Patent · US Expired

Method of promoting seedling emergence of field-planted, small-seeded crops

US4570378A · kind A · utility

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6References

6Claims

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Assignee

Fats and Proteins Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

Charles W. Wendt · Lubbock, US
Joseph D. Shroder · Reedville, US
Michael Gerst · Worms, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 1984
Grant date	Feb 18, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S111/90
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of promoting the emergence of field-planted, small-seeded crops comprises sowing the seeds in an agricultural field and applying an emulsion which includes an animal fat material to the soil directly over the sown seeds.

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