Advantage and Core Benefit

- High safety due to its natural origin and ingredients with food experience
- Maintains freshness by preventing drying and wilting of leafy vegetables and flowers

Background and Technology

The inventor has been studying the improvement of the drying tolerance and productivity of plants by controlling the opening and closing of plant pore. In this study, they discovered that some natural ingredients have the effect of closing the stomata and elucidated the mechanism of this effect. A problem with vegetables and flowers is that they dry out and wilt, losing their freshness, before they reach the shops from the place of production. By delivering the naturally occurring components of this technology to the leaves and flowers of vegetables and flowering plants, the pores can be closed for a long period of time, preventing drying and shriveling. Delivery methods include direct application, spraying and volatilization in packaging materials.

Data

Patents

pending

Researcher

Toshinori Kinoshita (Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules: ITbM)

Expectations

We are looking for collaborative partner companies to work on the practical development of application sprays and volatile sheets of naturally derived ingredients as freshness retention agents for vegetables and flowers.
Project No. WL-04215