Patents Examined by G. Mark Clardy
  • Natural suppression of sprouting in stored potatoes using jasmonates
    Patent number: 5436226
    Abstract: A novel process is described for controlling sprouting in tubers and improving their processing qualities using naturally occurring compounds. Tuber sprouting and/or melanization which occurs during processing, such as cooking or frying, may be controlled by exposure of the tubers to an effective amount of a jasmonate. Further, by varying the amount of jasmonate applied to the tubers, either sprout inhibition or improvement of processed color quality or both, may be preferentially selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Edward C. Lulai, Paul H. Orr, Martin T. Glynn