Foliar antitranspirant
AssigneeFats and Proteins Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorWerner R. Boehme
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Abstract
A foliar antitranspirant and methods of both reducing moisture loss from green plant tissues and of simultaneously treating leafy plant surfaces with incompatible materials are based on an emulsion of animal fat material and water. A surface active agent is included for emulsifying the animal fat material and the water; and this surfactant possesses an hydrophile-lipophile balance number of from about 3 to about 13. Plant treatment materials may be individually incorporated in the oil phase, the water phase or both prior to spraying of the emulsion on plant surfaces.
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The method of reducing moisture loss from green plant tissues of agricultural field crops which comprises the step of coating plant leaf surfaces with an emulsion of animal fat material.
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