Compositions and methods for anti-transpiration in plants
View Patent ↗Methods and compositions comprising design of enlarged pectins are provided. Elaborated pectins are useful for a multitude of functions including surface coating, penetrant, additive and gell. Methods according to the present invention comprise steps for treatments to one or more live pectic cells in one or more compositions that result in modified pectins. In specific embodiments, methods are provided for applying the nanotechnology to live cells for carriage and incorporation of polar compounds.
1. A living plant having at least one molecule of pectin modified with a saccharide by subjecting said pectin to a Ca 2+ -chelation with a water-soluble salt of a Ca 2+ -chelator-saccharide-chelant selected from the group consisting of Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-alkylglycopyranoses, Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-acylglycopyranoses, and thereby binding a saccharide to said pectin.
2. The living plant of claim 1 , wherein said Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-alkylglycopyranoses are selected from the group consisting of Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-methylglycopyranoses and Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-polyalkylglycopyranoses.
3. The living plant of claim 1 , wherein said Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-acylglycopyranoses are selected from the tetraacetylglycopyranoses and Ca 2+ -manganese-(NH 4 ) 2 EDTA-polyacylglycopyranoses.