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US 5,731,265 AGranted
Plant treatment process
AssigneeVirgin Partners, Inc.
InventorsTian Zhen Hou, John S. Destito
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Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a process of treating plants and, in particular, to a process of stimulating plant growth and development by subjecting the plants to sound waves and by exposing the plants to a nutrient formulation. The invention further relates to a method of increasing the absorption capacity of plants.
Claims23
A method of stimulating growth or development of a plant, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting the plant to sound waves having a frequency less than 4000 Hertz;
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- applying to the plant a nutrient composition comprising-humic acid.
A method of increasing disease resistance of a plant, comprising the step of:
- subjecting said plant to sound waves of a frequency of 50-3800 Hz at a volume and for a time sufficient to effect said increased disease resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.