Patents Assigned to Director, Fruit Tree Research Foundation
  • Flower-thinning agent for fruit trees
    Patent number: 4613359
    Abstract: A new flower-thinning agent is now provided, which is comprising as the active component 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, a salt thereof, a salt of an N-higher aliphatic acyl acidic amino acid, an ester of sugar with a higher fatty acid, or a plant sterol and advantageously exerts the flower-thinning effects superior to the known flower-thinning agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignees: Director, Fruit Tree Research Foundation, Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yamazaki, Shoji Murase, Katsuyuki Suzuki, Makoto Iwatsuki