公开(公告)号：US20190082615A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16104752

申请日：2018-08-17

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Inventor： Swadeshmukul SANTRA ,  Swaminathan RAJARAMAN ,  Woo Hyoung LEE ,  Yunjun XU ,  Maria Gabriela Nogueira CAMPOS

IPC: A01G7/06 ,  A01N59/16 ,  A01N25/30 ,  A01N25/04 ,  A01N25/28 ,  A01N65/36

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems and methods for delivering therapeutic compositions to plants. Specifically exemplified herein is a device comprising a plurality of microneedles for creating pores in an effective area of a target plant and then applying a second device loaded with the therapeutic composition. The microneedle device is designed to impart pores that allow for access of the therapeutic composition to the plant vascular system including phloem.