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The method is useful for treating vegetation to promotes plant growth and/or crop production, also for treating pollen, seeds, roots and soil and inhibiting growth of insects and micro-organisms. A formulation including an energy/carbon skeleton component, a macro nutrient component and a micro nutr

The method is useful for treating vegetation to promotes plant growth and/or crop production, also for treating pollen, seeds, roots and soil and inhibiting growth of insects and micro-organisms. A formulation including an energy/carbon skeleton component, a macro nutrient component and a micro nutrient component is applied, e.g. in aqueous solution by foliar spraying. This is done in a manner to make optimum use of the inherent ability of vegetation to harvest solar energy and to utilize other sources of energy and carbon skeleton, such that the energy and nutrients applied by the method of the invention is a fraction of the energy and carbon skeleton requirements of the vegetation.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An aqueous composition comprising:(a) a carbon skeleton/energy component selected from the group consisting of mannose, lactose, dextrose, arythrose, fructose, fucose, galactose, glucose, gulose, maltose, raffinose, ribose, ribulose, rutinose, saccharose, stachyose, tre

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An aqueous composition comprising:(a) a carbon skeleton/energy component selected from the group consisting of mannose, lactose, dextrose, arythrose, fructose, fucose, galactose, glucose, gulose, maltose, raffinose, ribose, ribulose, rutinose, saccharose, stachyose, trehalose, xylose, xylulose, adonose, amylose, arabinose, fructose phosphate, fucose-p, galactose-p, glucose-p, lactose-p, maltose-p, mannose-p, ribose-p, ribulose-p, xylose-p, xylulose-p, deoxyribose, adonitol, galactitol, glucitol, maltitol, mannitol, mannitol-p, ribitol, sorbitol, sorbitol-p, xylitol and mixtures thereof;(b)a macronutrient component comprising a water soluble nitrogen source and a water soluble phosphorous source; and(c) a vitamin/cofactor,the carbon skeleton/energy component, the macronutrient component and vitamin/cofactor in relative amounts effective for stimulating the growth of plants. [8.]8. An aqueous composition comprising:from about 5 to about 75 weight percent molasses;a macronutrient component comprising a water soluble nitrogen source and a water soluble phosphorous source;a vitamin/cofactor; andfrom about 5.0 to about 75.0 weight percent of a complexing agent selected from the group consisting of calcium lignosulfonate, sodium lignosulfonate, ammonium lignosulfonate, potassium lignosulfonate and mixtures thereof. [13.]13. A method of enhancing plant growth, said method comprising:applying to at least one of said plant or soil in which said plant is growing an aqueous composition comprising:(a) a carbon skeleton/energy component selected from the group consisting of mannose, lactose, dextrose, arythrose, fructose, fucose, galactose, glucose, gulose, maltose, raffinose, ribose, ribulose, rutinose, saccharose, stachyose, trehalose, xylose, xylulose, adonose, amylose, arabinose, fructose phosphate, fucose-p, galactose-p, glucose-p, lactose-p, maltose-p, mannose-p, ribose-p, ribulose-p, xylose-p, xylulose-p, deoxyribose, adonitol, galactitol, glucitol, maltitol, mannitol, mannitol-p, ribitol, sorbitol, sorbitol-p, xylitol and mixtures thereof:(b) a macronutrient component comprising a water soluble nitrogen source and a water soluble phosphorous source; and(c) a vitamin/cofactor,the carbon skeleton/energy component, the macronutrient component and vitamin/cofactor in relative amounts effective for stimulating the growth of plants.14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said macronutrient further comprises at least water soluble assimilable compounds of the elements potassium and calcium.15. The method according to claim 13, wherein said composition further comprises a micronutrient which comprises water soluble assimilable compounds of the elements zinc, iron and manganese.