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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Yamasaki, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/916 ; A01N 3/02 ; A01N 3/100 ; A01N 3/302 ; A01N 5/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/916 ; A01N 3/02 ; A01N 3/100 ; A01N 3/302 ; A01N 5/502 ;
Abstract
A method for maintaining the freshness of a cut flower is disclosed. The method comprises the step of causing a flowering plant to imbibe an aqueous solution of a composition for maintaining the freshness of flower which comprises a mixture or a reaction product of a silver compound and an organic compound having a functional group capable of forming a water-soluble complex with a silver ion through the sulfur atom thereof to a flowering plant.