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US 8,173,577 · App. 12/011,806 · Granted May 8, 2012

Use of abscisic acid combinations for thinning

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Patent No.
US 8,173,577
App. No.
12/011,806
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to the treatment of a plant at the flowering or fruiting stage with an effective amount of abscisic acid, its analogs or derivatives and salts thereof to reduce the number of fruits that the plant sets and grows to maturity.

Claims (1)

1. A method of thinning flowers and fruits on grape plants comprising applying about 300 ppm of at least one of S-(+)-abscisic acid, a salt, an analog or a derivative thereof and about 10 ppm of at least one of gibberellin, a salt, an analog or a derivative thereof, to a grape plant.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 11, 2017
From: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 042446/0583 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2012
From: WOOLARD, DEREK D.; PETRACEK, PETER D.; SCHROEDER, MICHAEL; LOPEZ, JOHNNY A.; REYNOLDS, SCHALK; CLARKE, GREGORY; WARRIOR, PREM; HOPKINS, RICK
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029479/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2008
From: WOOLARD, DEREK D.; PETRACEK, PETER D.; SCHROEDER, MICHAEL; LOPEZ, JOHNNY A.; REYNOLDS, SCHALK; CLARKE, GREGORY; WARRIOR, PREM
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021191/0687 →