HARTSOOK, JEFFREY W.,BOHNERT, MICHAEL R.,BAITINGER, DAVID J.,DA SILVA DIAS, ANA PAULA,FREY, TRAVIS J.
申请号:
CA2787838
公开号:
CA2787838C
申请日:
2011.01.27
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for inoculating a plurality of plants. In various embodiments, an exemplary method includes spraying a plurality of plants (34) with an inoculum utilizing an automated inoculum spraying subsystem (38) of a mobile inoculation system (10). The method additionally includes spraying the plurality of plants (34) with a grit medium utilizing an automated grit blasting subsystem (42) of the mobile inoculation system (10). Spraying the plants (34) with the grit medium inflicts a plurality of wounds to the tissue of the plants (34) on a plurality of surfaces of the plants (34). The wounds inflicted by the grit medium allow the inoculum to be absorbed into the plants (34) to inoculate the plants (34).