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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
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);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/045 (2013.01); Y02P 60/149 (2015.11);
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, and a step (C) of irradiating a plant with a light predominantly comprised of far-red light wherein the step (A), the step (B) and the step (C) are independently and separately carried out for a predetermined period of time. The light irradiated at each of the steps (A), (B) and (C) has at least 60%, based on the total emission intensity of the light, of an emission intensity ratio of red light, blue light or far-red light.