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US 2022/0408722 A1Published application
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.
Claims19
A method for increasing the bud opening and/or longevity of cut flowers, said method comprising
- a) providing a solution comprising oxytocin, such as an aqueous oxytocin solution;
- b) exposing the ends of the stems of said cut flowers to said solution.
The method according to, wherein said oxytocin comprises or consists of one or more of the following:
- (i) oxytocin in accordance with SEQ ID NO:1, or a fragment thereof,
- (ii) a variant of oxytocin according to SEQ ID NO:2 possessing oxytocin activity, or a fragment thereof,
- wherein SEQ ID NO:2 is
- X1-X2-X3-X4-Asn-Cys-X5-X6-X7-X8-NH2
- wherein
- X1 is selected from the group consisting of Cys and nothing;
- X2 is selected from the group consisting of Tyr, Phe, and nothing;
- X3 is selected from the group consisting of lie, Val, Hoph, Phe, Cha, and nothing;
- X4 is selected from the group consisting of Gin, 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 lie, 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.
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