Fuente: WIPO "tomato" Methods and agricultural formulations for the cultivation of plants such as broad acre crops, fruits and vegetables, perennial tree crops, and ornamentals are described. The methods include contacting the plant with a furanone compound according to Formula I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, or XIV as described herein, or a salt or solvate thereof. The methods can provide cultivated plants exhibiting reduced levels of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), higher levels of carbon fixation, higher levels of carbon storage, increased quantum efficiency, and/or increased stomatal conductance, leading to increased biomass and/or increased crop yields. Furanone compounds and agricultural formulations containing the compounds are also described.