Agricultural thinning method
OwnerBenoît VALLE, Jean GARCIN +2inventors
InventorsBenoît VALLE, Jean GARCIN, Pauline LOEPER, Perrine FORTIN
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Abstract
“A method is provided for thinning fruits (F) and/or flowers belonging to plants (A) located beneath orientable photovoltaic sensors (C), with the shade from the sun cast onto the plants being adjusted by changing the orientation of the sensors. In the method by virtue of the orientation of the sensors, the plants are kept in the shade for a sufficient duration to induce thinning by shading said plants from the sun.
Claims16
A method for thinning fruits and/or flowers belonging to plants located beneath orientable photovoltaic sensors, with the shade from the sun cast onto the plants being adjusted by changing the orientation of the sensors,
- said method comprising the steps of, by virtue of the orientation of the sensors, the plants are kept in the shade for a sufficient duration to induce thinning by shading said plants from the sun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.