USE OF PROLINES FOR IMPROVING GROWTH AND/OR YIELD

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION DESCRIBES A COMPOSITION INCLUDING A MIXTURE OF L- AND D-PYROGLUTAMATE STEREOISOMERS IN A RATIO OF L TO D OF FROM ABOUT 80:20 TO ABOUT 97:3 AND, A CARRIER MEDIUM FOR APPLICATION OF THE L- AND D- PYROGLUTAMATE STEREOISOMERS TO A TARGET PLANT. THE COMPOSITION CAN ALSO BE USED AS A GERMINATION MEDIUM AND MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO A SEED COAT FOR ASSISTING IN GERMINATION. THE PRESENT INVENTION FURTHER DESCRIBES A METHOD OF INCREASING THE AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF A TARGET PLANT BY TREATING A TARGET PLANT WITH A COMPOSITION INCLUDING A MIXTURE OF L- AND D- PYROGLUTAMATE STEREOISOMERS IN A RATIO OF L TO D OF FROM ABOUT 80:20 TO ABOUT 97:3 AND A CARRIER MEDIUM FOR SAID L- AND D- PYROGLUTAMATE STEREOISOMERS. (NO SUITABLE