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US 8,101,552 B2Granted
Cyclic phosphates as plant growth regulators
AssigneesYeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
InventorsMeir Shinitzky, Dan Pelah, David Mills, Avishay Pelah
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Abstract
The invention pertains to the use of six-membered cyclic phosphates as plant growth regulators and methods for regulating the growth of plants using such compounds.
Claims15
A plant growth regulator composition comprising
- an amount effective for regulating growth of plants of a compound of formula (I) or its salts
- wherein X is hydrogen, C1-4, C1-4O—, NO2 or NH2;
- Y is hydrogen, C1-4, C1-4O—, or CH2OH;
- R is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl or C1-6C(═O)—;
- and the salts are selected from ammonium, sodium, calcium, potassium, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphoric, phosphonic.
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A method for regulating the growth of plant comprising the application of an amount effective for regulating growth of plants of a compound of formula (I) or its salts to the plant or to its near vicinity
- wherein X is hydrogen, C1-4, C1-4O—, NO2 or NH2;
- Y is hydrogen, C1-4, C1-4O—, or CH2OH;
- R is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl or C1-6C(═O)—;
- and the salts are selected from ammonium, sodium, calcium, potassium, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphoric, phosphoric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.