Patent ID: 6179892
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: C05F,C05G

Abstract:
A method for treating a stand of plants growing by natural processes and exposed to direct sunlight and an atmosphere of air to improve the yield of said plants, each of said plants including at least one leaf includinga plurality of epidermal cells,a plurality of stomata for allowing carbon dioxide to enter the leaf,a plurality of food-making cells, each food-making cell including a plurality of chloroplasts,a plurality of air spaces each adjacent at least one of the food-making cells,carbon dioxide in each of the air spaces,water vapor in each of the air spaces,xylem for carrying water, andphloem for carrying food produced by the leaf;said method comprising the step of applying foliarly to contact at least some of said epidermal cells a plurality of crystalline optically birefringent starch granules to said plants naturally growing in said stand exposed to said sunlight and said atmosphere, each of said granules(a) including a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase; and(b) being one of a pair including(i) clear, and(ii) translucent.