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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaharu Hayashi, Wakayama, JP;
Tadayuki Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Masatoshi Kamei, Wakayama, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiko Kurita, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/100 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which effects no chemical injury on plant and which makes an activity of plant improve efficiently. That is to say, the present invention provides a method of activating a plant, which comprises treating the plant with a mono-alcohol having 12 to 24 carbon atoms as a plant-activating agent; use of the mono-alcohol as a plant-activating agent; and a plant-activating agent or composition comprising the mono-alcohol; optionally with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and/or a chelating agent.