Method for promoting fattening and growth of crop

TLDR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to promote fattening and growth of reserve organs such as root part or a fruit of crops by combining or mixing natural type abscisic acid with gibberellin and treating the crops such as a melon, a persimmon, a Japanese radish or rice with the resultant combination or mixture.

Abstract: PURPOSE:To promote fattening and growth of reserve organs such as a root part or a fruit of crops by combining or mixing natural type abscisic acid with gibberellin and treating the crops such as a melon, a persimmon, a Japanese radish or rice with the resultant combination or mixture. CONSTITUTION:Natural type abscisic acid [i.e., (+)-2-cis,4-trans-abscisic acid] which is one of phytohormones is combined or mixed with gibberellin and the resultant combination or mixture is sprayed so as to uniformly wet the whole tree or each fruit in, e.g. a fattening period or a coloring starting period of the fruit in the case of spraying treatment or applied to the peduncle part above the fruit or the trunk in the same period in the case of paste application treatment to promote the fattening and growth of the crops. Remarkably improved effects are exhibited by using the natural type abscisic acid and gibberellin together.