US 2019/0159446 A1 · SOLUTIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING AN EXOGENOUS FLEXIBLE FILM ON A PLANT AND PLANTS INCLUDING THE EXOGENOUS FLEXIBLE FILM

Abstract

Solutions and methods for forming an exogenous flexible film on a plant and plants including the exogenous flexible film. The solutions include a solvent, a film forming matrix component, a hydrophobic barrier component, a plasticizing component, and a film enhancing component. The methods include spraying the solution on the plant. The methods also include evaporating at least a fraction of the solvent from the solution to form the exogenous flexible film. The plant includes fruit, and the spraying includes spraying at least 45 days prior to harvesting the fruit. The plants include an exogenous flexible film formed from the solutions and/or by the methods.

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Dependent claims

A method of forming an exogenous flexible film on a plant, the method comprising:

spraying a solution on the plant, wherein the solution includes:
(i) a solvent;
(ii) a film forming matrix component;
(iii) a hydrophobic barrier component;
(iv) a plasticizing component;
and
(v) a film enhancing component;
and
evaporating at least a fraction of the solvent from the solution to form the exogenous flexible film;
wherein the plant includes fruit, and further wherein the spraying includes spraying at least 45 days prior to harvesting the fruit.

7 more elements

A solution formulated to be applied to a plant and to form an exogenous flexible film on the plant, the solution comprising:

a solvent, wherein the solvent consists essentially of water, and further wherein the solution includes at most 62 wt % of the solvent;
(ii) a film forming matrix component, wherein the solution consists essentially of at least 0.5 wt % and at most 3 wt % of the film forming matrix component;
(iii) a hydrophobic barrier component, wherein the solution consists essentially of at least 12 wt % and at most 25 wt % of the hydrophobic barrier component;
(iv) a plasticizing component, wherein the solution consists essentially of at least 4 wt % and at most 15 wt % of the plasticizing component;
and
(v) a film enhancing component, wherein the solution consists essentially of at least 12 wt % and at most 20 wt % of the film enhancing component.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/197,721Filed 21 Nov 2018

Priority

27 Nov 2017

Published

30 May 2019

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A01N 3/00
Preservation of plants or parts thereof
A01N 25/04
Containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents: dispersions, emulsions, suspoemulsions, suspension concentrates or gels
A01N 25/24
Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by…
A23B 7/154
In the form of liquids or solids: organic compounds; Microorganisms; Enzymes

Solutions and methods for forming an exogenous flexible film on a plant and plants including the exogenous flexible film

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Solutions and methods for forming an exogenous flexible film on a plant and plants including the exogenous flexible film

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Abstract

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