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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Raffi Goren, Rehovot, IL;
Akiva Apelbaum, Rehovot, IL;
Eliezer Goldschmidt, Rehovot, IL;
Moshe Huberman, Rehovot, IL;
Joseph Riov, Petach Tikva, IL;
Edward C. Sisler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Raffi Goren, Rehovot, IL;
Akiva Apelbaum, Rehovot, IL;
Eliezer Goldschmidt, Rehovot, IL;
Moshe Huberman, Rehovot, IL;
Joseph Riov, Petach Tikva, IL;
Edward C. Sisler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant, comprising step of applying to at least one portion of the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a H1-cyclopropene-1-propanoic acid salt (CPAS). A method of prolonging the life of a cut flower, comprising applying to the cut flower an effective life-prolonging amount of CPAS and a method for the production a CPAS, comprising steps of (i) preparing 4-bromo-4-pentenoic acid or derivatives thereof; (ii) producing 1-cyclopropene-1-propanoic acid; and (iii), converting this acid into its water soluble salt, especially its sodium salt are presented. Additionally, a new family of water soluble CPAS inhibitors for ethylene response in a plant is disclosed.