FLOWER BUD FORMATION INDUCER AND FLOWER BUD FORMATION INDUCING KIT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject inducer widely having a desired flower bud formation inducing activity to a plant by making the inducer contain a specific α-ketole unsaturated fatty acid directly relating to blossom as an active component. ;SOLUTION: This inducer is obtained by solely containing an α-ketole unsaturated fatty acid of the formula {general name: 9-hydroxy-10oxo-cis-12(Z),15(Z)- octadecadienoic acid} obtained by extracting from Lemna paucicostata as one kind of a family Lemnaceae plant, applying an enzyme such as lipoxygenase to α-linolenic acid (i.e., cis-9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid) according to a fatty acid metabolizing route in a plant body or producing by a usual chemical synthesis, or combinedly containing with norepinephrine.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO