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US 12,402,621 B2Granted
Method for increasing longevity and/or bud opening of cut flowers
AssigneeLetavis AB
InventorsKerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Bengt Lundegårdh
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for increasing the bud opening and/or longevity of cut flowers by exposing the cut flowers to an oxytocin solution and/or a variant and/or derivative thereof.
Claims17
A method for increasing bud opening and/or longevity of a cut flower, said method comprising
- exposing an end of a stem of the cut flower to a solution comprising oxytocin, thereby increasing bud opening and/or longevity of the cut flower;
- wherein increasing the bud opening is defined as increasing one or more of the following:
- the number of buds which open or buds opening more fully, and the increase is compared to an identical cut flower wherein an end of a stem of the identical cut flower is not exposed to the solution comprising oxytocin;
- and/or
- wherein increasing longevity is defined as an increase in the time before the cut flower withers and the increase is compared to an identical cut flower wherein an end of a stem of the identical cut flower is not exposed to the solution comprising oxytocin.
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