Method and apparatus for enhancing growth characteristics of seeds using ion-electron avalanches
CA 2265817 C · Owner: Levengood, William C. · Inventors: Levengood, William C.; Burke, John A.
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A method and apparatus for treating seeds with self-organized avalanches of electrons between electrodes (11, 12) as a cathode and an anode with seeds (13) between the anode and cathode or on the anode. Apparatus circuit (200) in a box (20) provides simultaneous DC and AC between the electrodes which creates the avalanche of electrons which project into the seeds. The seeds must be stored before planting. The seeds so treated have enhanced growth characteristics.
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- Filed August 29, 1997 and granted November 5, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 2017.
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