Abstract: A new use of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (HMTB) as an inducer, within the plant, of ethylene and polyamine synthesis, mainly putrescine, capable of regulating fruit maturation processes, both in relation to fruit abscission and in relation to color and sugar content, containing mineral elements such as phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2007
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2010
Assignee:
Timac Agro Espana, S.A.
Inventors:
Jose Maria Garcia-Mina Freire, D. Fabrice Houdusse, Esther Casanova, Maria Garnica
Abstract: Heteromolecular metal-humic organic complexes of the type: (A)n-(Metal)x-(B)m where A is one or several humic complexes which may be totally or partially sulfonated or may have been treated with an amine in order to protect the carboxylic groups from interacting with polyvalent cations, and B is a non-humic complexing (organic chelating agent) compound, the biological and chemical stability whereof allows for protection of the metal and the multitoothed molecule involved in the complex against degradation phenomena, both chemical and microbiological, having the beneficial effect of humic acid, as an effective plant growth and nutrition stimulant and as a metabolic and immune system activator in animals and humans.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 6, 2008
Publication date:
September 11, 2008
Applicant:
Timac Agro Espana, S.A.
Inventors:
Jose Maria Garcia-Mina Freire, Roberto Baigorri Ekisoain, Angel Maria Zamarreno Arregui, Eva Bacaicoa Llundain, Marta Fuentes Ramirez