METHOD FOR REGULATING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLE CROPS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves treating vegetable crops at least once with growth promoter Biosil produced on the base of natural mixture of triterpenic acids produced from Siberian fir wood greens by extracting with the use of aliphatic alcohols at the rate of 10-100 ml/hectare. Vegetating cucumber plants are treated four times, and tomato plants are treated three times. Preparation is used in an amount of 10-50 ml/hectare for cucumber and 10- 100 ml/hectare for tomatoes. EFFECT: intensified growing, flowering, shaping and fruit bearing processes, intensified ripening, increased yield of vegetable crops and improved quality of commercial product. 5 cl, 3 tbl