A METHOD FOR INCREASING BETALAIN CONTENT IN A CROP PLANT

• Main Authors: VALDEZ ZARCO, Alejandra, LOBO, Jessica Kathleen, GERAGHTY, Michael Charles, CONCIBIDO, Vergel C, GEBHARDT, David Eldridge, MEYER, Joerg, LAVALLEE, Bradley, IVANCIC, Timothy Mark, LEOCATA, Gian Carlo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.2023
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; DYES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LAKES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MORDANTS; NATURAL RESINS; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; PAINTS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLISHES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

The methods described herein relate to the isolation of betalam pigment color compositions from crop plants. Also described are methods of pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-releasing compound to a crop plant and the uses of extracted betalam pigment color compositions from crop plant for a food or commercial product.