Agent for Inhibiting Bolting Induction and/or Floral-Bud Differentiation in Plants
申请人:Yoshihara Teruhiko
公开号:US20070244009A1
公开(公告)日:2007-10-18
The present invention provides an agent for inhibiting bolting induction and/or floral-bud differentiation in plants and the method for inhibiting the bolting induction and/or floral differentiation of plants using the above-mentioned agent for inhibiting bolting induction and/or floral-bud differentiation in plants. Theobroxide or its analog is used as the agent for inhibiting bolting induction and/or floral-bud differentiation in plants. The agent for inhibiting bolting induction and/or floral-bud differentiation in plants is applied under a plant's bolting induction and/or floral differentiation condition, and controls the bolting induction and/or floral differentiation of the plant. In the case of long-day plants, such as spinach, wherein their bolting induction and floral differentiation occur under a long-day condition, spraying on plants is done under the corresponding long-day condition. The agent for inhibiting bolting induction and/or floral-bud differentiation in plants can be applied to plants by an application method such as foliar spray.