Foliar Laser Boost™ — Buy FLB-02 | Laser-Enhanced Foliar Delivery

The problem

Over 90% of agrochemicals are wasted

The plant's waxy cuticle blocks absorption. This means higher costs, lower efficacy, and massive environmental runoff. Your expensive actives never reach the cells that need them. And for large molecules — peptides, biologics, complex protectants — conventional foliar spray simply cannot penetrate the cuticle at all.

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Cuticle Blocks Absorption

The protective wax layer repels water and chemicals, forcing application rates far above what the plant actually needs.

Large Molecules Cannot Penetrate

Peptides, proteins, biologics, and complex actives are physically too large to cross the intact cuticle — no matter how much you spray. This eliminates entire classes of treatments from foliar use.

Expensive Actives Wasted

Micronutrients, protectants, and specialty inputs suffer most. Inefficient penetration wastes your most valuable resources.

No Good Solution — Until Now

Surfactants help marginally with small molecules. Injection is invasive. There's been no clean, non-destructive way to bypass the cuticle at scale — or to deliver large molecules foliarly.

Our solution

Selective cuticle ablation. Zero damage. Any molecule.

FLB uses controlled laser pulses to create temporary micro-channels in the leaf cuticle — without touching the living tissue beneath. This doesn't just improve uptake of existing products: it opens the door to delivering entirely new classes of molecules that were previously impossible to apply foliarly.

Laser Ablation

Controlled pulses selectively remove the wax cuticle, creating microscopic openings on the leaf surface.

Temporary Permeability

The cuticle becomes permeable while the epidermal layer remains completely intact and functional.

Standard Application

Apply your foliar spray normally — it now accesses direct penetration pathways, even for large molecules.

Dramatic Uptake — Any Size Molecule

Small molecules penetrate 2x to 50x more efficiently. Large molecules — peptides, biologics, antibiotics — that couldn't penetrate before now enter the leaf tissue directly.

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Fluorescent compound (2-NBDG) spreading through laser-treated leaf — visual proof of FLB penetration

2-NBDG fluorescence spreading through laser-treated leaf tissue

Game-Changing Capability

Deliver molecules that were previously impossible to apply foliarly

The intact leaf cuticle acts as a physical size filter. Conventional spraying works only for small, lipophilic molecules — and even those suffer massive losses. FLB changes the equation: by creating temporary micro-channels through the wax barrier, it enables foliar delivery of molecules regardless of their size or chemistry.

This unlocks entirely new treatment strategies that were never available before:

Antimicrobial peptides

Therapeutic proteins

Complex biologics

Antibiotics (OTC, etc.)

RNA-based treatments

Systemic fungicides

Micronutrient complexes

Growth regulators

The potential is enormous. Every crop disease or deficiency that currently requires injection, soil drench, or trunk application could potentially be addressed with a simple, non-invasive foliar treatment using FLB.

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Technology Platform

How FLB Works at the Microscopic Level

Laser-Induced Micropermeabilization

(A) The laser beam delivers controlled pulses that create microscale openings in the waxy cuticle layer, producing a transient increase in permeability — without affecting the epidermis or mesophyll beneath.

(B) Once the cuticle barrier is open, foliar spray penetrates efficiently into the leaf interior. Reduced runoff means less waste, and molecules of any size gain direct access to the mesophyll cells where they are needed.

The micro-channels heal naturally as the cuticle regenerates, leaving no permanent damage to the plant.

Scientific diagram: (A) Laser-induced micropermeabilization of cuticle, (B) Enhanced foliar penetration into mesophyll cells

Real Micro-Channel Evidence

The FLB laser creates configurable openings through the cuticle. The pattern geometry, channel width, spacing, and density are all adjustable to match different crops, leaf types, and application goals. In this example, the channels are approximately 60 µm wide — but this is easily modified depending on the target molecule and treatment protocol.

The left panel shows the full-leaf treatment pattern visible to the naked eye; the right panel shows the same channels under microscopy, confirming selective cuticle removal with no underlying tissue damage.

The channels are temporary — the cuticle regenerates naturally within days, leaving the plant fully intact while the applied compounds have already been absorbed into the leaf tissue.

Laser micro-channel pattern — macro and microscopic view showing 0.058mm precision

Effective and Safe by Design

Localized thermal sealing. The laser ablation produces a brief, micro-localized thermal effect at the channel edges — similar to coagulation in surgical lasers. This creates a protective seal around each opening immediately upon treatment.

Natural wax recovery. The cuticle regenerates naturally within days. The openings are transient by design — permeable long enough for compound absorption, then closed as the wax layer rebuilds. Across 10+ crop species in field trials, no adverse effects have been observed in laser-treated plants.

Coming Next

FLB-100 — Field-Scale Laser System

While the FLB-02 is designed for researchers, trials, and proof of concepts, the FLB-100 represents the future of commercial-scale foliar delivery: a tractor-mounted laser array that treats target leaf zones at traveling speed, followed immediately by precision spray application.

Designed for large-scale commercial operations, it delivers FLB's precision to entire fields with minimal labor input. The laser scanner module maps the canopy in real-time and targets foliage directly, while the trailed airblast sprayer applies the agrochemical immediately after laser treatment.

Current status: FLB-02 field validation ongoing. FLB-100 engineering in development for commercial launch.

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FLB-100 field system diagram — tractor with laser pre-treatment module and trailed targeted foliar sprayer

FLB-100 concept: laser pre-treatment followed by targeted foliar spray

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Choose How to Work With Us

Whether you're ready to buy or want to test first, we have the right path for you.

Buy FLB-02

Purchase the handheld device for your lab, greenhouse, or field operation. Includes training and technical support.

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Paid Proof of Concept

We run a controlled trial on your crop with your active ingredients. You get validated data and a decision-ready report.

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Research Collaboration

Partner with us for academic research, joint publications, or co-development of new applications and crop protocols.

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Trials and Proof of Concepts

Scientifically Validated Across Crops

Every FLB claim is backed by independent, third-party validated data. Our validation spans multiple crops, active ingredients, delivery methods, and analytical techniques — including delivery of large molecules like antimicrobial peptides and antibiotics.

Citrus — Peptide Delivery for HLB

FLB enables foliar delivery of antimicrobial peptides — large molecules that cannot penetrate the intact cuticle by conventional spraying.

>98%

Bacterial clearance after two treatments (Days 0 & 30), strongest reduction among all tested methods.

Texas A&M University · qPCR · 70-day follow-up · 10 trees/group

Citrus — Oxytetracycline (OTC)

FLB dramatically increases antibiotic uptake, enabling effective OTC concentrations in leaf tissue via foliar application.

~20x

Higher OTC levels vs. micro-sprayer alone.

Control: ~31 ppb · Sprayer: ~931 ppb · FLB: ~18,900 ppb

Trilogy Analytical Laboratories · LC-MS/MS

Strawberry — Phosphorus Delivery

Laser-assisted foliar phosphorus delivery demonstrates FLB's ability to enhance macronutrient uptake in a high-value berry crop.

Significant

Improvement in P absorption using standard foliar application after laser treatment.

Published preprint · AgriRxiv

Strawberry — Zinc Uptake

FLB improves zinc uptake using standard foliar spray, no formulation change needed.

~1.47x

Zn uptake vs spray alone (Control = 100; FLB = ~147).

Waypoint Analytical · ICP-OES

Grapevine — Zinc Uptake

FLB dramatically increases zinc uptake in grapevine leaves, a key perennial crop with thick cuticle barriers.

~2.0x

Zn uptake vs spray alone (Control = 100; FLB = ~199).

Waypoint Analytical · ICP-OES

Blueberry — Zinc Delivery

FLB enables sustained foliar zinc delivery in blueberry, overcoming the wax cuticle barrier under identical dosing conditions.

Several-fold

Increase in zinc uptake vs. conventional foliar application.

Waypoint Analytical · ICP-OES · 10 plants/treatment

Privet (Ligustrum) — Zinc Uptake

FLB enables enhanced foliar delivery even in dense, woody canopies with particularly thick cuticles.

~2x

Near-doubling of Zn uptake relative to control under a single optical recipe.

Waypoint Analytical · ICP-OES

Sunflower — Zinc Uptake

FLB demonstrates strong uptake enhancement in a major row crop, validated through university collaboration.

+66%

Zinc uptake increase in laser-treated sunflower leaves vs. untreated controls.

University of Memphis · Research collaboration · Preprint in review

Tomato — Zinc Uptake (LIBS)

FLB enables improved foliar zinc absorption by selectively removing the cuticle without damage.

~109%

Increase in zinc uptake in treated leaves vs. ~15.6% in controls.

LIBS spectral analysis · Proof of concept

Row Crops — Zucchini, Cowpea, Okra, Cotton

FLB validated across multiple row crop species, demonstrating the platform's universality across different leaf morphologies and cuticle types.

Multi-crop

Enhanced foliar delivery confirmed across 4 additional crop species in field and greenhouse settings.

Published preprint · Agricenter International · Field trials

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External Collaborators

Research & Validation Partners

Academic Research

University of Memphis

Sunflower and related crops — experimental design, plant physiology studies, and data analysis.

Texas A&M University

Citrus HLB — evaluating FLB-enabled peptide penetration and biological response.

Technology & Hardware

Opt Lasers

High-power laser module development and integration for FLB systems.

Diverse Vitality

Improving foliar uptake of peptide-based products using the FLB platform.

Independent Trials

Ag Metrics Group

Micronutrient uptake studies.

Southeast Ag Research

Strawberry greenhouse trials.

Agricenter International

Cotton field testing.

Grove First

Citrus HLB trials with diverse compounds.

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FoliarLaser Boost™

Over 90% of agrochemicals are wasted

Cuticle Blocks Absorption

Large Molecules Cannot Penetrate

Expensive Actives Wasted

No Good Solution — Until Now

Selective cuticle ablation. Zero damage. Any molecule.

Laser Ablation

Temporary Permeability

Standard Application

Dramatic Uptake — Any Size Molecule

Watch: Fluorescent Compound Spreading Through a Laser-Treated Leaf

Deliver molecules that were previously impossible to apply foliarly

How FLB Works at the Microscopic Level

Laser-Induced Micropermeabilization

Real Micro-Channel Evidence

Effective and Safe by Design

FLB-02 Handheld Research Device

FLB-100 — Field-Scale Laser System

Choose How to Work With Us

Buy FLB-02

Paid Proof of Concept

Research Collaboration

Talk to Sales

Scientifically Validated Across Crops

Citrus — Peptide Delivery for HLB

Citrus — Oxytetracycline (OTC)

Strawberry — Phosphorus Delivery

Strawberry — Zinc Uptake

Grapevine — Zinc Uptake

Blueberry — Zinc Delivery

Privet (Ligustrum) — Zinc Uptake

Sunflower — Zinc Uptake

Tomato — Zinc Uptake (LIBS)

Row Crops — Zucchini, Cowpea, Okra, Cotton

Research & Validation Partners

Academic Research

Technology & Hardware

Independent Trials

Patent-Protected Technology

Granted Patent

Non-Provisional Application

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