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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Derek D. Woolard, Zion, IL (US);
Peter D. Petracek, Grayslake, IL (US);
Michael Schroeder, Guggenhausen, DE;
Johnny A. Lopez, Lubbock, TX (US);
Schalk Reynolds, Grayslake, IL (US);
Gregory Clarke, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Prem Warrior, Chicago, IL (US);
Rick Hopkins, Fresno, CA (US);
Derek D. Woolard, Zion, IL (US);
Peter D. Petracek, Grayslake, IL (US);
Michael Schroeder, Guggenhausen, DE;
Johnny A. Lopez, Lubbock, TX (US);
Schalk Reynolds, Grayslake, IL (US);
Gregory Clarke, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Prem Warrior, Chicago, IL (US);
Rick Hopkins, Fresno, CA (US);
Valent BioSciences Corporation, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the treatment of a plant at the flowering or fruiting stage with an effective amount of abscisic acid, its analogs or derivatives and salts thereof to reduce the number of fruits that the plant sets and grows to maturity.