USE OF ABSCISIC ACID SEED TREATMENT TO ENHANCE CORN EMERGENCE AFTER EARLY PLANTING

• Main Authors: WILSON, DALE, O., JR, PETRACEK, PETER, D, HIGGS, NICOLE, SILVERMAN, FRANKLIN, PAUL, WARRIOR, PREM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.02.2012
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

This invention describes the use of S-(+)-abscisic acid (ABA) or ABA analogs or ABA derivatives alone or with guanylate cyclase activators as seed treatments to improve the survival of corn seeds and seedlings when low temperature occurs after planting.