date:Apr 25, 2014
Stevia First Corp. is planning a field-scale study using agricultural drones. The practice potentially may help U.S. growers make stevia a more economically-viable crop, according to Stevia First, which wants to establish a vertically integrated stevia enterprise in the United States.
The agricultural drones are used to interrupt a photoperiod. Brief overnight illumination involves red LED light on the stevia plants and may stimulate growth and plant flowering, which then increase leaf mass and