Compositions and methods for controlling fungal and bacterial diseases in plants

US9745597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Johan Kijlstra · Odenthal, DE
• James Namnath · Davis, US
• Rolf Pontzen · Leichlingen, DE
• Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann · Neuwied, DE
• Carrie Waterman · West Sacramento, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8282
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a fungicidal composition comprising a strain of Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and one of several compounds in a synergistically effective amount. Also provided are methods of controlling fungal harmful organisms and/or bacterial harmful organisms in a plant, the method comprising applying an effective amount of a fungicidal composition to the plant, to a part of the plant and/or to a locus on which the plant or plant part grows.