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Alabama prof works to raise plants’ cold tolerance Associated PressTeffeau said Francko’s product sounds interesting and that it would likely have a market if it works. But he said he would need to see some hard empirical evidence before he could speculate on its effectiveness.
Francko said he isn’t aware of any product currently being marketed that does what he says his spray can do. During a patent search prior to filing his own patent application, he said he found existing patents for similar products but that the best protection any of them offered was 2 to 4 degrees lower than normal. The spray combines five ingredients in a water-based spray formula. Francko said the main ingredient is polyethylene glycol. He wouldn’t name any of the other ingredients, citing proprietary knowledge, but said they are all simple ingredients that are already used in the preparation or growth of plants people eat. Francko is currently looking for someone to license, produce and market the product, and said he would rather use a local company than a large multinational. “We would very much like to keep this product at home,” he said. “We’d like to find some Alabama interest to develop this and market it.” 
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