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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Philip N. Benfey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard W Twigg, Iii, Durham, NC (US);
Robert L. Clark, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Scott Joseph Kennedy, Durham, NC (US);
Gregory Kealoha Fricke, Durham, NC (US);
Philip N. Benfey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard W Twigg, III, Durham, NC (US);
Robert L. Clark, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Scott Joseph Kennedy, Durham, NC (US);
Gregory Kealoha Fricke, Durham, NC (US);
GrassRoots Biotechnology, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and has a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein. The plurality of apertures are configured so that the root portions grow substantially in a common orientation.