Compositions and methods for use in cropping bananas and plantain trees
US6114285A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01N57/20
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of chemically suckering trees of the families Musaceae (banana) and Plantaginaceae (plantains) which comprises introducing into a mother tree an amount of a composition effective to arrest apical dominance in the mother tree. A method of protection of two or more trees of the families Musaceae (banana) and Plantaginaceae (plantains) which share a common root system.
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