Post-harvest plant preserving compositions
AssigneeShionogi & Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisajiro Yukinaga, Hideo Kano, Masaru Ogata
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Post-harvest plant preserving compositions which comprise a naphthoquinone derivative as an active ingredient.
Claims11
A composition for preserving post-harvest plants which comprises, as active ingredient, from about 0.00001 to about 90 percent by weight of 2-benzimidoyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and an agriculturally acceptable carrier therefor.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the post-harvest plants are cut flowers.
A method of retarding senescence in cut flowers which comprises applying to the cut flowers an effective amount of a composition comprising, as active ingredient, from about 0.00001 to about 90 percent by weight of 2-benzimidoyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and an agriculturally acceptable carrier therefor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.