Method for growing sugarcane
AssigneeSyngenta Crop Protection AG
InventorsPaulo Aramaki, Jakob Andreas Leuenberger, 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.
Claims23
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 only one node,
- b) treating the stem section with at least one plant protection chemical,
- c) planting said section, and
- d) growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section.
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 only one node,
- b) treating the stem sections with at least one plant protection chemical,
- c) planting said multiple sections, and
- d) growing gramineous crop plants from said planted stem sections.
A stem section of a gramineous crop plant, characterized in that it
- a) comprises only one node, and
- b) has been treated with at least one plant protection chemical.
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