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US 10,080,333 B2Granted
Hydroponic method utilizing beneficial micro-organisms
AssigneeSassoh Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorTakaaki Ishii
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Abstract
A method for hydroponic cultivation of crops by using mycorrhizal fungi and their partner bacteria includes growing a partner plant between rows of the crops, and inoculating a mycorrhizal fungal strain and a partner bacterial strain to infect the partner plant or the crop with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, wherein the partner bacterial strain is compatible and coexists with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, and the partner plant facilitates growth of the mycorrhizal fungal strain and the partner bacterial strain.
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A method for hydroponic cultivation of crops, the method comprising:
- inoculating a partner plant or the crops with a mycorrhizal fungal strain and a partner bacterial strain, the partner plant or the crops being infected with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, and
- hydroponically growing the partner plant and the crops, wherein
- the partner plant grows between the crops,
- the partner bacterial strain is compatible and coexists with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, and
- the partner plant facilitates growth of the mycorrhizal fungal strain and the partner bacterial strain.
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