Treatment of potatoes and root vegetables during storage
AssigneeAmvac Chemical Corporation
InventorsJohn A. IMMARAJU, Anthony A. ZATYLNY
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Abstract
The turgidity of potato tubers and other root vegetables is improved, maintained, or restored and/or the greening of potato tubers is delayed, prevented or inhibited and/or internal diseases caused by fungi and bacteria are prevented or treated by the application of one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, C3 to C14 aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, and/or C3 to C7 saturated or unsaturated primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols.
Claims21
A method for improving, maintaining or restoring potato tuber turgidity, comprising the step of applying to harvested or stored potato tubers, a composition comprising one or more agents selected from the group consisting of:
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic primary alcohols;
- and
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols.
The method of claim 6, wherein said one or more agents further includes C3 to C14 α,β saturated aliphatic aldehydes or C4 to C14 α,β saturated aliphatic ketones.
A method of inhibiting, delaying or reversing greening of potato tubers, comprising the step of applying to harvested or stored potato tubers, a composition comprising one or more agents selected from the group consisting of:
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic primary alcohols;
- and
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols.
A method of preventing or reversing symptoms of a fungal or bacterial infection within potato tubers, comprising the step of applying to harvested or stored potato tubers, a composition comprising one or more agents selected from the group consisting of:
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more α,β-unsaturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic aldehydes;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated aliphatic ketones;
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic primary alcohols;
- and
- one or more C3 to C14 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.