High zinc-containing legumes
AssigneeSnow Brand Seed Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideaki Yamamoto, Masahiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Soejima, Hideshi Shinoda, Masanobu Ohashi, Yoshihiko Katsuragawa
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Abstract
Provided are a legume containing high concentrations of zinc in the grains, and a method for producing the same. Provided are also grains of a legume, except adzuki bean, containing 5.5 mg/100 g or more of zinc, and a method for producing a legume containing 4.0 mg/100 g or more of zinc in the grains, the method including spraying a solution containing zinc at a concentration of 0.01 to 2% by weight, on the leaves or the raceme regions, starting from the flower bud stage of the legume.
Claims11
A method for producing grains containing 6.5 mg to 15.0 mg of zinc per 100 gr as measured in the mature grains comprising:
- selecting a Glycine variety that can concentrate at least 4.99 mg of zinc per 100 gr of its grains,
- spraying a solution containing a concentration of 0.1 to 2% by weight of soluble zinc on foliage, leaves, or raceme regions of said Glycine variety at or after the flower bud stage of the Glycine variety, and
- recovering Glycine grains containing 6.5 mg to 15.0 mg of zinc per 100 gr as measured in the mature grains;
- wherein said grains contain more zinc than grains of an identical plant not sprayed with the soluble zinc solution grown on the same soil;
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- wherein said grains are field-grown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.