Patent ID: 8853130
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing a yield of a seed of a crop to be harvested, wherein the crop to be harvested is a Gramineae or a Compositae, wherein the method comprises applying 5-aminolevulic acid or a salt thereof and at least one gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor selected from the group consisting of uniconazole P, prohexadione calcium salt, and salts or isomers thereof fourteen days before and after flowering or ear emergence or from three days before enlargement of the part of the crop to be harvested to completion of the enlargement, wherein the amount of gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor is present in an amount of 10 to 5000 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of 5-aminolevulinic acid or a salt of the acid.