Method to improve crop yield and/or quality
AssigneeBiolumic Limited
InventorJason John Wargent
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Abstract
A method, and a device for administering the method, of treating a plant seedling to improve long term hardiness and/or crop yield and/or quality characterised by the step of exposing the plant seedling, prior to a subsequent growth phase, to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation with at least one wavelength, only between 280-310 nm. The method further including the step of selecting a plant seedling or seedlings for a subsequent growth phase.
Claims7
A method of treating a plant seedling to improve at least one of long term hardiness and crop yield, comprising exposing the plant seedling to specific wavelengths of light in a first single waveband, characterized in that the first single waveband comprises ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light in a range of 280-290 nm,
- wherein at least one of long term hardiness and crop yield is improved,
- wherein the plant seedling is a fruit seedling or a vegetable seedling, and
- wherein the plant seedling is treated using UV-B light for a duration in the range of 2-15 days.
A method of treating a plant seedling to improve at least one of long term hardiness and crop yield, comprising exposing the plant seedling to specific wavelengths of light in a first single waveband, characterized in that the first single waveband comprises ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light in a range of 280-290 nm,
- wherein at least one of long term hardiness and crop yield is improved,
- wherein the plant seedling is a fruit seedling or a vegetable seedling, and
- wherein the plant seedling is exposed to the first single waveband for at least 12 hours each day.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.