Non-woven fabric containing microencapsulated essential oils for preservation of crops
AssigneeBotanocap Ltd.
InventorsYigal GEZUNDHAIT, Avishay PELAH
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Abstract
Provided is an insect-repellant, fungicidal, fungistatic, bactericidal, bacteriostatic, and/or spoilage retardant composite material for preservation of crops including post-harvest crops, the material including a non-woven fabric and a microencapsulated essential oil embedded in the non-woven fabric; wherein the water content of the material is less than 10%; and wherein the material exerts an insect-repellant, a fungicidal, a fungistatic, a bactericidal, a bacteriostatic and/or a spoilage retardant effect on the crop.
Claims25
A composite material for preservation of a crop, the material comprising:
- a non-woven fabric in non-covalent association with a microencapsulated essential oil, the essential oil having activity selected from insect-repellant, fungicidal, fungistatic, bactericidal, bacteriostatic and/or spoilage retardant effect;
- the microencapsulated essential oil embedded in or adhering to the non-woven fabric;
- wherein the water content of the composite material is less than 10%;
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- wherein said composite material exerts an insect-repellant, a fungicidal, fungistatic, a bactericidal, a bacteriostatic and/or a spoilage retardant effect on the crop.
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A composite material for inhibiting browning of a crop, the material comprising
- a non-woven fabric in non-covalent association with microencapsulated mustard oil, the mustard oil having an anti-browning effect on the crop;
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- wherein the water content of the composite material is less than 10%.
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A method for inhibiting browning of a crop, the method comprising exposing the crop to a non-woven fabric associated with microencapsulated mustard oil, thereby inhibiting the enzymatic browning of the crop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.