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US 2023/0086491 A1Published application
Implements & application units having at least one application member for placement of applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsTracy LEMAN, Jason J. Stoller, Ian Radtke, Paul Wildermuth
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Abstract
Described herein are implements and applicators for placement of fluid applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a fluid applicator for applying fluids to plants in rows in a field includes a frame, a coulter connected to the frame and disposed to open a trench between the rows of plants, and at least one application member connected to the frame or to the coulter and disposed to apply fluid to a rhizosphere of the plants.
Claims4
A fluid applicator, comprising:
- a base disposed between plants in adjacent rows;
- at least one application member connected to the base;
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- a nozzle disposed at an end of the application member to dispense fluid from the application member to the rhizosphere of the plants;
- wherein the rhizosphere is a base region of the plants where the plants emerge from the soil, wherein the application member is biased laterally outward from the base to rotate from a first position for no fluid application to a second position to apply fluid towards to the rhizosphere of a row of plants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.