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Compositions and methods for use in cropping bananas and plantain trees

US6114285A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1999
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 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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