Sugar-Based Plant Biostimulant Composition for Yield and Drought Tolerance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Agricultural practices face challenges in achieving consistent production quality, improving plant viability, and reducing environmental impact while addressing issues like climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss, with existing fertilizers and pesticides often failing to provide uniform benefits across diverse farm conditions.

Innovation Solution

A plant biostimulant composition (PBC) comprising sugars or sugar derivatives, nutrient salts, and solvents, which stimulate natural plant processes, enhance nutrient uptake, and improve tolerance to abiotic stress, germination, and growth, while being biodegradable and sourced from natural resources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If fertilizers and pesticides are used to increase yield and guarantee continuous productivity, then plant growth and yield are improved, but environmental impact on ecosystems worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveyieldVSAvoidenvironmental impact

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts harmful synthetic chemicals into beneficial natural substances by using enzymatic oxidation of sugars to produce organic acids (gluconic acid, glucaric acid) and their salts. These natural biostimulants stimulate plant growth and improve nutrient uptake without the harmful environmental effects of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, thus converting the need for chemical inputs into a benefit from biodegradable organic compounds.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces mechanical/chemical systems (synthetic fertilizers and pesticides) with biological systems (enzymatic oxidation processes and natural organic acids). The use of glucose oxidase and galactose oxidase enzymes to produce plant-stimulating organic acids substitutes the mechanical application of synthetic chemicals with a biological process that is environmentally benign while maintaining productivity benefits.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If conventional fertilizers and pesticides are applied to achieve consistent production quality, then plant growth is improved, but uniformity of benefits across diverse farm conditions worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduction quality consistencyVSAvoiduniformity across diverse conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal biostimulant composition based on organic acids and their salts that can function across diverse farm conditions. The composition includes multiple components (gluconic acid, glucaric acid, and their salts) that work synergistically to stimulate plant growth, improve nutrient uptake, and enhance stress tolerance regardless of specific environmental conditions, thus achieving both production quality consistency and adaptability to diverse farms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes the ability of organic acids to chelate metal ions and adjust pH levels as a mechanism to adapt to diverse soil conditions. The organic acid composition can buffer pH changes and make nutrients more available across different soil types and conditions, allowing consistent production quality outcomes regardless of the specific farm environment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-generated harmful factors

If natural resources are used to create biodegradable compositions, then environmental impact is reduced, but formulation stability and consistency worsen

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenvironmental impactVSAvoidformulation stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-generated harmful factorsVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a composite biostimulant formulation combining multiple natural components (gluconic acid, glucaric acid, and their salts) in specific proportions. This composite approach maintains formulation stability by using naturally occurring substances that are compatible and biodegradable, while the synergistic interaction between components ensures consistent performance. The composite nature allows the formulation to remain stable in storage while maintaining environmental benefits.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS20260041089A1Plant biostimulant and methods of making and using same

Publication Date: 2026.02.12 SOLUGEN INC

AI summary

A composition including (i) a sugar, a sugar derivative or combination thereof; (ii) an optional nutrient salt; and (iii) an optional solvent. A method of treatment comprising contacting an agricultural material with a composition comprising (i) a sugar, a sugar derivative or combination thereof; (ii) an optional nutrient salt; (iii) an optional performance enhancing additive; and (iv) a solvent wherein treatment of the agricultural material results in increased viability of a plant associated with the agricultural material.