Biological control of sprouting in potatoes
US6107247A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/876
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Sprouting in stored potatoes is suppressed with sprout control agents of bacterial origin. These agents are typically applied to the potato surfaces as whole culture broths and they prevent softening and necrosis of the tuber. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, selected isolates also have the secondary effect of Fusarium dry rot control.
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