| CPC A01G 7/045 (2013.01) [A01G 9/249 (2019.05); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/165 (2020.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method for treating pest infestation of crops, comprising:
withholding all light from the crops; and
during the withholding, applying a fir burst of ultraviolet light to the crops for a duration of between 1 second and 200 seconds at a wavelength between 250 nm and 355 nm at an intensity between about 20 μW/cm2 and about 30 μW/cm2.
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