Compounds and methods for improving plant performance

Unkefer, Pat J.; Knight, Thomas Joseph

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Title: Compounds and methods for improving plant performance

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The invention is directed to methods and compositions for increasing a growth characteristic of a plant, increasing nutrient use efficiency of a plant, or improving a plant's ability to overcome stress comprising applying a composition comprising ketosuccinamate, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof, to the plant or to a propagation material of the plant.

Inventors:: Unkefer, Pat J.; Knight, Thomas Joseph

Issue Date:: 2018-11-06

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1493334

Patent Number(s):: 10117431

Application Number:: 15/225,657

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM); University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, ME)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01N - PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF

C - CHEMISTRY C05 - FERTILISERS C05F - ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE {

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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01N - PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF
A01N25/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, {e.g. seed treatment or sequential application
A01N37/42 - containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. keto-carboxylic acids
A01N43/36 - five-membered rings
A01N43/40 - six-membered rings
A01N43/44 - three- or four-membered rings
A01N43/62 - three- or four-membered rings or rings with more than six members

C - CHEMISTRY C05 - FERTILISERS C05F - ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE {
C05F11/00 - Other organic fertilisers
C05F11/08 - Organic fertilisers containing added bacterial cultures, mycelia or the like

C - CHEMISTRY C05 - FERTILISERS C05G - MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05
C05G3/00 - Mixtures of one or more fertilisers with additives not having a specially fertilising activity

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 01

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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