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AssigneeBiodel Inc.
InventorsLance William Beem, Stephen Michael Butler, George Benjamin Cloud
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The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up-or down-regulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.
A method of protecting a plant against plant pest, wherein said method comprises applying, to the plant, and/or to the plant pest, a composition comprising a bioactive aqueous extract from the roots of a Parthenium argentatum Gary plant wherein said roots have been separated from the rest of the plant, milled to a size of ¼ inch or less, and extracted by placing them in an aqueous solvent;
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