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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2012
Jonathan A. Jackson, Dayton, OH (US);
Patrick A. Jackson, Dayton, OH (US);
Jonathan A. Jackson, Dayton, OH (US);
Patrick A. Jackson, Dayton, OH (US);
Global Neighbor, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
Non soil-invasive four-parameter rapid unnatural dual component selective illumination protocol (UDCIP) for plant eradication using a process time under one minute. Application of a relatively low level of non-mutating UV-A optical energy to root crowns and/or soil grades allows below-ground UV-A penetration into soil to illuminate root crowns, and when preceded by or coincident with an above ground near-IR defoliation and root crown illumination step, results in an unexpected rise in lethality. Very high lethality, including 100 percent, is obtained using low deposited energy. UV-A optical energy can be delivered to root crowns and adjacent soil via a UV-transmissive knive blade.