Abstract
The invention provides a method for the early detection of infection within a growing crop by contacting crop organ samples such as leaves with a senescence material and incubating the crop organ samples under controlled conditions to accelerate infection. This allows a farmer to take curative steps more quickly than if the natural development of the infection was awaited. The invention also provides an enclosure provided by an incubator (1) containing sample holder mounts (13), a heater (11), a light source (4, 5) and a humidity controlling membrane (23) for the sample holders. The base (10) of the incubator (1) forms a reservoir for senescence retardant liquid.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Patent number | WO/1996/038582 |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 1996 |