Patent ID: 8530518

Claim:
An agriculturally acceptable composition comprising: (i) a compound that is a water soluble or water-miscible salt of the formula wherein R 1 is a member selected from the group consisting of pentyl and pent-2-enyl, M is a cation of valency n and a member selected from the group consisting of potassium in which case n is 1, sodium in which case n is 1, and magnesium in which case n is 2; (ii) a reagent that reduces stress in plants and is a member selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, acetyl salicylic acid, metyl salicylate, benzoic acid, acibenzolar-S-methyl, and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof; and (iii) an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of arginine and a polyamine for which arginine is a precursor.