Process for controlling undesirable vegetation with Colletotrichum coccodes spores
US5028253A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01N63/30
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for controlling undesirable vegetation, espelly velvetleaf by applying Colletotrichum coccodes spores onto the undesirable vegetation or onto the situs of the undesirable vegetation. The composition including the fungus spores in an agricultural carrier as well as the growing of the fungus on solid or liquid media are also disclosed. The spores germinate, infect the undesirable vegetation and result in a pathogenic disease which kills or reduces the growth of this undesirable plant.
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