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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1987
John W Ryan, Midland Township, Midland County, MI (US);
Donnie R Juen, Jerome Township, Midland County, MI (US);
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of crosslinkable silicone materials to coat botanic seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissue and plant embryos for their protection and to promote germination. The crosslinkable silicone materials are coated onto the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos and crosslinked to cure them. The silicone coatings of the present invention on the surface of the seeds, seedlings, meristematic tissues or plant embryos provide antifungal protection and can be used to carry entrapped plant adjuvants to the site of germination. The crosslinked silicone coatings are permeable to water vapor and oxygen and allow sunlight to pass through to the germinating seed.