RU2438312C2 - Method and substance for stimulating plant growth - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture. Copper salt is diluted with a diluent which is water or a mixture of water and alcohol until attaining homeopathic potency of 3-12X. The diluent and the copper salt are mixed with fertiliser to form a substance which intensifies plant growth. Said substance is brought into contact with the desired plant.

EFFECT: invention enables to increase stress resistance of plants.

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Description

State of the art

Technical field

The present invention relates to methods and compounds for stimulating plant growth. More specifically, the present invention relates to plant growth enhancing substances and methods of using these substances to stimulate plant growth, which include the use of a homeopathic plant growth stimulator and plant nutrients in target plants to induce growth-promoting compensatory responses to toxicity in plants.

State of the art

Integrated mechanisms of natural defense have evolved in plants, which ensure their ability to cope with hostile factors in their environment. These natural defense mechanisms are usually activated when plants experience or detect the presence of stress signals. Plants can actively detect the presence of pathogens or other stress factors and stimulate the expression of certain genes (for example, Hsp90, At-DBF2, etc.), in particular those that encode key enzymes in the phenylpropanoid biochemical pathway, which leads to increased production of phenolic derivatives . Phenolic compounds are a diverse group of secondary plant metabolites that are activated by a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. They are associated with a number of functions, including UV-B protection and disease resistance, as well as protection against herbivores, metal chelators and damaging weather conditions.

Attempts have previously been made to enhance plant growth by treating plants with toxic substances. However, these toxic substances not only trigger growth-enhancing mechanisms, but also trigger counteracting negative toxic reactions in the target plants, so that an overall beneficial result is not achieved. Moreover, when negative reactions are minimized, any positive effects on growth are also minimized or become negligible, since the methods of the prior art do not correspond to the increased nutrient needs of the plant in which enhanced growth is triggered.

It is estimated that only ten percent of the Earth is suitable for agriculture, and most of this suitable surface area is currently used. Fertilizers increase soil productivity; however, the ratio of fertilizer to yield is exponential. Therefore, increasing the number of fertilizers above a certain point does not increase productivity. For the same reason, the addition of trace elements, such as Cu, Mo, V, and Mn, for example, can increase productivity only in conditions of deficiency of trace elements. When all the nutrients necessary for plant growth are present in the soil, yield primarily depends on weather conditions and seed quality.

Although there is plant growth hormone (PGH) that can stimulate plant growth, the cost of using this hormone exceeds the financial gain from an increased yield. In addition, PGH has shown significant negative side effects in humans. Therefore, a method and substance is needed to stimulate plant growth and increase productivity, which are highly economical and safe to use.

Description of the invention

The invention is directed to a method of stimulating plant growth, which includes the steps of preparing and combining a homeopathic diluted solution of a homeopathic growth stimulator containing toxic substances with a delivery medium containing nutrients to form a plant growth enhancing substance that stimulates plant growth and propagation, and at the same time, it gives the treated plants increased resistance to drought, heat and ultraviolet light.

In one aspect of the invention, a method and substance for plant growth induces compensatory responses to toxicity in plants, such as increased osmotic regulation, cell wall rheology, synthesis of stress proteins, synthesis of stress hormones (i.e. abscisic acid), synthesis of polyamines, as well as subsequent and related increase the yield, relative to plants treated only with fertilizer, and gives the treated plants increased resistance to drought, frost, salinity, watering, heat, wind and street UV light. In addition, the substance and method increase the concentration of sugar and protein in crops, improve the quality of crops as seeds for subsequent years, increase the cation exchange capacity of the soil as a result of fertility and increase the inhibition of microbial respiratory denitrification of the soil.

In another aspect of the invention, the method and substance for plant growth favorably affects the influence of microorganisms in the soil and nitrogen-fixing microorganisms on the plant root system (i.e. Rhizobia) for plant growth by inhibiting metal-containing enzymes and reductases and stimulating metal-containing oxidases.

In another aspect of the invention, the method and substance for plant growth is safe for plants, since they do not induce negative effects of a compensatory response to toxicity, such as stunted growth, low productivity, soil denitrification, poor nitrogen uptake and, in some cases, plant death.

In another aspect of the invention, the method and substance for plant growth is non-toxic to humans and most animals and highly economical to put into practice and to provide a sufficiently large scale for processing multiple acres of crops at the same time.

These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent on the basis of the accompanying drawings and the detailed description of preferred embodiments.

A brief description of the graphic materials

Preferred embodiments of the invention are further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, given to illustrate and not to limit the invention, where like symbols denote similar elements and where a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a plant growth stimulation method is shown.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

As indicated, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in the description; however, it should be understood that the disclosed embodiments are solely examples of the invention, which may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, the specific structural and functional details disclosed herein should not be interpreted as limiting, but solely as the basis for the claims and as a representative basis for training a person skilled in the art in various applications of the present invention in virtually any corresponding detailed structure.

The present invention is generally directed to a method and substance for stimulating plant growth, which include the use of a homeopathic growth stimulator and plant nutrients in target plants in order to induce a growth-promoting compensatory response to toxicity in plants. This method involves the use of a homeopathic growth promoter, typically a transition metal, such as Cu, Mo or V, for example, mixed with fertilizers, in a concentration that is sufficient to induce toxic stress without causing toxic effects in the target plants. This method is economical, safe and applicable on a large scale for a variety of plants and crops.

Referring to the flowchart 100 shown in FIG. 1, a homeopathic method of stimulating plant growth and propagation and making the target plant resistant to drought, heat and ultraviolet (UV) light is illustrated. This method first involves the use of a homeopathic growth promoter, as indicated in block 101. A homeopathic growth stimulator may be in the form of a toxic substance for plants, such as, for example, a transition metal or transition metals. Block 103 shows a dilution medium, such as, for example, water or a water / alcohol mixture. At block 105, the homeopathic growth promoter is diluted in a dilution medium to a concentration at which the molecules of the homeopathic growth stimulator become non-toxic and still remain detectable by the target plant, for which the resulting substance is ultimately used, and therefore signal activation of the plant’s protection or toxicity compensation responds to toxicity-related stress in the target plant. Block 107 shows a delivery medium containing plant nutrients, such as fertilizer. In block 109, a new preparation of a plant growth enhancing substance is prepared by combining and mixing the dilution medium and the dissolved homeopathic growth stimulator with the delivery medium. In block 111, a plant growth enhancing agent is applied to the target plant by bringing the plant growth enhancing agent complexly (toxin and nutrient) into contact with the target plant.

As a result of the use of a plant growth enhancing substance, for the target plant in accordance with this method, the plant starts defensive reactions of the plant to toxins or compensatory responses to toxicity. Compared to control plants, these protective reactions or plant responses tend to result in healthier and denser plant growth, higher reproduction rates and increased resistance to harmful environmental conditions. Higher plant reproduction rates are achieved, since the formation of a larger number of female parts (such as flowers) relative to the male parts (such as pollen) on the plant is involved in the protective response to toxins. Therefore, a plant growth enhancing agent provides both toxin-induced plant growth stimulation and nutrition, which is necessary to enhance such growth.

The homeopathic growth promoter in block 101 of flowchart 100 is typically a toxic substance to a plant. The toxic substance for the plant may be a transition metal. As used here, the transition metal may be any element in the d-block of the periodic table of elements corresponding to groups 3-12 of the periodic table. Examples of transition metals suitable for use as a homeopathic growth promoter include, but are not limited to, copper, molybdenum, vanadium, or any combination thereof. In the preparation of a homeopathic growth stimulator, the transition metal may be included in the form of a metal salt, such as, for example, copper sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO ₄ · 5H ₂ O).

The dilution medium in block 103 of flow chart 100 is typically water or an alcohol-water mixture. It is believed that the necessary dilution of a homeopathic growth promoter in a dilution medium is the point at which the atoms or molecules of a homeopathic growth stimulator are contained within a group of molecules of the dilution medium. Accordingly, water defines three-dimensional structures (i.e. closed structures) with hydrogen bonds around each atom of a dissolved transition metal. At this concentration, the homeopathic growth promoter becomes non-toxic to the target plant and is effective enough to induce a compensatory response to toxicity in the plant.

Homeopathic dosages are based on the principles of serial dilution, and homeopathic products are commercially available in concentrations that indicate the number of dilutions that the substance was subjected to during the manufacturing process. Homeopathic products are commercially available with either the "X" potency or the "C" potency. Potencies "X" are obtained by dilutions from 1 to 10, and potencies "C" are obtained by dilutions from 1 to 100. For example, a mercury compound is completely dissolved in a solvent / diluent in the ratio: 1 part mercury compound to 10 parts or 100 parts solution. The resulting solution is known as a 1X or 1C dilution. To make a 2X or 2C dilution, one (1) part of a 1X solution is mixed with nine (9) parts of a solvent / diluent, and one (1) part of a 1C solution is mixed with ninety-nine (99) parts of a solvent / diluent.

Typically diluting a homeopathic growth promoter in a dilution medium, as presented in block 105, involves diluting a transition metal salt or other homeopathic growth stimulator to a potency of about 3-12X. It was found that CuSO ₄ in high concentration stops the development of the root, but in the homeopathic concentration (potency 3-12X) acts as an enhancer of root growth. Homeopathy involves the stepwise dilution of a toxic substance, and, consequently, a decrease in its potency to the point at which this substance practically disappears, but remains inside molecular clusters.

The plant nutrient delivery medium in block 107 of flowchart 100 is typically a fertilizer that can be liquid, dry, or a combination of liquid and dry fertilizers. In block 109, a preparation of a plant growth enhancing substance that will ultimately be used for the target plant is prepared by combining the homeopathic growth stimulator / dilution mixture obtained in block 105 with a delivery medium. In the case of liquid fertilizer, a homeopathic growth promoter, which is typically a homeopathic solution of a salt or transition metal salts, is added to the liquid fertilizer to a suitable concentration that is sufficient to induce the desired level of stress protective response or a compensatory response to toxicity and concomitant plant growth in the target plant . In an illustrative embodiment, the homeopathic growth promoter / dilution medium mixture is in the ratio of one homeopathic lactose granule or 0.05 ml of a 3-12X Cuprum Sulphuricum aqueous alcohol solution (copper sulfate pentahydrate) per liter or kilogram of fertilizer.

In the case of solid dry fertilizer, large pieces of fertilizer can be with mineral oil or even coated to prevent agglutination of large pieces. The homeopathic growth promoter / dilution medium mixture, usually in gaseous form, is contacted with coated or uncoated large pieces of fertilizer for a sufficient amount of time and concentration so that a suitable number of enclosed transition metal molecules from the homeopathic growth promoter / dilution mixture are present was absorbed by the coating or directly by fertilizer.

In block 111, a plant growth enhancing agent is applied to the target plant and / or applied to the soil in which the target plant grows. A substance that enhances plant growth is complexed into contact with the target plant. This typically consists in spraying a plant growth enhancing substance onto a target plant and / or soil using any of a variety of techniques and any equipment known to those skilled in the art.

As noted above in this description, homeopathy involves the stepwise dilution of a toxic substance to a concentration at which the substance practically disappears, although the chemical components and properties of this substance remain inside molecular closed structures. When these chemical components and properties are transferred to carriers (such as fertilizers) that are more stable than water, such as sugar, alcohol, mineral oil or another hydrogen-containing carrier, the resulting homeopathic remedy has a biological activity that is opposite to the biological activity of the primary substance .

During successive dilutions of the homeopathic growth stimulator in the dilution medium in block 105, the CuSO ₄ molecules disappear, while the enclosed individual copper atoms, which retain their chemical properties, remain in solution. The chemical properties of the copper atoms are subsequently transferred to the fertilizer, with which the enclosed copper atoms are combined in block 109. In the present case, the fertilizers play the role of a carrier due to the large number of chemicals carrying hydrogen in solution. The present method stimulates plant growth through the use of fertilizers in combination with homeopathically prepared transition metal salts for plants.

A study of the effectiveness of the method of the present invention was carried out on seeds of mini-corn in connection with a quick response to a substance that enhances the growth of the plant, which these seeds exhibit. The length of the roots that developed on the seeds of mini-corn after treatment of seeds with a homeopathic growth stimulator in various concentrations was measured. It was found that higher concentrations of CuSO ₄ in the homeopathic growth stimulator stop root growth, while lower concentrations of CuSO ₄ in the homeopathic growth stimulator, lower than the homeopathic barrier or threshold concentration, enhance root growth. This critical transition indicates a fundamental difference in the chemical structure of the resulting plant growth enhancing substance as a result of being enclosed within a group of molecules. The critical value and creation of a chemically excellent substance caused by dilution is shown through the synergy effect of combining the resulting dilution medium and the dissolved homeopathic growth stimulator with a source of nutrients such as fertilizer. This synergy effect is confirmed by a multiple increase in the growth of target plants as a result of this association. Processing the target plant using only the dilution medium and the dissolved homeopathic growth stimulator results in a twofold increase in plant growth. Treating the target plant with only a nutrient source, such as fertilizer, also doubles the plant growth. However, treating the target plant using a combination of dilution medium and a dissolved homeopathic growth stimulator, together with a nutrient source, increases plant growth tenfold.

In accordance with the invention, through the action of a plant growth enhancing substance, the toxicity of heavy metal creates a chain of events in plants, symbiotic nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and soil, leading to increased growth, and increases yield. Heavy metals accumulate in the roots to a limit of 9: 1, which prevents their transfer to the germ. The toxicity of metals in plants increases the size of the root systems and reduces the size of the aerial parts of the plant, because in the case of actual metal toxicity, the plant chooses survival behavior instead of productivity behavior. However, if the plant is not affected by metal toxicity, as in the case of the method of the present invention, the plant growth enhancing substance only induces a compensatory response to toxicity in the target plant; therefore, crop productivity is enhanced by larger root systems, a healthier and stronger plant, and higher yields. In addition, the extensive root system increases the number of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that exist in symbiosis with the plant, and, therefore, increases the absorption of nitrogen, which leads to additional productivity.

Some types of soil bacteria, such as Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (AxNiR) and Alcaligenes faecalis S-6 (AfNiR), for example, can grow anaerobically by utilizing nitrogen compounds, such as nitrates, as an alternative to oxygen. This respiratory process of microorganisms is known as denitrification, since nitrate (NO ₃ ) is absorbed by bacteria from the soil and subsequently restored in a series of reactions: NO ₃ -NO ₂ -NO-N ₂ ON ₂ . Nitrate reductases (NiR) are key denitrification enzymes. During denitrification, however, significant losses of fixed nitrogen from the soil to the atmosphere occur. Nitrate reductases (NiR) are key denitrification enzymes. There are two types of NiR: one in which Cu is a coenzyme, and the other in which the heme group is a coenzyme. In the case of the first type of NiR, the addition of homeopathic Cu to the soil with fertilizer in accordance with the method of the present invention inhibits the function of NiR due to the homeopathic law of reverse reactions: dilution of Cu in a homeopathic growth stimulator by dilution medium to a point that is outside the homeopathic barrier causes more inhibition. than stimulation, NiR activity. Consequently, nitrogen loss from the soil to the atmosphere during denitrification is minimized.

Since many modifications, variations, and changes in detail can be made with respect to the described preferred embodiments of the invention, all materials in the foregoing description should be interpreted as well as those shown in the accompanying graphic materials as illustrative and not restrictive. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their equivalents having legal force.

Claims (4)

1. A method of stimulating growth and resistance to environmental stress in the target plant, in which: use a copper salt;
using a medium for dilution, which is water or a mixture of water and alcohol;
the indicated copper salt is diluted with the indicated dilution medium to a homeopathic potency of 3-12X;
use fertilizer;
combine said dilution medium and copper salt with said fertilizer to form a plant growth enhancing substance; and bringing said plant growth enhancing substance into contact with the target plant. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said copper salt is copper sulfate. 3. The method according to claim 1, where the specified fertilizer includes at least one fertilizer selected from liquid fertilizer and dry fertilizer. 4. A substance to stimulate the growth of the target plant, including:
a dilution medium comprising water or a mixture of water and alcohol;
a copper salt diluted with the indicated dilution medium to a homeopathic potency of 3-12X; and
fertilizer combined with said dilution medium and said copper salt to form a plant growth enhancing substance.

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