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Process and apparatus for commercial farming of marine and freshwater hydrophytes

  • US 4,209,943 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1977
  • Issued: 07/01/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. The method of cultivating freshwater and marine macrophytes of the type naturally growing in water comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing a controlled atmospheric environment;

    (b) exposing said environment to light sufficient to support growth of said macrophytes;

    (c) placing live macrophytes in said environment in a position exposed to said light; and

    (d) wetting said macrophytes with water of the type in which they naturally grow to maintain only a film of water on said macrophytes substantially throughout their growth period.

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