Flavonoid compounds and use thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The use of a one or more flavonoid compound Signals which may be with an agriculturally acceptable carrier, applied prior to planting up to 365 days , or more, either directly to the seed or transplant of a non-legume crop or a legume crop, or , applied to the soil that will be planted either to a non-legume crop or a legume crop, for the purpose of increasing yield and/or improving seed germination and/or improving earlier seed emergence and/or improving nodulation and/or increasing crop stand density and/or improving plant vigour and/or improving plant growth, and/or increasing biomass, and/or earlier fruiting all including in , circumstances of , seedling and plant transplanting.