AUTOMATED GRAVIMETRIC SCREENING PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD

An automated gravimetric screening system (10) and method controls soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants (16) to perform water deficit experiments in a greenhouse using a stationary support platform (12) and pot design that maintains the plants in a static location during the testing. By wei...

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Hauptverfasser:	GOLGOTIU, KIRSTI A, HERVE, PHILIPPE, SWARTWOOD, TROY M, KELLER, DOUGLAS, DONALDSON, JEFFREY D
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED FISHING FORESTRY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	An automated gravimetric screening system (10) and method controls soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants (16) to perform water deficit experiments in a greenhouse using a stationary support platform (12) and pot design that maintains the plants in a static location during the testing. By weighing and re-watering the pots from beneath the platform, the present system and method permits an upper gantry (22) to capture high resolution images, temperature data, or other sensor data to quantify the plant stress level or plant canopy characteristics during the experiment.