Patent ID: 7691630
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A composition for application to foliage of plants comprising (a) a plant systemic inducer comprising salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, isonicotinic acid, dichloroisonicotinic acid, phosphorous acid or cinnamic acid, (b) humic acid, and (c) a reactive oxygen species selected from the group consisting of: peracetic acid, a hydroperoxide, a peroxide, and potassium percarbonate, wherein the amount of reactive oxygen species is sufficient to increase transcription of a gene encoding a natural plant product selected from the group consisting of: phenylalanine ammonia lyase, a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein, chalcone synthase, and a pathogenesis-related protein, to a concentration level above the level of transcription induced by the plant systemic inducer and humic acid in the absence of the reactive oxygen species; and wherein the ratio of the concentration of the reactive oxygen species to the concentration of the plant systemic inducer is at or about 10:1.