Compositions and method of delivering a molecule to a plant are provided. In an embodiment, an avenic acid transporter is introduced into a plant. The plant may be a non-graminacious or dicotyledonous plant which does not comprise the transporter in the wild type form. The transporter may be modified to increase uptake of avenic acid along with iron chelated by the avenic acid and/or a molecule conjugated with the avenic acid. Further embodiments provide for conjugating the avenic acid with a molecule for uptake and delivery to the plant. In this manner plant health may be improved by uptake of iron where it would otherwise not occur and/or uptake of the conjugated molecule. The molecule may be a molecule that improves health of the plant. Still further embodiments provide for analogs of avenic acid. Embodiments provide for interplanting
Avena sativa
which natively produces avenic acid with another plant. Additional embodiments provide for time release of avenic acid provided to a plant.
本发明提供了向植物传递分子的组合物和方法。在一种实施例中,将avenic酸转运蛋白引入植物中。该植物可以是非禾本科或双子叶植物,其野生型不包括该转运蛋白。可以修改转运蛋白以增加avenic酸及其螯合的
铁和/或与avenic酸结合的分子的摄取。进一步实施例提供了将avenic酸与分子结合以摄取和传递到植物中的方法。通过这种方式,可以通过摄取
铁,否则不会发生,并/或摄取结合的分子来改善植物的健康状况。该分子可以是改善植物健康的分子。还有进一步的实施例提供avenic酸的类似物。实施例提供了将天然产生avenic酸的燕麦(Avena sativa)与其他植物相互种植的方法。另外的实施例提供了向植物提供avenic酸的时间释放。