ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,378, issued on June 10.
"Techniques and implementations for improved crop yields in arid conditions" was invented by John Jamison (Dickerson, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed implementations for improving crop yield in arid environments. Implementations include a method comprising selecting a cover crop adapted to absorb one or more of atmospheric or soil moisture for storage in an underground portion of the cover crop, and planting the selected cover crop in a particular tract of land at a first time instance. The method additionally includes controllably terminating growth of the cover crop at a second time instance, su...