JPH111384A - Crop nutrition adjuvant and crop culture using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a crop nutrition adjuvant effective for promoting the growth of crop, extending virescence and its period, improving resistance to diseases, increasing the seed setting of fruit tree, reducing fall, improving the degree of sweetness and taste of fruit, improving the color and luster of flower and the storable duration of crop, by mixing a vinegar with a sweetener having a high degree of sweetness to constitute the adjuvant. SOLUTION: One or more selected from a brewed vinegar, a synthetic vinegar and an aqueous solution of acetic acid are preferable as a vinegar. One or more selected from a vinegar of alcohol, a black vinegar, a grain vinegar, rice vinegar, a fruit vinegar, an apple vinegar, a grape vinegar and brewed vinegars except the rain vinegar and the fruit vinegar is preferable as the brewed vinegar. One or more of glycyrrhizin, thaumatin, an essence of RAKANKA (fruit of Momordica grosvenori), aspartame and saccharin are preferable as the sweetener having a high degree of sweetness. The ratio of the sweetener having a high degree of sweetness is preferably <=10 wt.% calculated as the pure substance concentration of the sweetener having high degree of sweetness. Preferably the concentration of the adjuvant to act is <=0.5 wt.% calculated as the pure substance concentration of the sweetener having a high degree of sweetness and is <=0.5 wt.% acidity calculated as the concentration of acetic acid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the use of vinegar and high-intensity sweeteners as foods. Growth of crops, greening and prolongation of crops, improvement of crop resistance, increase of fruit set and fall, improvement of sugar content and taste of fruits, improvement of flower color and luster, improvement of crop longevity, etc. For food crops,
Vinegar and high sweetness are effective foods for vegetables, fruits, flowers, other temperate crops, tropical crops, subtropical crops, greenhouse crops, ornamental crops, medicinal crops, processing crops, etc. The present invention relates to a nutritional supplement for crops using a feed.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a crop is a plant cultivated on arable land for use in clothing, food and shelter.
Stems, leaves, flowers, roots, etc. are used. For example,
"Crops using leaves such as cabbage and tea", "Crops using stems such as asparagus and udo", "Sweet potatoes,
Crops that use roots and rhizomes, such as potatoes, "
There are "crops using flowers such as hops and saffron", "crops using seeds such as wheat, corn and soybean", and "crops using fruits such as cucumber, grapes and bananas". It is known that substances necessary for growing various crops are inorganic nutrients and sugar. Inorganic nutrients are taken in from the soil as nutrients and sugars are produced as photosynthesis. Although more than 30 species are known as basic elements involved in the growth, that is, elements contained in the body of a plant, 16 of them are essential elements indispensable for growth, and carbon, oxygen, Hydrogen, nitrogen,
It is a major element of phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, calcium and magnesium and trace elements of iron, copper, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, boron and chlorine. Although carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are present in large amounts in crops, they are not usually required to be provided because of their abundant natural supply as air (carbon dioxide) and water. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are well known in particular as the three elements of fertilizers because of their relatively low abundance in soil and high response of plants to external supplementation. Sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron,
Copper, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, boron, and chlorine are not all abundant in the soil, but can be deficient due to the amount of forms readily available to the crop (available) and imbalance with other elements. is there. Elements other than carbon, oxygen and hydrogen are
Since all of these elements are generally absorbed as an aqueous solution from the soil, if the soil is deficient in these elements, the soil cannot maintain its productivity unless it is artificially supplied. Therefore, a large number of fertilizer products classified as special fertilizers from ordinary fertilizers have been used in the Fertilizer Control Law. On the other hand, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen are converted into carbohydrates (sugars) by photosynthesis to form a plant skeleton, and carbohydrates are involved in the production of proteins and lipids. Carbohydrates are also important as an energy source for growth. This photosynthesis is known as a carbon dioxide fixing mechanism. Carbon dioxide will vary passed a series of reactions in carbohydrates (sugars) other compounds, but the first case a (C ₃ type plants) the first product carbon perform photosynthesis only Calvin acid cycle in three trioses product are divided into such CAM plant to be fixed as another case with dicarboxylic acids circuit (C ₄ type plants) and once malic acid Calvin acid cycle carbon is four dicarboxylic acids. The main sugars in this photosynthesis and glycolysis system are sucrose, glucose, fructose and the like. Therefore, conventionally, it is not a legal fertilizer to promote the photosynthesis of leaves, but sucrose (sugar), glucose (glucose), fructose (fructose), etc. are dissolved in crops under the name of a plant active agent. Giving has been done. For example, P70 of "Flower gardening dictionary" Asakura Shoten (issued October 25, 1986)
Reference numeral 2 shows a cut flower preservative (life-promoting agent) containing a drug, the main component of which is sucrose (sucrose) or glucose. Since organic acids are involved in photosynthesis and glycolysis, rice vinegar and brown rice vinegar containing organic acids have been used empirically.

In view of such circumstances, the present inventors have conducted various studies on the effects of vinegar and a high-sweetness sweetener containing vinegar on crop growth and the like. Although the mechanism of action is not clearer than that of sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc., surprisingly, it was found that vinegar mixed with a high-intensity sweetener had excellent effects such as excellent crop growth. The invention has been completed.

Configuration of the Invention

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a crop nutritional supplement comprising a mixture of vinegar and a high-sweetness sweetener. A crop cultivation method according to a second aspect uses the crop nutritional supplement according to the first aspect. The vinegar according to the third aspect is mainly composed of 4 to 5% acetic acid, and includes brewed vinegar, synthetic vinegar, and an aqueous acetic acid solution. In brewed vinegar, alcohol-containing moromi becomes vinegar by oxidative fermentation of acetic acid bacteria, and there are many types of vinegar depending on raw materials. Synthetic vinegar is obtained by blending brewed vinegar with 40% or more of glacial acetic acid or a diluted solution of acetic acid. As the acetic acid aqueous solution, glacial acetic acid or a diluted solution of acetic acid is used. Here, specific types related to the above brewed vinegar are shown. Sake vinegar (alcohol vinegar), black vinegar (brown rice vinegar), grain vinegar (malt vinegar, lees vinegar, corn vinegar, wheat vinegar, barley vinegar, rye vinegar, wheat germ vinegar, buckwheat vinegar), rice vinegar (pure rice vinegar) , Fruit vinegar (persimmon vinegar, peach vinegar, strawberry vinegar, blueberry vinegar, prune vinegar), apple vinegar (apple vinegar), glucose (wine vinegar), vinegar other than grain vinegar and fruit vinegar (onion vinegar, tomato vinegar, plum vinegar) , Shiso vinegar, herb vinegar, seaweed vinegar, amaranth vinegar). There are also JAS compliant vinegar and synthetic vinegar. The sweetener having a high degree of sweetness according to claim 4 is blended, and the type, presence, and the like are described below. Glycyrrhizin is a glucuronic acid glycoside of glycyrrhizic acid contained in licorice, and has about 250 times the sweetness of sugar. Related components include sodium salt disodium glycyrrhizinate, α-glucosyl glycyrrhizin as an enzyme-treated product, and glycyrrhizic acid monoglucuronide as an enzyme-decomposed product. Thaumatine is a protein in the West African fruit of the araliaceae family and is about 3000 times as sweet as sugar. Arhat fruit extract is a triterpene glycoside mogroside V in Chinese fruits of Cucurbitaceae and has about 300 times the sweetness of sugar. Aspartame is an amino acid sweetener of aspartylphenylalanine methyl ester, which is about 200 times as sweet as sugar. Saccharin is a synthetic sweetener made from toluene and chlorosulfonic acid and has about 450 times the sweetness of sugar. Saccharin sodium, which is well soluble in water, is mainly used. The content of the high-intensity sweetener according to claim 5 in the composition is described in Table 1 with typical examples.

Table 1 Content of high-intensity sweetener according to the present invention in the composition The ratio of blending the high-intensity sweetener into the vinegar according to claim 6 is 10% by weight or less as the pure product concentration of the high-intensity sweetener, and preferably 5% by weight or less. For example, an experimental example of a crop nutritional supplement when the high-sweetness sweetener of Table 1 is blended with the alcoholic vinegar (alcohol vinegar having an acidity of 4.6%) according to claim 3 so as to have a pure product concentration of 1% by weight. Are shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Experimental examples of crop nutritional supplements according to the present invention The crop cultivation method according to claim 7, wherein the action concentration of a crop nutritional supplement obtained by blending a high-sweetness sweetener with vinegar is 10 times or more, preferably 30 times or more, as a ratio diluted with water, The concentration of the high-intensity sweetener is 0.5% or less and the acidity in terms of acetic acid is 0.5% or less. The method of using the crop nutritional supplement according to claim 8,
It is used by a method of applying it as a leaf surface spray, a method of applying it to soil by applying it to soil, or a method of adding it to liquid fertilizer in hydroponic cultivation. As a result, the crop nutritional supplement of the present invention includes, for example, edible crops such as rice, wheat, millet, millet, buckwheat, corn, soybean, adzuki, sweet potato, potato, cassava, cotton, asa, flax, rush, mulberry, Sugar beet, sugar cane, stevia, oilseed rape, sesame, peanut, olive, safflower, saffron, tobacco, cherries, jojugi, lavender, eucalyptus seedling, citrus,
Craft crops such as peppermint, pepper, hops, tadeai,
Green manure crops such as astragalus and clover, forage crops such as red clover, conmon vetch, orchardgrass, etc., turfgrass such as bentgrass, fescue, ryegrass, bermudagrass, nosyba, blackgrass, etc.
Cucumber, shirouri, pumpkin, makuwa, melon, watermelon, eggplant, tomato, capsicum, pepper, okra, strawberry, fava bean, peas, kidney bean, edamame,
Bean sprouts, coffee, cocoa, lotus, kwai, ginger,
Yamanoimo, taro, yam, konjac, onion, leek, garlic, rakkyo, radish, carrot,
Panax ginseng, turnip, burdock, Chinese cabbage, Tsukena, Watercress, Saladana, Mitsuba, Blue Gisso, Kaiware radish, Komatsuna, Gogatsuna, Chingensai,
Mizuna, mustard, cabbage, cabbage, komochikan orchid, Hanayasai, lettuce, broccoli, celery, parsley, wasabi, chishya, dokudami, spring, myoga, sansho, shungiku, spinach, chard, asparagus, mushroom, bamboo shoot, mushroom, mushroom , Vegetables such as enoki mushroom, oyster mushroom, agaric mushroom, apple, pear, hawthorn, quince, karin, peach, plum, cherry, apricot, ume, acerola, walnut, chestnut, pecan, almond, hazel, oyster, jujube, pomegranate, ichiku, Loquat, banana, pineapple, orange, lemon, citron, buntan, grapefruit, Unshu mandarin orange, summer mandarin orange, kumquat, grape,
Fruits such as raspberries, currants, currants, cranberries, kiwifruits, etc. For flowers, 1.2 year grasses such as sweet pea, morning glory, calendula, margaret, chrysanthemum, carnation etc., lily, tulip,
Flowering plants such as bulbs such as cyclamen, roses, bamboo, sasa, hydrangea, greenhouse plants such as Saintpaulia, bougainvillea, hibiscus, houseplants such as palm, rubber, Omoto, orchids such as cattleya, dendrobium, banda,
Cacti and succulents such as crab cactus, euphorbia and aloe, carnivorous plants such as moss moss, musculus violet, nepenthes, aquatic plants such as water lily, lotus, oyster, variegated plants such as aoki, manrium, camellia; Fertilizing vines, palm trees such as kannonchik, shrochik and phoenix, other alpine plants, wild plants, Chinese herbs and seaweed, promotes the growth of crops, promotes greening of crops and extends the period, It has remarkable effects on improving resistance to diseases, increasing fruit set and decreasing fruit drop, improving sugar content and taste of fruits, improving flower color and skin luster, and improving crop shelf life. The crop nutritional supplement obtained by blending the vinegar of the present invention with a high-sweetness sweetener has a clear effect on the plants, such as the effect of crop growth, which is directly absorbed and utilized by the crop. The mechanism of action is unclear at this time, whether by improving the physical properties of the soil and promoting the growth of beneficial microorganisms in the soil. Although the crop nutritional supplement according to claim 9 is liquid, it can be made into powder by spray drying. Also, peat, humic acid materials, charcoal, zeolites, vermiculite, perlite, bentonite,
Powders can also be obtained by adsorbing on an adsorbent material such as a polyethyleneimine-based material or a polyvinyl alcohol-based material.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to Examples.
The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention. [Example 1] A crop nutritional supplement described in Table 2 in which vinegar is mixed with a high-sweetness sweetener is diluted with water so as to have an acidity of 0.09% and a high-sweetness sweetener concentration of 0.02%. A nutritional supplement. 1 Bentgrass Stock from Green at Golf Course
Eight strains were collected and used as three strains in each of the A to E and F sections. For each plant, the leaf (aboveground part) is 2 mm, and the root (underground part) is 1 c.
m was cut into a cube. This was planted in a cultivation device comprising a medium of sand green sand (no fertilizer), and the growth state was observed. Here, glycyrrhizin A, thaumatin B, arhat fruit extract C, aspartame D, saccharin E. For comparison, in the F section, only vinegar was used (control section). At a rate of 1000 ml of the crop nutritional supplement of the present invention per 1 m ^{2 of} bentgrass, after 0 days and 10 days,
Twenty days later, the plants were irrigated three times, grown at a temperature of 15 to 25 ° C. for 30 days, and the lengths of the leaves and roots of bentgrass were measured and shown as an average of three strains. Table 3 below shows the results of Examples A to E and F.

[Table 3] Growth results for bentgrass in A to E and F sections It can be seen that the growth of bentgrass is promoted in the crop nutritional supplements A to E according to the present invention, as compared with the control plot F (vinegar) in Table 3 as compared with the control plot F (vinegar). This indicates that blending high-intensity sweeteners with vinegar has a greater effect on the nutrition of the crop than vinegar.

The present invention described in detail above is based on the finding that a mixture of vinegar and a high-sweetness sweetener has excellent physiological effects such as promotion of crop growth. The present invention not only is effective for greening of crops and extending the period thereof, but also provides a new use of saccharides as foods. The present invention has the following effects. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention of Claim 1, the growth of a crop is promoted using the thing which mixes a high-intensity sweetener with vinegar which is a foodstuff, greening of a crop and prolongation of the period, resistance to a disease of a crop are utilized. It is possible to provide an effective crop nutritional supplement for improving the fruitiness, increasing fruit set and decreasing the fall of fruit trees, improving the sugar content and taste of fruits, improving the color and gloss of flowers, and improving the shelf life of crops. Claim 2
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the described invention, the crop cultivation method using the crop nutritional supplement which mixes a high sweetness sweetener with vinegar can be provided. According to the invention described in claim 3, various vinegars can be provided as components of the nutritional supplement for crops.
According to the invention described in claim 4, various high-intensity sweeteners can be provided as components of the crop nutritional supplement. According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, it is possible to provide a content of a high-sweetness sweetener as a crop nutritional supplement that can effectively promote the growth of crops in the composition. According to the invention described in claim 6, it is possible to provide a ratio of blending a high-sweetness sweetener with vinegar as a crop nutritional supplement that can effectively promote the growth of crops. According to the invention of claim 7, it is possible to provide an action concentration as a crop nutritional supplement that can effectively promote growth of crops and the like. According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a suitable crop nutritional supplement for foliar application, soil cultivation, and hydroponic cultivation. According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a crop nutritional supplement which is a liquid or powdery crop nutritional supplement and can be easily applied to crops.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A crop nutritional supplement comprising a vinegar and a high-sweetness sweetener. 2. A crop cultivation method comprising cultivating a crop using a crop nutritional supplement comprising a high-intensity sweetener mixed with vinegar. 3. The vinegar is one or a mixture of two or more selected from brewed vinegar, synthetic vinegar, and aqueous acetic acid, and the brewed vinegar is refined vinegar, black vinegar, grain vinegar, rice vinegar. , Fruit vinegar,
The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, which is one or a mixture of two or more brewed vinegars other than apple vinegar, grape vinegar, grain vinegar and fruit vinegar. 4. The high-intensity sweetener comprises glycyrrhizin,
The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, which is one or a mixture of two or more selected from thaumatin, arhat extract, aspartame, and saccharin. 5. The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, wherein the content of the high-sweetness sweetener is more than 1/100 in the composition. 6. The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, wherein the proportion of the high-intensity sweetener to the vinegar is 10% by weight or less as a pure sweetener concentration. 7. A concentration at which a crop nutritional supplement obtained by blending a high-sweetness sweetener with the vinegar is 0.5% or less as a pure sweetener concentration and an acidity in terms of acetic acid. The crop cultivation method according to claim 2, wherein the content is 0.5% or less. 8. The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, which is used for foliar application, soil cultivation, and hydroponic cultivation. 9. The crop nutritional supplement according to claim 1, which is in a liquid or powder form.