92 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120365 and PTA-122697, respectively; and wherein at least one of said varieties PH1JPA and PH1T92 further comprises a locus conversion; and wherein said hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion produces a plant having otherwise essentially the same phenotypic traits as hybrid maize variety X18D794 when grown under the same enviornmental conditions.
12. The hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 11, wherein a seed treatment has been applied to the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion.
13. A method comprising cleaning the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 11.
14. The hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 11, wherein the locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, site-specific recombination, abiotic stress tolerance, altered phosphorus, altered antioxidants, altered fatty acids, altered essential amino acids, altered carbohydrates, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance.
15. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 11.
16. A plant, plant part, or cell produced by growing the hybrid maize variety X18D794 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 11, wherein the plant part or cell comprises as least one cell of the hybrid maize variety X18D794.
17. A method of producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant, plant part, or cell of claim 16.
18. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant or plant part of claim 16 and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
19. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the maize plant of claim 16, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
20. The method for producing a second maize plant of claim 19, comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce the second maize plant.
21. The method for producing a second maize plant of claim 19, comprising:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce the second maize plant.