SIGNALING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR EFFECTING PLANT GROWTH AND BURNDOWN, AND ENHANCEMENT OF CROPS AND HERBICIDES

摘要

Bio-regulators from a group of quaternary ammonium moieties modify a gene expression in a plant to induce enhanced growth and robustness or inhibit growth and enhance the effectiveness of herbicides. Such bio-regulator may be applied to seeds or plants through coating, encapsulating, seed treatments, root drenching, spraying and dusting, or applications to soil where desirable crops are planted or will be planted. Bio-regulators may be dual-acting; causing beneficial modification to gene expressions in desirable plants while modifying gene expression in undesirable plants, making them more susceptible to herbicides. Bio- regulators are Ester Compounds, BMIA Compounds or related salts of those compounds.