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US 2006/0052248 A1Published application
Use of a substance with oxytocin activity in order to stimulate plant growth
OwnerKerstin Uvnas-Moberg, Bengt Lundegardhinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of at least one substance with oxytocin activity in order to stimulate plant growth. It also relates to the use of a composition comprising a substance with oxytocin activity in order to stimulate plant growth.
Claims21
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A method of stimulating plant growth, comprising administering at least one substance with oxytocin activity to a seed or a plant.
A plant growth stimulation mixture, comprising an effective plant stimulating concentration of at least one substance with oxytocin activity, wherein said at least one substance is:
- (SEQ ID NO:2)
- X9-S
- X1-X2-X3-X4-Asn-Cys-X5-X6-X7-X8-NH2
- wherein X1 is selected from the group consisting of Cys, Mpa and nothing,
- X2 is selected from the group consisting of Tyr, (O-methyl-Tyr), Phe, and nothing,
- X3 is selected from the group consisting of Ile, Val, Hoph, Phe, Cha, and nothing,
- X4 is selected from the group consisting of Gln, Ser, Thr, Cit, Arg, and Daba,
- X5 is selected from the group consisting of Pro, and nothing,
- X6 is selected from the group consisting of Ile, Leu, nothing, Val, Hos, Daba, Thr, Arg, and Cit,
- X7 is selected from the group consisting of Gly, nothing, and Ala,
- X8 is selected from the group consisting of Gly and nothing, and
- X9 is selected from the group consisting of CH2 and S;
- and salts thereof.
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