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Method of protecting useful plants from diseases caused by soil-borne and seed-borne pathogens by treating seeds with cultures of microorganisms

US5041290A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1989
Grant dateAug 20, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/911
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Useful plants can be protected against soil-borne and seed-borne diseases by coating the seeds of said plants with fungus spores, in particular ascospores of Chaetomium globosum, mycelium, bacteria or culture extracts thereof. The protection is in some cases superior to that afforded by sugar beet and cotton seeds which are coated with commercially available fungicides.

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