Method for growing sugarcane
AssigneeSyngenta Crop Protection AG
InventorsPaulo Aramaki, Jakob Andreas Leunberger, Antonio Carlos Nascimento, Jose Geraldo Martins Dos Santos
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of providing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant which section comprises at least one node, planting said section, and growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section. It also relates to a stem section of a gramineous crop plant comprising at least one node.
Claims29
A method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of
- a) providing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant which section comprises at least one node,
- b) planting said section, and
- c) growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section,
- wherein the stem section is stored at a temperature below 15° C. before it is planted.
A method of propagating a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of
- a) providing more than one stem section from a gramineous crop plant by cutting the stem of said plant, wherein each section comprises at least one node,
- b) planting said multiple sections, and
- c) growing gramineous crop plants from said planted stem sections,
- wherein the stem sections are stored at a temperature below 15° C. before it is planted.
A method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of
- a) preparing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant by cutting the stem of said plant, wherein the section comprises only one node,
- b) planting said section, and
- c) growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section,
- wherein the stem section is planted within about 2 months after it has been prepared.
A method of propagating a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of
- a) preparing more than one stem section from a gramineous crop plant by cutting the stem of said plant, wherein each section comprises only one node,
- b) planting said multiple sections, and
- c) growing gramineous crop plants from said planted stem sections,
- wherein the stem sections are planted within about 2 months after they have been prepared.
A stem section of a gramineous crop plant, characterized in that it
- a) comprises at least one node, and
- b) has been stored at a temperature below 15° C. before it is planted.
A stem section of a gramineous crop plant that has been prepared by cutting the stem of said plant, characterized in that it
- a) comprises only one node, and
- b) is planted within about 2 months after it has been prepared.
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