System for cultivating aquatic plants and method thereof

The present invention discloses a system for cultivating surface-growing floating aquatic plants, in particular, duckweeks or lemnoideae species, on a non horizontally positioned sheet-like substrate. The aforementioned system comprises (a) a predetermined volume of growth media flowing through shee...

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Main Authors Elituv, Ehud, Shalev, Itzhak
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.06.2020
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
FISHING
FORESTRY
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:The present invention discloses a system for cultivating surface-growing floating aquatic plants, in particular, duckweeks or lemnoideae species, on a non horizontally positioned sheet-like substrate. The aforementioned system comprises (a) a predetermined volume of growth media flowing through sheet-like substrate provided with a predetermined inoculum of said aquatic plants; (b) at least one sheet-like substrate; (c) an irrigation mechanism configured to a top down irrigation flow in said sheet-like substrate; and (d) a regulation mechanism configured to control said irrigation flow. The present invention further discloses methods for cultivating the aforementioned aquatic plants.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615754902