Use of a semicarbazone plant growth regulator for crop yield enhancements

US6150302A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Steven Bowe · Темневкий пруд, US
• Wilhem Rademacher · Schifferstadt, DE
• Larry J. Newsom · Gulfport, US
• Gregory Paul Ferguson · Toronto, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N47/34
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Fruit yield enhancement is achieved by applying a semicarbazone in a fruit yield enhancing effective amount to the locus of a fruit bearing plant. Most preferably, the semicarbazone treatment is practiced at the onset of reproductive growth--that is, at the onset of the flowering and/or fruit reproductive growth stage of the plant. Most preferably, the semicarbazone is diflufenzopyr.