Grafting animal repellency
OwnerMatthew Ryan Bornsteininventor
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Abstract
Grafted plant bodies and methods of conferring animal repellency to plants via grafting are described herein. Generally, a plant having animal repellent properties is grafted onto a plant without animal repellent properties.
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A grafted plant body between a rootstalk and a scion, wherein the rootstalk or scion comprises a flower, fruit, or vegetable from a first plant species or cultivar, and the other of the rootstalk or scion comprises an animal (e.g., deer, nematode, insect such as mosquito) resistant portion of a second plant species or cultivar.
A method of forming a grafted plant body comprising joining the tissue from a first plant species or cultivar with a second plant species or cultivar, wherein the second plant species or cultivar comprises animal repellent properties and the grafted plant body comprises a flower or fruit from the first plant species or cultivar.
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