Compounds and methods for improving plant performance
AssigneesLos Alamos National Security, LLC, University of Maine System Board of Trustees
InventorsPat J. Unkefer, Thomas Joseph Knight
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Abstract
The invention is directed to methods and compositions for increasing a growth characteristic of a plant, increasing nutrient use efficiency of a plant, or improving a plant's ability to overcome stress comprising applying a composition comprising ketosuccinamate, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof, to the plant or to a propagation material of the plant.
Claims23
A method for increasing a growth characteristic of a plant, or increasing nutrient use efficiency of a plant, or improving a plant's ability to overcome stress comprising applying to a plant or to a propagation material of a plant a composition comprising ketosuccinamate, dimeric ketosuccinamate;
- 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid;
- (S)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid;
- (R)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid;
- 4,8-dioxo-1,5-diazocane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid;
- or 2,6-dihydroxy-4,8-dioxo-1,5-diazocane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, or a salt thereof.
A composition comprising
- ketosuccinamate, dimeric ketosuccinamate;
- 4-amino-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid;
- (S)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid;
- (R)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid;
- 4,8-dioxo-1,5-diazocane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid;
- or 2,6-dihydroxy-4,8-dioxo-1,5-diazocane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, or a salt thereof;
- and
- a plant growth stimulating compound selected from the group consisting of (R)-2-hydroxy-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid, (S)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid, L-Pyroglutamate, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.