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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Showa Denko K.k., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryouichi Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hironori Ara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SHOWA DENKO K.K., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 33/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/02 (2006.01); A01G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 1/001 (2013.01); A01G 7/02 (2013.01); A01G 33/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a step (A) of irradiating a plant with a red light and a step (B) of irradiating a plant with a blue light, wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that a fertilizer is used for each of the step (A) and the step (B), of which at least the fertilizer used for the step (A) is applied in the form of a nutritious liquid containing fertilizer ingredients and further carbon dioxide added therein. Preferably, a nutritious liquid is applied at each of the step (A) and the step (B), and the nutritious liquid applied at the step (A) contains carbon dioxide at a concentration higher than that in the nutritious liquid applied at the step (B).


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