Patent 7837757 was granted and assigned to Valent Biosciences on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention relates to the use of nitrogen- or calcium-containing fertilizers to improve the performance of S-(+)-abscisic acid (S-ABA, ABA) or ABA salts on plants. This invention also relates to the use of ABA to reduce the phytotoxicity of foliar applied fertilizers.