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Title:
AGENT FOR IMPROVING COLOR OF APPLE PERICARP AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING COLORATION OF APPLE PERICARP
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH06141681
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To provide the subject agent containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (salt) as an active ingredient and capable of accelerating the red coloration of the apple pericarp and of improving the coloration degree without affecting on human bodies, environments and the qualities of the fruits by treating the fruit tree in its fruiting time or the fruits themselves with this agent.

CONSTITUTION: This apple pericarp color-improving agent contains 5- aminolevulinic acid or its salt as an active ingredient and, if necessary, further contains, e.g. polyoxyethylene hexitane fatty acid ester as a spreading agent, a saccharide, an amino acid, an organic acid, an alcohol, vitamins, minerals, etc. An aqueous solution containing the coloration-improving agent is applied to the tree of apple in its fruiting time or to the fruit before or after its harvest by a method such as spraying, whereby the red coloration of the apple pericarp is accelerated and its coloration degree is improved without affecting on human bodies, environments and the qualities of the apple fruits.


Inventors:
YOKOTA KIYOSHI
TANAKA TORU
HOTTA YASUSHI
Application Number:
JP30259092A
Publication Date:
May 24, 1994
Filing Date:
November 12, 1992
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
COSMO SOGO KENKYUSHO KK
International Classes:
A01G7/00; A01G7/06; A01N37/44; (IPC1-7): A01G7/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Miyuki Ariga (3 outside)