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US 9,445,588 · App. 14/641,870 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Methods for increasing oil palm yield

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Patent No.
US 9,445,588
App. No.
14/641,870
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to methods of using aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG), or a salt thereof, on oil palm before harvest to increase oil production.

Claims (5)

1. A method of increasing oil content of oil palm fruit comprising applying an effective amount of aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG), or a salt thereof, to oil palm fruit before the oil palm fruit is harvested, wherein the effective amount is from about 10 mg to about 300 mg AVG per palm per application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the salt is AVG-HCl.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the AVG, or a salt thereof, is applied from about three weeks before the fruit is harvested to about the day before the fruit is harvested.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the AVG is applied from about every 7 to about 21 days.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the AVG is applied from about every 10 to about 14 days.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 11, 2017
From: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 042446/0583 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2015
From: RATH, ANDREW; PETRACEK, PETER D.; VENBURG, GREGORY D.; SHAFER, WARREN E.
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035467/0799 →