Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for enhancing the nutritional value in an edible plant part by light, and lighting device therefore
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Application No.: US14425435Application Date: 2013-08-30
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Publication No.: US10172296B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn , Paulus Albertus Van Hal , Gabriel-Eugen Onac , Cristina Tanase
- Applicant: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/058159 WO 20130830
- International Announcement: WO2014/037860 WO 20140313
- Main IPC: A01G7/04
- IPC: A01G7/04 ; F21V23/04 ; F21W131/30 ; F21Y105/10 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
The invention provides a method for enhancing the nutritional value in a first plant part (2) of a crop (1), wherein the first plant part (2) comprises an edible plant part, wherein the crop (1) in addition to the first plant part (2) comprises one or more other plant parts (3), wherein the method comprises illuminating during a nutritional enhancement lighting period a target part (5) of said first plant part (2) with horticulture light (511) that is selected to enhance formation of a nutrient in said first plant part (2) while allowing one or more other plant parts (3) to be subjected to different light conditions, wherein the nutritional enhancement lighting period is started within two weeks from harvest of the first plant part (2).
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