Hydroxy Bonded Directly To Carbon (h Of -oh May Be Replaced By A Substituted Or Unsubstituted Ammonium Ion Or A Group Ia Or Iia Light Metal) Patents (Class 504/353)
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Patent number: 11707062Abstract: The present invention includes a new formulation of a mono-alcohol having 12 to 19 carbon atoms or 20 to 30 carbon atoms, and its new methods of use in plants thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Pro Farm Group, Inc.Inventors: Pankaj Pathak, Louis Boddy
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Patent number: 10294168Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a fertilizer composition from a feedstock that includes alcoholic beverages, waste product derived from the production of alcoholic beverages, or mixtures of the same. The feedstock is subjected to distillation to remove most of the ethanol and pH adjustment using a base. The invention also relates to a method of imparting flavor to a plant starting with the same feedstock, subjecting the feedstock to distillation and pH adjustment, and adding a flavorant to the resultant liquid before fertilizing the plant. The invention also relates to a method of producing a solid or liquid and solid foodstuff suitable for fish, bovine, swine, and the like for increasing dietary efficiency and reducing environmentally harmful solid and gaseous output.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Inventors: Christopher Clabaugh, Beau Ulrich
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Patent number: 8895474Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Christopher John Mathews, John Finney, James Nicholas Scutt, Louisa Robinson, John Stephen Delaney
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Publication number: 20140287917Abstract: Disclosed are compositions that include treated biodiesel glycerin. The disclosed compositions may be utilized as soil-amendments for controlling pests, weeds and for enhancing growth of plants. The biodiesel glycerin utilized in the disclosed compositions may be treated by one or more steps including neutralization, heating, refluxing, condensing, and distilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITYInventors: Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana, Robert H. Walker
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Patent number: 8691728Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising (a) at least one cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex, and (b) at least one salt other than calcium chloride, wherein the ratio of dry weight of said salt to dry weight of said cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex is from 0.03 to 500, and wherein said composition either (i) has 30% or less water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has at least one said salt that is non-deliquescent, or (ii) has more than 30% water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has a ratio of dry weight of said salt to weight of said water of 0.05 or higher. Also provided are methods of storing and using such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Edward Charles Kostansek, Bridget Marie Stevens
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Publication number: 20140045697Abstract: The present invention relates to novel androstan derivatives, methods for their production, and their use for influencing plant growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Anna Elizabeth Louw-Gaume, Alain De Mesmaeker, Mathilde Denise Lachia
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Patent number: 8623786Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing an adjuvant for agricultural applications, characterized in that a polyhydric alcohol, polyol, saccharide, or polysaccharide is reacted with a sulfonating agent, such as sulphamic acid.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbHInventors: Dean Oester, Mike White, Timothy Anderson
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Publication number: 20130331263Abstract: Disclosed are compositions that include treated biodiesel glycerin. The disclosed compositions may be utilized as soil-amendments for controlling pests, weeds and for enhancing growth of plants. The biodiesel glycerin utilized in the disclosed compositions may be treated by one or more steps including neutralization, heating, refluxing, condensing, and distilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITYInventor: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
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Publication number: 20130312139Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicants: Clemson University, Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Richard Hassell, James Brusca, Xingping Zhang, Shawna Daley
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Patent number: 8580708Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cryoprotection of plants. The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide a means for protecting plants from frost or freeze damage or death due to sudden exposure to low temperature conditions. The present disclosure further relates to methods for providing cryoprotection to plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of AlabamaInventors: David Francko, Kenneth G. Wilson, Qingshun Quinn Li, Maria Alejandra Equiza
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Publication number: 20130267422Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for controlling plant disease comprising 3-pentanol as an effective component, a method of controlling plant disease including treating a plant with 3-pentanol for inducing induced systemic resistance, a formulation for controlling plant disease comprising the composition, a composition for controlling plant disease comprising, as an effective component, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a strain which produces 3-pentanol, and a method of controlling plant disease including treating a plant with the composition for inducing induced systemic resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Choong Min RYU, Hwe Su Yi, Hye Kyung Choi
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Patent number: 8410022Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprises in aqueous solution a mixture of salts of glyphosate at a total glyphosate a.e. concentration not less than about 360 g/l, wherein (a) said glyphosate is in anionic form accompanied by low molecular weight non-amphiphilic cations in a total molar amount of about 100% to about 120% of the molar amount of said glyphosate; (b) said cations comprise potassium and propylammonium (e.g., isopropylammonium) cations in a mole ratio of about 70:30 to about 90:10; and (c) said potassium and propylammonium cations together constitute about 90 to 100 molar percent of all of said low molecular weight non-amphiphilic cations in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: David R. Eaton, Jeffrey A. Graham, Henry Agbaje
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Patent number: 8258081Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting the sprouting of potato tubers are provided. The compositions comprise C3 to C14 aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, and/or C3 to C7 primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Washington State University Research FoundationInventors: Norman Richard Knowles, Lisa O'Rear Knowles
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Patent number: 8236732Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising i) clethodim, ii) a sulfonate surfactant such as calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, iii) a polyoxyalkylene polyaryl ether such as polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene tristyryl phenyl ether and polyoxyalkylene distyryl phenyl ether, iv) an aromatic hydrocarbon, and optionally, v) an ester of fatty acid such as methyl oleate methyl palmitate, methyl laurate, isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, octyl laurate, octyl palmitate and butyl stearate gives good stability of the emulsion after it is diluted with water.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Toshiro Otsubo, Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8222187Abstract: A method is provided for phytoremediating a site polluted by at least one type of pollutant, comprising at least one step comprising growing, on this polluted soil, at least one phytoremediating plant capable of fixing at least a portion of this pollutant, and comprising a subsequent step comprising of harvesting or destroying this plant that has fixed at least a portion of said pollutant. The step of growing the plant is effected, at least in part, in the presence of at least one water-soluble exogenous carbohydrate that can be assimilated by the plant or in the presence of a substance containing a carbohydrate of this type.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Universite de Rennes 1Inventors: Cecile Sulmon, Gwenola Gouesbet, Ivan Couee, Abdelhak El Amrani
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Publication number: 20110039699Abstract: The present invention provides a cryoprotective aqueous composition for removing frost from lawns and for preventing the appearance thereof, characterized in that it comprises two or more alcohols and at least one wetting compound. Likewise, the invention provides a method for removing frost from lawns, consisting of applying the cryoprotective aqueous composition, in diluted form, directly on the lawn surface by means of spraying.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: CRYOPROTECTORS & BIOTECHNOLOGIES, S.L.Inventors: Ruben Moratiel Yugueros, Jose Maria Duran Altisent, Jose Soler Perales
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Publication number: 20090088323Abstract: A composition is provided that contains one or more molecular encapsulation agents within each of which is encapsulated one or more cyclopropenes and that contains one or more adjuvants selected from the group consisting of surfactants, alcohols, hydrocarbon oils, non-hydrocarbon oils, and mixtures thereof. Also provided is a method that includes the step of contacting such compositions to one or more plants or plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Richard M. Basel, Edward Charles Kostansek, Bridget Marie Stevens
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Publication number: 20090062126Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting the sprouting of potato tubers are provided. The compositions comprise C3 to C14 aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, and/or C3 to C7 primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Norman Richard Knowles, Lisa O'Rear Knowles
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Patent number: 7056862Abstract: The invention provides an agricultural chemical enhancer and an agricultural chemical composition which are safely used for crops without any phytotoxicity, have a potency enhancing action on various agricultural chemicals and promote the growth of a plant body to be intended to be grown. The invention relates to an agricultural chemical enhancer comprising at least one type selected from a specific alcohol compound, an ether compound and an ester compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshio Hayashi, Tadayuki Suzuki, Kazuhiko Kurita
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Patent number: 7041625Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of inhibiting ethylene responses in plants and plant materials, and particularly relates to methods of inhibiting various ethylene responses including plant maturation and degradation, by exposing plants to cyclopropene derivatives and compositions thereof wherein the cyclopropene is associated with another ring system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Richard Martin Jacobson, Martha Jean Kelly, Fiona Linette Wehmeyer, Edward C. Sisler
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Patent number: 7022524Abstract: The present invention provides novel enhancers of photosynthesis and plant growth and methods of using same. In one embodiment, the enhancer is derived from a microorganism. In alternative embodiments, the compounds are microbial extracts, microbial secretion products, and microbially generated natural products. The invention also provides a method for increasing net photosynthesis in a plant by applying an agent comprising triacetylphloroglucinol, diacetylphloroglucinol or monoacetylphloroglucinol to the plant in an amount effective in increasing net photosynthesis in the plant. The invention further provides novel bacterial genes and recombinant microorganisms comprising these genes which are used to practice the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1999Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: The Regents of the University of California, Office of Technology TransferInventors: Donald A. Phillips, Cecillia M. Joseph, James R. Sanborn
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Patent number: 6884759Abstract: This invention provides a plant-activating agent which can activate plants effectively and give a liquid preparation stable in storage for a long time. In this invention, (A) a C12-19 mono-alcohol and (B) a C20-30 mono-alcohol are used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and a chelating agent if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshio Hayashi, Takayuki Nomura, Tadayuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 6849576Abstract: The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which does not cause chemical injury on plants and which improves efficiently the activity of plants. The present invention uses a substance having not less than 5% of an improved degree in reproduction of green cells measured by a specific method as the plant-activating agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tadayuki Suzuki, Toshio Hayashi, Masaharu Hayashi, Masatoshi Kamei, Kazuhiko Kurita
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Publication number: 20040142822Abstract: Provided is a method of applying at least one compound (A) selected from (1) a specific monovalent or bivalent alcohol, (2) a specific ether compound, (3) a specific aliphatic acid or an ester compound thereof, (4) a specific organic acid derivative, and (5) a glycerin derivative to various farm products, thereby increasing the yield of the farm products, improving the quality thereof, or improving the low-temperature tolerance thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: Tadayuki Suzuki, Toshio Hayashi, Kazuhiko Kurita, Masatoshi Kamei
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Patent number: 6756344Abstract: A plant growth promoter composition is provided comprising: (a) not in excess of 20% by weight of one or more gibberellins; and (b) an essentially non-aqueous solvent system comprising: (i) 30 to 99% by weight of one or more lipophilic solvents; (ii) at least an equivalent molar amount to the gibberellins of one or more lipophilic alkaline coupling agents which enable the gibberellins to form a lipophilic solvent soluble complex; (iii) 1 to 50% by weight of one or more emulsifiers which blend with the lipophilic solvent(s) to form a homogeneous product and enable dispersion of the composition into water for application; and (iv) optionally, not in excess of 15% by weight of one or more viscosity reducing co-solvents.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Victorian Chemicals International Pty LtdInventors: Robert William Killick, Andrew Robert Killick, Peter William Jones, Peter Ronald Wrigley, John David Morrison
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Publication number: 20040038828Abstract: A method for reducing pests in an object or area by applying to the object or area a pest reducing effective amount of halogen substituted ethanol (e.g., 2-iodoethanol, 2-bromoethanol, or mixtures thereof). The pests may be, for example, fungi, insects, nematodes, bacteria, weeds, or mixtures thereof. The object or area may be, for example, soil, structures, agricultural commodities, plants, or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Erin Nichole Rosskopf, William H. Basinger, Husein Ahmad-Mousa Ajwa
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Patent number: 6673749Abstract: The present invention provides plant growth-promoting activities of natural plant active constituent calliterpenone and its derivatives belonging to the group phyllocladane diterpenoids. These phytochemicals and derivatives exhibit remarkable growth promoting activities on plant roots, shoots and promote seed germination both in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. These phytomolecules possess the antagonistic activity against allelochemicals of plant growth retardant nature and hence can be used to alleviate their detrimental effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Anil Kumar Singh, Guru Das Bagchi, Sarita Singh, Prem Dutt Dwivedi, Anil Kumar Gupta, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja
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Publication number: 20030216261Abstract: This invention provides a plant-activating agent which can activate plants effectively and give a liquid preparation stable in storage for a long time. In this invention, (A) a C12-19 mono-alcohol and (B) a C20-30 mono-alcohol are used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and a chelating agent if necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Toshio Hayashi, Takayuki Nomura, Tadayuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030125211Abstract: The present invention relates to a homogenous adjuvant blend for use in spray carriers containing herbicides. The homogenous adjuvant blend includes a nitrogen fertilizer, a pH adjuster, modified vegetable oil, and a blend of nonionic surfactants having high, intermediate, and low hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: North Dakota State UniversityInventors: Zenon J. Woznica, Calvin Messersmith, John Nalewaja
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Publication number: 20030111638Abstract: A dispersal pattern of hydrogen bonding sites on an ice surface is used as a template in a process for the design, selection and manufacture of synthetic ice interface dopants. Ice interface dopants are generally molecules which bind to a surface of an ice crystal and inhibit subsequent gain or loss of water molecules. The ice interface dopants can thus inhibit ice crystal growth, recrystallization, and sublimation. Ice interface dopants can also inhibit heterogeneous nucleating agents, and thus postpone or prevent ice nucleation. On the other hand, very strong IIDs may be used as well to beneficially induce ice nucleation. Exemplary dopant structures are provided that achieve near-perfect ice-bonding efficiency while being thoroughly adaptable to a wide variety of specialized ice-bonding applications. Orbital steering provides for steering lone pair orbitals of ice bonding atoms in the interface dopant to result in an optimal angular alignment with the complementary binding sites on ice.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 1997Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventor: GREGORY M. FAHY
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Publication number: 20030091997Abstract: Dominant negative alleles of human mismatch repair genes can be used to generate hypermutable cells and organisms. By introducing these genes into cells and transgenic animals, new cell lines and animal varieties with novel and useful properties can be prepared more efficiently than by relying on the natural rate of mutation. Methods of generating mutations in genes of interest and of making various cells mismatch repair defective through the use of chemicals to block mismatch repair in in vivo are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2001Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Philip M. Sass
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Publication number: 20030045430Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for creating, manipulating, modifying and enhancing floral scent component to plants and cut flowers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Ball Horticultural CompanyInventor: Alan Blowers
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Patent number: 6514914Abstract: A method for inhibiting phospholipase D-mediated degradation of membrane phospholipids comprising administering to the membrane an effective amount of a phospholipase D inhibitor selected from the group of phospholipase D inhibitors consisting of C6 aldehydes, C6 alcohols, monoterpene aldehydes and monoterpene alcohols. The phospholipid D inhibitors can be administered to plants, fruits or vegetables to inhibit maturation or ripening.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: University of GuelphInventors: Gopinadhan Paliyath, Rickey Yada, Dennis P. Muir, Reena G. Pinhero
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Publication number: 20020193250Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing plant essential oils and mixtures or blends thereof. In addition, the present invention is directed to a method for controlling weeds and grasses by applying a herbicidally-effective amount of the above herbicidal compositions to a locus where weed and grass control is desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventor: Steven M. Bessette
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Patent number: 6489269Abstract: The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which effects no chemical injury on plant and which makes an activity of plant improve efficiently. That is to say, the present invention provides a method of activating a plant, which comprises treating the plant with a mono-alcohol having 12 to 24 carbon atoms as a plant-activating agent; use of the mono-alcohol as a plant-activating agent; and a plant-activating agent or composition comprising the mono-alcohol; optionally with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and/or a chelating agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1999Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Masaharu Hayashi, Tadayuki Suzuki, Masatoshi Kamei, Toshio Hayashi, Kazuhiko Kurita
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Patent number: 6465396Abstract: A concise method to promote growth of a plant useful for increase of food production. This invention provides a method to promote growth of a plant by administration of formic acid, an organic acid with a low molecular weight through avoidance of photo-oxidation damage. This invention also provides amino acid sequence of formate dehydrogenase and base sequence encoding the enzyme. The expression of the enzyme is induced by administration of formic acid and the enzyme is involved in metabolism of formic acid and its salts. Furthermore, this invention provides a method to promote growth of a plant by administration of methanol through avoidance of photo-oxidation damage.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Akio Kobayashi, Eiichiro Fukusaki, Akira Isogai
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Patent number: 6441177Abstract: Tertiary amines of the formula wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, M, p, T and Q are as defined herein, and acid addition salts thereof, have antimycotic and cholesterol-lowering activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1999Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Henrietta Dehmlow, Jacques Himber, Synèse Jolidon, Hans Lengsfeld, Olivier Morand, Gérard Schmid, Yu-Hua Ji
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Publication number: 20020039971Abstract: The present invention provides a plant-activating agent for improving the activity of plants efficiently without a chemical injury onto the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Inventors: Masaharu Hayashi, Tadayuki Suzuki, Toshio Hayashi, Masatoshi Kamei, Kazuhiko Kurita
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Patent number: 6365406Abstract: The present invention provides novel enhancers of photosynthesis and methods of using same. In one embodiment, the enhancer is derived from a microorganism. In alternative embodiments, the compounds are microbial extracts, a microbial secretion products, and microbially generated natural products. The invention also provides a method for increasing net photosynthesis in a plant by applying an agent comprising triacetylphloroglucinol, diacetylphloroglucinol or monoacetylphloroglucinol to the plant in an amount effective in increasing net photosynthesis in the plant.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1998Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Donald A. Phillips, Cecillia M. Joseph
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Publication number: 20020004458Abstract: Methods for increasing the levels of isoflavones in plants are provided. The method comprise applying a biologically effective amount of composition comprising a select nuclear receptor ligand to the plant. Compositions for inducing the production of isoflavones in plants are also provided. Such compositions comprise one or preferably, a combination of the select nuclear receptor ligands. The compositions also comprise a compound that enhances the capacity of the plant to release daidzein and/or utilize it for the production of glyceollin. The action of such a compound is complementary to that of the nuclear receptor ligand.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: Terrence L. Graham, Lian-Mei Y. Graham, Serena Landini
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Patent number: 6313073Abstract: The invention relates to a novel antisprouting agent for tubers, said antisprouting agent comprising a mixture of essential oils obtained from aromatic plant in an amount sufficient to inhibit the growth of tubers optionally together with conventional additives and carriers.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2000Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Alaul Hasan Abad Farooqi, Kishan Kumar Agarwal, Shabih Fatima, Ateeque Ahmad, Srikant Sharma, Sushil Kumar
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Patent number: 6313068Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the regulation of plant physiology, in particular to methods for inhibiting the ethylene response in plants or plant products, and has three embodiments. The first embodiment relates to methods of minimizing impurities capable of reversibly binding to plant ethylene receptor sites during the synthesis of cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, thereby avoiding the negative effects these impurities have on plants treated with cyclopropene and its derivatives. The second embodiment relates to complexes formed from molecular encapsulation agents such as cyclodextrin, and cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, in addition to cyclopentadiene and diazocyclopentadiene and their derivatives, thereby providing a convenient means for storing and transporting these compounds capable of inhibiting the ethylene response in plants, which are reactive gases and highly unstable because of oxidation and other potential reactions.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1999Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: AgroFresh, Inc.Inventors: James Daly, Bob Kourelis
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Patent number: 6300282Abstract: A preferred technique for increasing potato crop yields and/or minimizing nitrate leaching of potato crop acreage involves the application of surfactant at planting to the soil adjacent a seed potato. In an alternative method of the present invention, surfactant is applied after planting to the top or shoulder of the hill in which a potato plant is growing. The improved potato crop yields of the present invention are believed to result of the maintenance of soil moisture levels near the potato plant root zone and/or the prevention of nitrogen and other nutrient-leaching from the potato plant root zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Platte Chemical Company, a Nebraska corporationInventor: Eric Thomas Cooley
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Patent number: 6017849Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the regulation of plant physiology, in particular to methods for inhibiting the ethylene response in plants or plant products, and has three embodiments. The first embodiment relates to methods of minimizing impurities capable of reversibly binding to plant ethylene receptor sites during the synthesis of cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, thereby avoiding the negative effects these impurities have on plants treated with cyclopropene and its derivatives. The second embodiment relates to complexes formed from molecular encapsulation agents such as cyclodextrin, and cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, in addition to cyclopentadiene and diazocyclopentadiene and their derivatives, thereby providing a convenient means for storing and transporting these compounds capable of inhibiting the ethylene response in plants, which are reactive gases and highly unstable because of oxidation and other potential reactions.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Biotechnologies for Horticulture, Inc.Inventors: James Daly, Bob Kourelis
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Patent number: 5998335Abstract: A knock-down herbicidal composition consisting essentially of the combination of (a) pine oil, and (b) tea tree oil or eucalyptus oil.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Inventors: John Selga, Wayne Andrew Kiely
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Patent number: 5981441Abstract: A method for improving the growth characteristics of plants of the C.sub.3 and CAM varieties comprises applying to the roots of the plants an aqueous solution containing methanol together with a high nitrogen fertilizer. The fertilizer comprises an N--P--K fertilizer having a high nitrogen content, preferably a 24-6-6 value, in which the nitrogen component is provided principally by ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and ammonium phosphate. Use of urea as a nitrogen source in the fertilizer formulation is essentially avoided. Greatly improved growth characteristics have been demonstrated in comparative experimental tests with a large variety of C.sub.3 and CAM family fruits, vegetables, flowering plants and trees.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Inventor: Jerome A. Rodder
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Patent number: 5849664Abstract: A composition suitable for inhibiting potato sprouting and inhibiting the growth of fungi and decay bacteria, including a mixture of carvone and menthol, a method for inhibiting potato sprouting by using such composition and the use thereof, and a composition in the form of an emulsion or granulate which includes carvone and menthol or carvone alone, giving rise to a delayed release of the active compound and an extension of the length of sprout inhibition.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: B.V. Chemische Pharmaceutische Industrie "Luxan"Inventors: Pieter Diepenhorst, Klaasje Jannie Hartmans, Franciscus Johannes van Kleef
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Patent number: 5693592Abstract: A method of controlling blooming in dormant perennial plants which method includes application to the dormant perennial plant of a composition including a growth regulating compound selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, fatty alcohols, fatty alcohol alkoxylates, phthalate esters, phthalic acid amides and imides and mixtures of two or more thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: SST Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventor: John Illingworth
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Patent number: 5642586Abstract: A method of improving growth characteristics of orchid plants by applying alcohol to the orchid plant roots.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1995Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Inventor: Jerome A. Rodder
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Patent number: 5597400Abstract: Plant growth stimulants containing compounds which increase intracellular carbon dioxide as the main active component and optionally supplemented with specific nutrients have been found to enhance productivity of plants. Exemplary compounds include lower alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol, and amino acids, such as glycine, glutamate, and aspartate. Such growth stimulation appears to result, in part, from inhibition of stress induced photorespiration according to a previously unrecognized photosynthetic pathway. Exposure of the plants to sunlight or other sufficient illumination following treatment with the compositions results in enhanced fixation of carbon dioxide and turgor. Stimulant compositions may comprise from 5% to 50% by volume aqueous solutions of methanol or 0.1% to 10% by weight amino acids and are preferably applied by foliar spraying of plants and plant shoots.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Inventors: Arthur M. Nonomura, Andrew A. Benson