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Herbicidal Control of Sicklepod and Coffee Senna with Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides
Patent Number: 5529773
Docket Number: 12293
Serial Number: 8373177
Date Patented: 06/25/1996
Agency:
Agricultural Research Service
Issued:
June 25, 1996
Abstract:
A strain of the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides has been discovered that can be used as a natural herbicide against coffee senna and sicklepod weeds when applied as a postemergent. Under the invention, compositions of the fungus offer a way to develop biologically-based herbicidal controls. While the invention is an alternative to expensive chemical sprays, it offers environmtal advantages to contorlling these weeds.
Inventors:
| Clyde Douglas Boyette | Jimmy R. McAlpine |
| USDA, ARS, SWRL | USDA, ARS, SWRL |
| Stoneville, MS | Stoneville, MS |
| (601) 686-5217 | (601) 686-5283 |
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