Patent ID: 9532519
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A01H,A01N,C12N

Claim:
1. A method for preparing a plant having increased harvest index compared to a harvest index of a wild strain, or untreated plant, comprising: applying reduced glutathione to a plant, or to soil in which a plant is to be cultivated; cultivating the plant; measuring the amount of harvest of the plant; calculating harvest index of the plant; and selecting a plant having a harvest index that is higher than the harvest index of a wild strain or untreated plant; wherein a total amount of the reduced glutathione with which the plant is cultivated is in the range (i) between 2.6 mg and 128.1 mg per one individual said plant or (ii) between 36.4 mg and 1820.9 mg per one liter of the soil.