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Control of sicklepod, showy crotalaria, and coffee senna with a fungal pathogen
Assignee: United States Department of Agriculture
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Filing: 1982-03-10
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Granted: 1983-06-28
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Expires: 2002-03-10
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a method for biological control of multiple plant weeds, sicklepod, showy crotalaria, and coffee senna. The control is accomplished using a specific host strain of the fungus Alternaria cassiae to produce typical lesions in and kill the multiple weeds. Alternaria cassiae is on deposit with the USDA-SEA-AR Southern Weed Science Laboratory in Stoneville, Mississippi; the Mycological Services, Botany Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and with the Agricultural Research Culture Collection (NRRC), Peoria, Illinois and assigned the #12553.
Inventors
- 👤 Harrell L. Walker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 13:53
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12N; C12N1/00; C12N1/14; C12N1/145; A; A01; A01N; A01N63/00; A01N63/30; C12N3/00; C12R; C12R2001/00; C12R2001/645
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
37 words
A method for controlling multiple plant weeds of sicklepod, showy crotalaria, and coffee senna, comprising inoculating an agricultural field with an effective amount of fungus Alternaria cassiae to produce typical lesions in and kill said multiple weeds.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
37 words
A method for controlling multiple plant weeds of sicklepod, showy crotalaria, and coffee senna, comprising inoculating an agricultural field with an effective amount of fungus Alternaria cassiae to produce typical lesions in and kill said multiple weeds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fungus is Alternaria cassiae, NRRL #12553.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fungus Alternaria cassiae is applied to the agricultural field as a spray or wettable powder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fungus Alternaria cassiae is applied to the agricultural field as a granule that consists of the fungus and an inert carrier.
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