ARS Patent:Herbicidal Control of Sicklepod and Coffee Senna with Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides patent (5529773)

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Herbicidal Control of Sicklepod and Coffee Senna with Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides

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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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