Automated gravimetric screening platform system and method

A pot for use with system for controlling soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants to perform water deficit experiments. The pot includes a body portion (140) having an open top end and a bottom end (82), a flange coupled to the body portion adjacent the top end, the flange configured to engage...

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Hauptverfasser:	Donaldson Jeffrey D, Swartwood Troy M, Herve Philippe, Golgotiu Kirsti A, Keller Douglas
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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:	A pot for use with system for controlling soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants to perform water deficit experiments. The pot includes a body portion (140) having an open top end and a bottom end (82), a flange coupled to the body portion adjacent the top end, the flange configured to engage a platform, a fluid reservoir (152) having a bottom portion located adjacent the bottom end of the body portion, a plurality of vertically extending fluid channels (154) extending upwardly toward the top end of the body portion, a fill opening (172) located at the bottom end of the body portion in communication with the bottom portion of the fluid reservoir, and a check valve (176) coupled to the fill opening to permit fluid to be supplied to the fluid reservoir from the bottom end of the body portion through fill opening and the check valve.