Crosslinked silicone coatings for botanical seeds
US4753035A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S47/09
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of crosslinkable silicone materials to coat botanic seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissue and plant embryos for their protection and to promote germination. The crosslinkable silicone materials are coated onto the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos and crosslinked to cure them. The silicone coatings of the present invention on the surface of the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos provide antifungal protection and can be used to carry entrapped plant adjuvants to the site of germination. The crosslinked silicone coatings are permeable to water vapor and oxygen and allow sunlight to pass through to the germinating seed.
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