	US 11,812,745 B2
	Method of improving stress tolerance, growth and yield in plants
Srirama Krishna Reddy, Libertyville, IL (US); and Brian Sopcak, Streamwood, IL (US)
Assigned to VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed by Valent BioSciences LLC, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,120.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,133, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259244 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 37/10 (2006.01); A01N 47/36 (2006.01); A01N 43/90 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 37/10 (2013.01) [A01N 43/90 (2013.01); A01N 47/36 (2013.01)]

3 Claims

1. A method of improving grain yield of a wheat plant comprising applying a mixture of (S)-abscisic acid (ABA) and forchlorfenuron to the wheat plant, wherein the weight ratio of ABA to the forchlorfenuron is from about 3:1 to about 2:1 and wherein mixture is applied during the reproductive or ripening stage of the growth cycle of the wheat plant and the wheat plant is subjected to drought stress conditions.