[go: up one dir, main page]

WO2024100673A1 - Système de culture de pousse en continu à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées et procédés associés - Google Patents

Système de culture de pousse en continu à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées et procédés associés Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2024100673A1
WO2024100673A1 PCT/IL2023/051171 IL2023051171W WO2024100673A1 WO 2024100673 A1 WO2024100673 A1 WO 2024100673A1 IL 2023051171 W IL2023051171 W IL 2023051171W WO 2024100673 A1 WO2024100673 A1 WO 2024100673A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
module
sensor
conveyor belt
providing
seeding
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Ceased
Application number
PCT/IL2023/051171
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Shlomy RAZIEL
Ori MINES
Nir GALANT
Omer PINCHUK
Ron AMAR
Ilan HACOHEN
Raz BAR-SADE
Ran Malamud
Doron Katzin
Israel MATRASO
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
RP Grow Tec Innovations Ltd
Original Assignee
RP Grow Tec Innovations Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by RP Grow Tec Innovations Ltd filed Critical RP Grow Tec Innovations Ltd
Priority to EP23888256.7A priority Critical patent/EP4615219A1/fr
Priority to AU2023378975A priority patent/AU2023378975A1/en
Publication of WO2024100673A1 publication Critical patent/WO2024100673A1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/04—Hydroponic culture on conveyors
    • A01G31/042—Hydroponic culture on conveyors with containers travelling on a belt or the like, or conveyed by chains
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/06—Hydroponic culture on racks or in stacked containers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/022—Pots for vertical horticulture
    • A01G9/023—Multi-tiered planters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A01G9/246—Air-conditioning systems
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A01G9/247—Watering arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/06—Devices for cleaning flower-pots
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2
    • Y02P60/21—Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Definitions

  • the present invention generally pertains to an indoor continuous sprout system with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations and methods thereof.
  • the invention also related with means and methods for synchronizing sprout seeding and harvesting by a continuous conveyor having automatic seeding module, irrigation boom, automatic cutter, and optionally, one or more fusion sensors enabling the synchronization.
  • Fresh green vegetation or sprout is an essential input that plays a significant role in animal feed, see Ahamed, Md Shamim, et al. "Present Status and Challenges of Sprout Production in Controlled Environments: A Review.” Smart Agricultural Technology (2022): 100080. Ahamed et al., as others, further underline that sprout in the form of sprouted grains such as barley, wheat, sorghum, maize, alfalfa, oats, millets, rye, triticale, sunflower seeds, and lentils can be grown in an environmentally controlled system.
  • sprouted grains such as barley, wheat, sorghum, maize, alfalfa, oats, millets, rye, triticale, sunflower seeds, and lentils can be grown in an environmentally controlled system.
  • hydroponic sprout companies report that about 6 to 10 kg of fresh sprout could be produced from 1.0 kg grain within 7-10 days in controlled spaces with hydroponic techniques by providing suitable temperature, humidity, and light in the growing rooms.
  • the basic principle for the hydroponic sprout system is that cereal grains respond to water or nutrients rich solutions (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, magnesium) for germination as well as growth to produce green plants in the short time of 6-9 days. This system has no chance of soil-borne insects, pests, disease attacks, and weed infestation because nutrients are directly fed to the roots and plants placed in trays of different dimensions.
  • At least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of thermometer, wet bulb thermometer, ambient light sensor, relative humidity detector, spectrophotometer in visible (e.g., for green and/or yellow color detection), NIR or IR spectra, UV detector, VOC sensor, fluorescence detector, smoke detector, movement detector, microphone for detecting abnormalities of acoustic profile samples, time resolved sprout growth, weight and height changes at time, illuminance detector, light scattering sensor, and any combination thereof; at least one sensor located at roots-level sensor, leaf-size detector and/or leaf-level sensor, configured for measuring a parameter or parameters selected from a group consisting of conductivity sensor, moisture sensor, residual chlorine sensor, pH sensor, turbidity sensor, dissolved oxygen sensor, ORP sensor, COD sensor, ammonia nitrogen ion sensor
  • the angle 0 is optionally ranging from 1 to 33 degrees; from 1 to 15 degrees; from 1 to 7.5 degrees; or from 1 to 4 degrees, i.e., about 4 degrees.
  • Ra ranging from 25 pm to 0.025 pm; or 6.3 pm to 0. 1 pm; or 1.6 pm to 0. 1 pm
  • RMS ranging from 1100 to 1.1; or 275 to 4.4 or 64 to 0.8
  • Rt ranging from 100 to 0.3; or 25 to 0.8; or 18 to 1.2.
  • belt's top texture is characterized by HLB ⁇ 10; or > 10; or ranging from 1 to 3; or ranging from 3 to 6 or ranging from 7 to 9or ranging from 13 to 16 or ranging from 8 to 16 or ranging from 16 to 18.
  • Commercially available Z 10/2 F/Vl-30 WHITE conveyor belt by Ziligen A. ⁇ . (Turkey) provides well e.g., in this specification.
  • irrigation module is a watering boom, actuatable above the conveyor, along the Y axis.
  • a water collecting module is located belt's width (Y axis), either or both (i) for belt's concave cross section - adj acent to conveyor belts' side end(s) and (ii) belt's convex cross section - in conveyor belts' middle portion.
  • a water treatment module configured for providing at least one member of a group consisting of water filtration, water decontamination, water fertilization and any combination thereof.
  • a belt cleansing module configured for providing at least one member of a group consisting belt's cleaning, conveyor belts' sterilization, belt's preseeding treatment, including wetting, providing the conveyor belt with predefined measures of soil, substrate, growth formulations and a combination thereof.
  • the conveyor belt cleansing module comprises a rotatable brush (e.g., polyamide, e.g., NylonTM fibers brush) provided within a housing (e.g., a metal or plastic cage); the housing having an opening configured by means of size and shape (lz) to temporarily accommodate conveyor belt's front side, and to cleanse the portion within the encapsulated environment provided within the housing.
  • a rotatable brush e.g., polyamide, e.g., NylonTM fibers brush
  • a housing e.g., a metal or plastic cage
  • the housing having an opening configured by means of size and shape (lz) to temporarily accommodate conveyor belt's front side, and to cleanse the portion within the encapsulated environment provided within the housing.
  • the conveyor belt cleansing module further comprises one or more members of a group consisting of brush cleaning plate, carding or doping brushes for brush cleaning, vacuum system providing the housing inner portion in negative pressure, plate sterilization modules, including an NTP system, sprayers and purging outlets, applicators of disinfecting fluids (steam, H2O2, ozone, chlorinated GRAS materials etc.), static electricity emitter, and any combination thereof.
  • the conveyor belt cleansing module further comprises actuating mechanism configured to move the along X, and Z-axes, optionally also along Y-axis.
  • the cleansing unit Z-axis positioning mechanism comprises grooved (14) or teethed (12) erected construction (10) into which Z-locking latch (13), in connection with the housing are temporarily attached.
  • seeding module (20) located at conveyor's starting portion ( 100A) comprises a seeding unit and a seeding module actuating unit.
  • the Z-axis positioning mechanism comprises grooved (14) or teethed (12) erected construction (10) into which Z-locking latch (13), in connection with the housing are temporarily attached.
  • the system further comprising seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module, respectively configured for both (i) seeding sprout seeds on the conveyor belt and (it) providing at least one member of a group consisting conveyor belt's cleaning, conveyor belts' sterilization, belt's pre-seeding treatment, including wetting, providing the conveyor belt with predefined measures of soil, substrate, growth formulations and a combination thereof.
  • the seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module respectively comprises (i) a seeding unit and a seeding module actuating unit; and (it) a rotatable brush, provided within a housing (e.g., a metal or plastic cage); the housing having at least one first and at least one second openings; each of the at least one first opening is a seeds outlet; the outlet is provided on top the conveyor belt's starting portion (100A), configured to apply a predefined measure of sprout's seeds on belt's ever-rotating upper surface; the each of the at least one second opening is an aperture configured by means of size and shape ( lz) to temporarily accommodate conveyor belt's front side, and to cleanse the portion within the encapsulated environment provided within the housing.
  • a housing e.g., a metal or plastic cage
  • the housing having at least one first and at least one second openings; each of the at least one first opening is a seeds outlet; the outlet is provided on top the conveyor belt's starting portion (100A), configured to apply a predefined measure
  • the seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module conveyor belt cleansing module respectively comprises (i) seeds container with one or more inlets and outlets; and (it) one or more members of a group consisting of brush cleaning plate, brush cleaning rotatable brush, vacuum system providing the housing inner portion in negative pressure, plate sterilization modules, including an NTP system, sprayers and purging outlets, applicators of disinfecting fluids (steam, H2O2, ozone etc.), static electricity emitter, and any combination thereof.
  • seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module conveyor belt comprises cleansing unit X-axis positioning piston in connection with the housing.
  • seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module c Z-axis positioning mechanism in connection with the housing.
  • seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module Z-axis positioning mechanism comprises grooved (14) or teethed (12) erected construction (10) into which Z- locking latch (13), in connection with the housing are temporarily attached.
  • irrigation module comprises one or more members of group consisting of actuation mechanism, sensor, and applicator.
  • irrigation devices are selected from a group consisting of drip irrigation, water emitter, sprinkler (61), subsurface drip irrigation, sprayer, fogger, micro-spray or microsprinkler, mini-bubbler irrigation, and any combination and variant thereof.
  • Processor in connection with sensors and modules defined hereinabove, is utilizable to calculate Al algorithm for (i) growth optimization and hence (ii) belt-movement rate, seeding rate and harvesting rates. Such a synchronization is not disclosed nor enabled by technology disclosed in the art.
  • the harvesting module comprises one or more members of group consisting of an actuation mechanism, cutting member, sensor and any combination thereof.
  • the cutting member is a member of group consisting of sharp blade (e.g., straight knifelike member, round, rectangular, saw-like or a disc-like or pizza-slicer-like member), waterjet cutter, heat or plasma cutter, movable jaws or guillotine-like cutter and any combination of variant thereof.
  • harvesting module (50) is or comprises one member of a group consisting of Cutting/harvesting module, two configurations, knife goes down and conveyor belt advances along axis x, knife goes along axis Y (and also axis Z),
  • a post-harvesting module for providing at least one member of a group consisting of adding fluids, drying, mixing to provide a predefined mixture, pressing, packaging, packing, binding, blending (to blend two or more products harvested in neighboring conveyor belts or products provided from a remote locations) baling, further cutting the hereto cut sprout and otherwise handling, storing, and transporting the same, [e.g., a harvesting module located along the X axi
  • NTP non-thermal plasma
  • NTP configured to kill at least two orders of magnitudes of molds in a less than five minutes, by ionizing air flowing at the approximate environment of the system.
  • means selected from a group consisting of adding to or enriching with at least one additive the drying air; drying the air; coalescent and conventional oil separating, liquid receiving and treating, eliminating pathogens by emitting NTP; filtering he air; contacting the air with a material-binding solid-phase or liquid-phase sorbents; bubbling air in a liquid phase for liquid extraction of a material; admixing material-binding agent with the inflowing air.
  • the aforesaid material is optionally selected from a group consisting of oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydroxyl-containing materials, esters, carboxylic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, peptides, terpenes, water immiscible materials, materials miscible in organic solvents, ethylene, methane, aromatic materials, odors, nitrogen and nitrogen-containing materials, surfactants, volatile organic compounds, toxins, hazard materials, halogens, small particles, dust and fine particles, inorganic matter, pollen, dyes and pigments, insects and organs thereof, contaminations, magnetic materials, viruses, microorganisms, mixtures, and derivatives thereof.
  • Examples are cultivating Spirulina and sprout; soil bacteria that fix nitrogen (e.g., Rhizobium) and/or other plants, such as legumes, fixing nitrogen from the air into ammonia, which acts as a natural fertilizer for the plants, are cultivatable with other varieties of sprout.
  • soil bacteria that fix nitrogen e.g., Rhizobium
  • other plants such as legumes, fixing nitrogen from the air into ammonia, which acts as a natural fertilizer for the plants, are cultivatable with other varieties of sprout.
  • sprout is one or more crops, including forms of sprouted grains such as barley, wheat, sorghum, maize, alfalfa, oats, millets, rye, triticale, sunflower seeds, and lentils and other crops, such as spirulina, algae etc., useful for animal and human feed.
  • crops including forms of sprouted grains such as barley, wheat, sorghum, maize, alfalfa, oats, millets, rye, triticale, sunflower seeds, and lentils and other crops, such as spirulina, algae etc., useful for animal and human feed.
  • Another object of the invention to disclose a method of hydro-culturing sprout in an indoor environment by a continuous sprout system useful for synchronized seeding and harvesting operations; this system (optionally as defined hereinabove) is characterized by a main longitudinal axis X, main transverse axis Y and height along axis Z.
  • the method comprises at least one step, or optionally all steps as follows: providing either one or a vertically extended stack of two or more horizontal endless conveyors [ 1 ⁇ n -i), In, l(n+i)], each of which is positioned along the system's length (X axis); locating a seeding module (20) at conveyor's starting portion (100A); locating an irrigation module (60, e.g., figures 121, 122, 121a) above the conveyor; and locating harvesting module (50) at conveyor's ending portion (100B).
  • the method further comprises step of providing at least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of thermometer, wet bulb thermometer, ambient light sensor, relative humidity detector, spectrophotometer in visible, NIR or IR spectra, UV detector, VOC sensor, fluorescence detector, smoke detector, movement detector, microphone for detecting abnormalities of acoustic profile samples, time resolved sprout growth, weight and height changes at time, illuminance detector, light scattering sensor, and any combination thereof; the method further comprises step of providing at least one sensor located at roots-level sensor, leaf-size detector and/or leaf-level sensor, configured for measuring a parameter or parameters selected from a group consisting of conductivity sensor, moisture sensor, residual chlorine sensor, pH sensor, turbidity sensor, dissolved oxygen sensor, ORP sensor, COD sensor, ammonia nitrogen ion
  • the method further comprising step of providing angle 0 is ranging from 1 to 33 degrees; from 1 to 15 degrees; from 1 to 7.5 degrees; or from 2 to 5 degrees.
  • a water collecting module is located belt's width (Y axis), either or both (i) for belt's concave cross section - adjacent to conveyor belts' side end(s) and (ii) belt's convex cross section - in conveyor belts' middle portion.
  • a conveyor belt cleansing module configured for providing at least one member of a group consisting conveyor belt's cleaning, conveyor belts' sterilization, belt's pre-seeding treatment, including wetting, providing the conveyor belt with predefined measures of soil, substrate, growth formulations and a combination thereof.
  • a rotatable brush e.g., a nylon fibers brush
  • seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module Z-axis positioning mechanism comprises grooved (14) or teethed (12) erected construction (10) into which Z-locking latch (13), in connection with the housing are temporarily attached.
  • the method further comprising step of providing the applicator with one or more members of a group consisting of fertilizing facility, sprout cutter and means for harvesting the sprout or portions thereof, decontaminating facility, light emitter, fluid (liquid and gas) dispenser and any combination thereof.
  • the harvesting module comprises one or more members of group consisting of an actuation mechanism, cutting member, sensor and any combination thereof.
  • the cutting member is a member of group consisting of sharp blade (e.g., straight knife-like member, round, rectangular, saw-like or a disc-like or pizza-slicer-like member), water jet cutter, heat or plasma cutter, movable jaws or guillotine-like cutter and any combination of variant thereof.
  • the method further comprising step of configuring the NTP to kill at least two orders of magnitudes of molds in a less than five minutes, by ionizing air flowing at the approximate environment of the system.
  • aforesaid material is selected from a group consisting of oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydroxyl-containing materials, esters, carboxylic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, peptides, terpenes, water immiscible materials, materials miscible in organic solvents, ethylene, methane, aromatic materials, odors, nitrogen and nitrogen-containing materials, surfactants, volatile organic compounds, toxins, hazard materials, halogens, small particles, dust and fine particles, inorganic matter, pollen, dyes and pigments, insects and organs thereof, contaminations, magnetic materials, viruses, microorganisms, mixtures, and derivatives thereof.
  • Figures 1A-E illustrate an indoor continuous sprout hydroculture system with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations, characterized by a main longitudinal axis X, main transverse axis Y and height along axis Z; according to an embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 2A-B illustrate the system and modules thereof according to a set of embodiments of the invention;
  • Figure 3A-B illustrates seeding modules according to a few embodiments of the invention
  • Figure 4A-B illustrate harvesting (cutting) according to a few embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a cultivating synergy provided by fusion sensor according to a few embodiments of the invention
  • post-harvest is the stage of crop production immediately following harvest, including cooling, cleaning, sorting and packing. The instant a crop is removed from the ground, or separated from its parent part, it begins to deteriorate.
  • the term also refers to the point in time in which an agricultural commodity is harvested for sale, trade, or other human use. With respect to edible commodities e.g., fruit, vegetables, and fungi or non-edible commodities that are picked, e.g., flowers, the commodity begins its existence as “postharvest” after picking. For non-edible commodities e.g., trees, shrubs, flowering plants and/or seedling stocks, post-harvest is the point at which the commodity is packed, harvested or otherwise prepared for marketing.
  • plants means all plants and plant populations, which includes, desirable and undesirable wild plants, cultivars and plant varieties (whether or not protectable by plant variety or plant breeder's rights).
  • Cultivars and plant varieties can be plants obtained by conventional propagation and breeding methods, which can be assisted or supplemented by one or more biotechnological methods such as by use of double haploids, protoplast fusion, random and directed mutagenesis, CRISPR/Cas, grafting, RNAi, molecular and/or genetic markers, and/or by bioengineering and genetic engineering methods.
  • plant parts means all above ground and below ground parts and organs of plants such as shoot, leaf, blossom and root, whereby for example leaves, needles, stems, branches, blossoms, fruiting bodies, fruits and seed as well as roots, corms and rhizomes are listed.
  • Crops and vegetative and generative propagating material for example cuttings, corms, rhizomes, runners and seeds also belong to plant parts.
  • additive refers in a non-limiting manner in this connection to biocides and preservatives (e.g., metal salts, quaternary amine, bromomethane, ozone), plants hormones (e.g., ethylene and derivatives thereof, 1 -methylcyclopropene), plants breeding agents and genetic materials, enzymes and coenzymes, plant extracts, microorganisms such as probiotics, germination agents, fertilizes, acidulants and buffers, carbon dioxide, anti-caking agents, nitrogen gas, antifoaming agents, antioxidants, bulking agents, emulsifiers, flavor enhancers, perfuming agents, fruit and seed-coating agents, fertilizers, mineral salts, calcium carbonate containing dust, stabilizers, starches, thickeners, UV stabilizers, blockers or enhancers, vitamins and minerals and any combination, derivatives and mixtures thereof.
  • biocides and preservatives e.g., metal salts, quaternary amine, bromome
  • the senor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a biological, chemical, agrotechnical and of course, physical phenome.
  • a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor, sensor and interchangeably.
  • sensor or interchangeably, a detector
  • a detector is useful for detecting at least one parameter selected form a group consisting of air temperature, humidity, wet-bulb temp., AH, relative humidity, crop's water activity, air flow-speed, air flow direction, air flow volume, electrical conductivity, sound parameters (speed, pressure level, pitch, duration, loudness, timbre and texture), parameters of light and electromagnetic radiation, including intensity, spectra, pulses' pattern, continuous wave patterns; additive concentration, weight, including time resolved weight of the rack, the tray and dried crop, analytics, including chemical, microbial and biological detecting or measuring means, and any combination thereof.
  • AH relative humidity
  • crop's water activity air flow-speed, air flow direction, air flow volume
  • electrical conductivity sound parameters (speed, pressure level, pitch, duration, loudness, timbre and texture)
  • sound parameters speed, pressure level, pitch, duration, loudness, timbre and texture
  • parameters of light and electromagnetic radiation including intensity, spectra, pulses' pattern, continuous wave patterns
  • FIG. 1A-E illustrate an indoor continuous sprout hydroculture system with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations, characterized by a main longitudinal axis X, main transverse axis Y and height along axis Z; according to an embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 2A-E illustrate the system and modules thereof according to a set of embodiments of the invention.
  • the modules are, one or more of the following: either one or a vertically extended stack of two or more horizontal endless conveyors [l(n-i), In, l(n+i)], each of which is positioned along the system's length (X axis); seeding module (20) located at conveyor's starting portion (100A); an irrigation module (60) located above the conveyor; and harvesting module (50) located at conveyor's ending portion (100B).
  • Figure 3A-B illustrates seeding modules according to a few embodiments of the invention
  • Figure 4A-B illustrates harvesting (cutting) according to a few embodiments of the invention.
  • FIGS 1A-1E schematically illustrates a (preferably yet not necessarily indoor located-) continuous (at intervalley operated-) sprout (namely, also sprouts) hydroculture system (schemes 100, 101) with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations.
  • the system is characterized by a main longitudinal axis X, main transverse axis Y and height along axis Z.
  • the system inter alia, comprises either one or a plurality of vertically extended stack substantially -horizontal endless conveyor belts [l(n-l), In, l(n+l)] (see illustration 103B), each of which is positioned along system's length (X axis). Portions of both front and back illustration if the system are illustrated in drawings 105 al and 105a2.
  • the belts are either continuously or intermediately cycled in one of the following manners (i) in a predefined velocity, (ii) in a time resolved velocities-profile, (iii) in a feedbacked manner, namely, as a function of fusion sensor output.
  • at least one first belt is configured to cycle in a first rate; whilst for a second variety of sprout, at least one second belt is configured to cycle in a second (higher or lower) rate.
  • At least one first belt is configured to cycle in a first rate; whilst for a heterogeneous sprout's cake, where synergistic growth is recorded (e.g., growth of sprouts with nitrogen fixating plants' varieties), at least one second belt is configured to cycle in a second (higher) rate is utilizable.
  • synergistic growth e.g., growth of sprouts with nitrogen fixating plants' varieties
  • Another example is that for at relatively cold ambient temperatures at least one first belt is configured to cycle in a first rate; whilst for higher ambient temperatures, at least one second belt is configured to cycle in a second (higher) rate.
  • Seeding module (20) is located at conveyor's starting portion (100A).
  • An irrigation module 60, illustrations 121-123, 121a, 123a) located above the conveyor, harvesting module (50) is located at conveyor's ending portion (100B).
  • the conveyor belt comprises a plurality of evenly spaced along X axis erected ribs extending along Y axis [5(n-l), 5n, 5(n+l)].
  • System 100 is designed to provide on a daily basis ten tons of sprouts that grow in a completely controlled indoor environment. The system shown here is based on an array or a stack of dedicated six-level racks system each.
  • Each level 30 m long by 2 m wide, carries a special conveyor belt, which is the growing medium for the sprouts.
  • a water resist led light system and an irrigation system Above each conveyor belt, gutters are installed on both sides to collect the drain irrigation water for recycling and reuse.
  • the entire facility has six to seven of such six-levels conveyor systems.
  • the entire system is fully automatic or autonomously operated, and comprises means for feeding seeds from silos to an autonomous sowing system that serves each floor.
  • the "harvest" system is folly automatic so each one of the 6-level racks-system is served separately.
  • the complete system is controlled by a central industrial controller that runs a growing protocol that manages the complete process including climate, lighting, irrigation, sowing and harvesting.
  • the growing media is the conveyor belt itself.
  • the conveyor belt is constructed so that it is sloping from the center along the entire length of the conveyor towards the margins. This design creates water draining to dedicated gutters at each side of the conveyor, so drainage water will be recycled and reused. This drainage system allows appropriate oxygen supply to the roots while preventing molds to develop at the roots.
  • water flow rate smooth belt upper surface
  • V [2g * belt width * sin (theta ).
  • the conveyor belt is optionally tilted along at least one portion of its length in linear manner, concave or convex manners so that maximal and minimal heights of the conveyor belt at the portion is positioned in a middle portion of belt's width; wherein the concave or convex slopes are in an angle theta 1 [01] and theta 2 [02] in respect to said Y axis; and the angles 01 and 02 are ranging from 1 to 33 degrees; from 1 to 15 degrees; from 2 to 7.5 degrees; or from 3 to 4 degrees.
  • belt is not smooth along its upper surface, water velocity decreases, conveyor belt's top texture in parameters selected from Ra, RMS and Rt, as defined by ISO 4287: 1997, namely a.
  • Ra ranging from 25 pm to 0.025 pm; or 6.3 pm to 0. 1 pm; or 1.6 pm to 0. 1 pm;
  • RMS ranging from 1100 to 1.1; or 275 to 4.4 or 64 to 0.8; or
  • Rt ranging from 100 to 0.3; or 25 to 0.8; or 18 to 1.2.
  • belt's topmost texture may be characterized by its hydrophobicity, as defined e.g., in HLB scale.
  • HLB ⁇ 10; or > 10; or ranging from 1 to 3; or ranging from 3 to 6 or ranging from 7 to 9 or ranging from 13 to 16 or ranging from 8 to 16 or ranging from 16 to 18.
  • irrigation is based on nozzles mounted on a pole (boom) which is installed across each conveyor belt and moves along it while spraying the water.
  • boost pole
  • This method saves hundreds of nozzles and makes it possible to grow different types of sprouts along the conveyor belt so that each variety receives the amount of water it needs.
  • the movement of the boom and quantity of water is managed and monitored by controller and sensors.
  • Pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and molds float in the air and pose a great danger to the quality of the sprouts.
  • the system consists of independent units mounted on the HVAC ducts, thus ensuring optimal distribution throughout the space.
  • Each unit contains a high voltage transformer connected to unique patented electrodes which produce electrical energy that ionized the air. Ionized air is distributed throughout the room and destroys the cell shell of the pathogens and thus they are neutralized.
  • NTP NTP was found effective to kill molds in a few minutes by ionizing the air, without requiring to add any additional chemicals. It is acknowledged that the number of NTP units (or their output) is proportional to the room size. Unlike other anti-molds treatments such as UV, in which molds will only be affected if they pass in proximity to the UV bulb, the hereto presented NTP system blows ionized air into the room, creates an atmosphere which neutralizes existing molds and prevents development of new ones.
  • Commercially available NTP and NTP- like means are commercially available, including, e.g., DUCTTM 70MIC4C product, by Jonix S.p.A. B Corporation (Italy) and SterionizerTM D6 by FILT AIR Ltd (Israel).
  • Roughness includes the finest (shortest wavelength) irregularities of a surface.
  • Roughness (referred to as tool marks) generally results from a production process or material condition. Roughness is measured in a transversal direction to the main grooves. - The mean arithmetical value “Ra” in pm is assumed for roughness measurements.
  • Surface Texture is the variation in the surface in the form of roughness, waviness, lay, and flaws. In practice, both the words - “Surface Texture” and “Surface Roughness” are used to explain common meaning of surface roughness symbols.
  • Waviness includes the more widely spaced (longer wavelength) deviations of a surface from its nominal shape. Waviness errors are intermediate in wavelength between roughness and form error.
  • Lay refers to the predominant pattern of the surface texture. Ordinarily, lay is determined by the particular production method and geometry used. Flaws are defects, or irregularities, that occur more or less at random over the surface. These defects can be such things as cracks, blow holes, ridges, scratches etc.
  • Ra is a measure of the average roughness of a surface. It is a unitless quantity that expresses the average height of the surface irregularities, or peaks and valleys, over a given length.
  • conveyor belt's top texture is characterized by Ra, RMS and Rt (defined by ISO 4287: 1997) values are as defined by ISO 4287: 1997, incorporated herein as a reference; namely Ra, ranging from 25 mm to 0.025 mm; or 6.3 mm to 0. 1 mm; or 1.6 mm to 0. 1 mm; RMS, ranging from 1100 to 1. 1; or 275 to 4.4 or 64 to 0.8; or Rt, ranging from 100 to 0.3; or 25 to 0.8; or 18 to 1.2.
  • Ra ranging from 25 mm to 0.025 mm; or 6.3 mm to 0. 1 mm; or 1.6 mm to 0. 1 mm
  • RMS ranging from 1100 to 1. 1; or 275 to 4.4 or 64 to 0.8
  • Rt ranging from 100 to 0.3; or 25 to 0.8; or 18 to 1.2.
  • hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of a surfactant is a measure of the degree to which it is hydrophilic or lipophilic, determined by calculating values for the different regions of the molecule, as described by Griffin, William C. (1949), "Classification of Surface-Active Agents by 'HLB'” (PDF), Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, 1 (5): 311-26, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12, retrieved 2013-05-25.
  • HLB value is selected from values as defined hereinafter: 10 >Lipid-soluble (water-insoluble), 10 ⁇ Water-soluble (lipid-insoluble); 1 to 3: anti-foaming agent; 3 to 6: W/O (water in oil) emulsifier; 7 to 9: wetting and spreading agent; 13 to 16: detergent; 8 to 16: O/W (oil in water) emulsifier; to 18: solubiliser or hydrotrope.
  • HLB 8 is found utilizable in some of the belts; whereas HLB 14 is utilizable in other belts.
  • hydrophobic belt is a silicon-made top portion (HLB ⁇ 12).
  • Zeta potential is a physical property which is exhibited by any particle in suspension, macromolecule or material surface.
  • the present invention indicates that belts' zeta potential influences water flow along the Y-axis slope, providing useful tool for growth optimization.
  • high zeta potential is provided in belts made of DRAGIT® E 100 by Evonik Operations GmbH (DE) is a cationic copolymer based on dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, and methyl methacrylate with a ratio of 2: 1: 1; whilst DRAGIT® L 100 re .
  • methaciylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer ( 1: 1) is provided with negative high zeta potential and much different water flowing characteristics.
  • FIG. 3A-3B schematically illustrating a seeding module (20) located at conveyor's starting portion (100A) comprises a seeding unit and a seeding module actuating unit; optionally, the seeding unit comprising seeding inlet 3 li and seeds outlet 31o; the outlet is provided on top belt's 36 starting portion (100A), configured to apply a predefined measure of sprout's seeds on belt's ever-rotating upper surface; additionally, or optionally, the seeding module actuating unit comprising actuating mechanism configured to move the along X, and Z-axes, optionally also along Y -axis.
  • the conveyor belt cleansing module may further comprise one or more seeding unit X-axis positioning pistons 35. Additionally, or optionally, the seeding module further comprises Z-axis positioning mechanism; additionally, or optionally, the Z-axis positioning mechanism (Zm) comprises, inter alia, grooved (14) or teethed (12) erected construction (11, assembly 10) into which Z-locking latch (13), in connection with the housing 39 are temporarily attached.
  • a seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module respectively comprises (i) a seeding unit and a seeding module actuating unit; and (ii) a rotatable brush, provided within a housing (e.g., a metal or plastic cage); the housing having at least one first and at least one second openings; each of the at least one first opening is a seeds outlet; the outlet is provided on top the conveyor belt's starting portion (100A), configured to apply a predefined measure of sprout's seeds on belt's ever-rotating upper surface; the each of the at least one second opening 38 is an aperture configured by means of size and shape (lz) to temporarily accommodate belt's front side, and to cleanse the portion within the encapsulated environment provided within the housing; optionally, the seeding and conveyor belt cleansing integrated module conveyor belt cleansing module respectively comprises (i) seeds container with one or more inlets and outlets; and (ii) one or more members of a group consisting of brush cleaning plate, brush cleaning rotatable brush, vacuum system providing the housing inner portion
  • FIG. 4B-B schematically illustrating a harvesting module, according to one example, that comprises one or more members of group consisting of an actuation mechanism, cutting member, sensor and any combination thereof;
  • the actuation mechanism is configured to move one or more water irrigation devices along X, and Z-axes, optionally also along Y-axis; in its linear reciprocating movement along the Y axis, a cutting member slices the sprout to predefined measure;
  • the cutting member is a member of group consisting of sharp blade waterjet cutter, heat or plasma cutter, movable jaws or guillotine-like cutter and any combination of variant thereof.
  • the harvesting module (50) comprises, configures as or interconnected with cutting/harve sting module, two configurations, knife goes down and conveyor belt advances along axis x, knife goon axis Y (and also axis Z). It may comprise or be interconnected with a post-harvesting module for providing at least one member of a group consisting of adding fluids, drying, mixing to provide a predefined mixture, pressing, packaging, packing, binding, blending baling, further cutting the hereto cut sprout and otherwise handling, storing, and transporting the same.
  • system 100 may comprise one or more fusion sensors enabling a synchronization of all modules to maximize sprout growth. It is well in the scope of the invention wherein at least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of thermometer, wet bulb thermometer, ambient light sensor, relative humidity detector, spectrophotometer in visible (e.g., for green and/or yellow color detection), NIR or IR spectra, UV detector, VOC sensor, fluorescence detector, smoke detector, movement detector, microphone for detecting abnormalities of acoustic profile samples, time resolved sprout growth, weight and height changes at time, illuminance detector, light scattering sensor, and any combination thereof;
  • at least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of thermometer, wet bulb thermometer, ambient light sensor, relative humidity detector, spectrophotometer in visible (e.g., for green and/or yellow color detection), NIR or IR spectra, UV detector, VOC sensor, fluorescence detector, smoke detector, movement detector, microphone for detecting abnormalities of acoustic profile samples,
  • At least one sensor located at roots-level sensor, leaf-size detector and/or leaf- lev el sensor, configured for measuring a parameter or parameters selected from a group consisting of conductivity sensor, moisture sensor, residual chlorine sensor, pH sensor, turbidity sensor, dissolved oxygen sensor, ORP sensor, COD sensor, ammonia nitrogen ion sensor, chlorophyll sensor, blue-green algae sensor, thermal sensor, ion probe sensor, impedance, salinity, osmolarity, fluid flowing rate and fluid dynamics, water-content, and water activity (aW) and any combination thereof.
  • a parameter or parameters selected from a group consisting of conductivity sensor, moisture sensor, residual chlorine sensor, pH sensor, turbidity sensor, dissolved oxygen sensor, ORP sensor, COD sensor, ammonia nitrogen ion sensor, chlorophyll sensor, blue-green algae sensor, thermal sensor, ion probe sensor, impedance, salinity, osmolarity, fluid flowing rate and fluid dynamics, water-content, and water activity (aW
  • At least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of sprout's height sensor, high-weight converting means and any combination thereof.
  • sensor for detecting levels of crops' nutritional factors is selected from a group consisting of sprout's height sensor, high-weight converting means and any combination thereof.
  • At least one sensor is selected from a group consisting of PTZ camera, light sensor, camera, video, CCD, MEMS optical device, spectrophotometer or photo detector, provided within or on a platform, said platform is selected from a group consisting of a boom, static holder, 2D or 3D movable platform, on-line real-time activated sensor and any combination thereof.
  • one or more sensors or arrays thereof are provided and utilized.
  • the one or more fusion sensors areutilizable in connection, via a cordial or wireless communication lines, with one or more members of a group consisting of a processor, remote alarming system, operating system, conveyors, cleansing module and actuating mechanisms thereof, said seeding module, said irrigation module, said irrigation module.
  • fusion sensor is a synergistic aggrotech optimization of sprout cultivation is herein described.
  • sensors are wirelessly interconnected with a remote processor.
  • At least one first sensor is a monochromator (550nm, green color), leaves' green color is an indication of sprout wealth, line 501;
  • At least one second sensor is a monochromator (580nm, yellow color), leaves' yellow color is an indication of sprout dryness, line 502;
  • At least one third sensor is a thermometer (wet bulb temperature), line 503drybuib;
  • At least one forth sensor is a thermometer (ambient temperature), line 503 wet bulb, indicating in combination with wet bulb temperature for ambient' s relative humidity, (RH line is not shown);
  • At least one fifth sensor is a belt recycling velocity dynamometer (cm hr' 1 ), line 504;
  • At least one sixth sensor is water irrigation flux monitor (L hr' 1 ), line 505;
  • At least one seventh sensor is liquid-fertilizer irrigation flux monitor (mL hr' 1 ), line 510;
  • At least one seventh sensor is water irrigation flux, (lit. hr' 1 );
  • At least one eight sensor is a spectrophotometer (visible wavelength) for detecting sprout height (cm) for calculating growth rate (mm day' 1 ), line 511.
  • the synergy is as follows: sprouts are grown in a system according to this invention for e.g., seven days. Along the second to 5 th day of growing, color of sprouts' leaves is continuously measures, showing a decrease in green color 501, and reciprocal increase in yellow color 502. At the same time, average sprots height increase is measured (511), and hence sprouts growth increase rate (mm day' 1 ) is determined. It is indicated that along the first 5 days, sprouts growth rate 512 is significantly lower than required in this system (513). Average wet and dry bulb temperatures (503DB & 503WB, respectively) remain constant along this time period. Similarly, water and fertilizer irrigation fluxes are constant (505 & 510 respectively).

Landscapes

  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Pretreatment Of Seeds And Plants (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention rend possible un système d'hydroculture de pousse en continu en intérieur à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées comprenant soit un transporteur sans fin horizontal, soit un empilement étendu verticalement d'au moins deux transporteurs sans fin horizontaux, chacun étant positionné le long de la longueur du système ; un module d'ensemencement situé au niveau de la partie de départ du transporteur ; un module d'irrigation situé au-dessus dudit transporteur ; et un module de récolte situé au niveau de la partie de fin du transporteur. L'invention divulgue également un procédé efficace consistant à effectuer l'hydroculture de pousse dans un environnement intérieur au moyen d'un système de pousse en continu utile pour des opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées ; à fournir soit un transporteur sans fin horizontal, soit un empilement étendu verticalement d'au moins deux transporteurs sans fin horizontaux, chacun étant positionné le long de ladite longueur du système ; à placer un module d'ensemencement au niveau de la partie de départ du transporteur ; à placer le module d'irrigation au-dessus dudit transporteur ; et à placer le module de récolte au niveau de la partie de fin du transporteur.
PCT/IL2023/051171 2022-11-13 2023-11-13 Système de culture de pousse en continu à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées et procédés associés Ceased WO2024100673A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP23888256.7A EP4615219A1 (fr) 2022-11-13 2023-11-13 Système de culture de pousse en continu à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées et procédés associés
AU2023378975A AU2023378975A1 (en) 2022-11-13 2023-11-13 A continuous sprout cultivating system with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations and methods thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL298167A IL298167B2 (en) 2022-11-13 2022-11-13 A system and method for continuously growing sprouts while timing the sowing and harvesting operations
IL298167 2022-11-13

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2024100673A1 true WO2024100673A1 (fr) 2024-05-16

Family

ID=89845787

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/IL2023/051171 Ceased WO2024100673A1 (fr) 2022-11-13 2023-11-13 Système de culture de pousse en continu à opérations d'ensemencement et de récolte synchronisées et procédés associés

Country Status (4)

Country Link
EP (1) EP4615219A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2023378975A1 (fr)
IL (1) IL298167B2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2024100673A1 (fr)

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3425158A (en) * 1967-01-26 1969-02-04 Leslie B Kyle Culture belt for a hydroponic system
US20180132441A1 (en) * 2016-11-16 2018-05-17 Alvin Harker Hydroponic conveyor system and method of growing and harvesting crops
US10660282B1 (en) * 2017-04-08 2020-05-26 Taylor MichaelMason Parrish Horticulture apparatus and method
WO2021097368A1 (fr) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-20 80 Acres Urban Agriculture Inc. Procédé et appareil d'agriculture en intérieur autonome
US20210321585A1 (en) * 2020-04-20 2021-10-21 Ivan Z. Martin Hydroponic Growth and Cutting Method and Device
US20220000043A1 (en) * 2018-10-30 2022-01-06 Mjnn Llc Grow tower processing for controlled environment agriculture system

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3425158A (en) * 1967-01-26 1969-02-04 Leslie B Kyle Culture belt for a hydroponic system
US20180132441A1 (en) * 2016-11-16 2018-05-17 Alvin Harker Hydroponic conveyor system and method of growing and harvesting crops
US10660282B1 (en) * 2017-04-08 2020-05-26 Taylor MichaelMason Parrish Horticulture apparatus and method
US20220000043A1 (en) * 2018-10-30 2022-01-06 Mjnn Llc Grow tower processing for controlled environment agriculture system
WO2021097368A1 (fr) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-20 80 Acres Urban Agriculture Inc. Procédé et appareil d'agriculture en intérieur autonome
US20210321585A1 (en) * 2020-04-20 2021-10-21 Ivan Z. Martin Hydroponic Growth and Cutting Method and Device

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
IL298167A (fr) 2022-12-01
IL298167B2 (en) 2024-06-01
IL298167B1 (en) 2024-02-01
AU2023378975A1 (en) 2025-07-03
EP4615219A1 (fr) 2025-09-17

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Graham et al. Citrus Phytophthora diseases: management challenges and successes
KR101607279B1 (ko) 식물을 재배하는 방법 및 장치
US6508033B2 (en) Self contained fully automated robotic crop production facility
Geisenberg et al. Field crop management
JP2008523811A (ja) 水耕栽培の方法およびそれに使用する構成要素
Foqué et al. A vertical spray boom application technique for conical bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) plants
Dutta et al. Aeroponics: An artificial plant cultivation technique
CN110049676B (zh) 用于植物处理化学品的佐剂组合物
Hochmuth et al. Keys to successful tomato and cucumber production in perlite media
AU2023378975A1 (en) A continuous sprout cultivating system with synchronized seeding and harvesting operations and methods thereof
Elwakeel et al. Manufacturing and performance evaluation of a sugarcane node cutting machine
Ade et al. Performance of an air-assisted boom sprayer in the control of Colorado beetle infestation in potato crops
Fessler et al. Intelligent spray technology to control pests in nursery and orchard systems with reduced pesticide application rates
KR20040067099A (ko) 식물재배용 다목적 관수장치
EP4082330A1 (fr) Serre microclimatique dotée d'une zone automatisée de croissance et d'une pluralité de tables de germination
CH719014B9 (de) Gewächshaus.
Sistler Techniques for automation systems in the agriculture industry
Srivastava Role of mechanisation of horticultural crops with emphasis on automation
EP3104681B1 (fr) Appareil et procédé d'application de milieu liquide à des semis
Van De Zande et al. Towards more target oriented crop protection
Balakoti et al. ADVANCES IN SEED TECHNOLOGY AND GERMINATION
Maruo et al. New leaf vegetable production system using automatic reaping harvester and rail system
EP4569281A1 (fr) Salle de séchage pour des processus de post-récolte, modules et procédés associés
Wani et al. Precision farming:" a way forward in vegetable science".
Stajnko et al. The efficiency of different machines for controlling of western corn rootworm adults

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 23888256

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 2023888256

Country of ref document: EP

Ref document number: AU2023378975

Country of ref document: AU

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 2023888256

Country of ref document: EP

Effective date: 20250613

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 2023378975

Country of ref document: AU

Date of ref document: 20231113

Kind code of ref document: A

WWP Wipo information: published in national office

Ref document number: 2023888256

Country of ref document: EP