Process to improve crop yield
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorManoj Kumar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process to improve the yield of strawberry crops, the process comprising the step of applying a polyene antifungal agent, especially natamycin, to the roots of a strawberry plant prior to planting said plant and/or to the medium to which the plant is to be planted. The claimed process results in an increased number of crop, an increase in the weight of individual crop, and an increase in the total weight of the crop, and may allow for an earlier harvest.
Claims8
A process for increasing the yield of a strawberry crop, the process comprising applying natamycin to the roots of a strawberry plant prior to planting said strawberry plant, wherein said strawberry plant is infected with, or susceptible to infection with Colletotrichum spp, and wherein the yield is increased compared to strawberry plants infected with, or susceptible to infection with Colletotrichum spp., to which natamycin was not applied.
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