Suppression of foliar and soilborne pathogens
AssigneesWashington State University Research Foundation, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Argiculture
InventorsGeorge Baley, Kimberlee Kidwell, Timothy Paulitz
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for increasing the production of crops, particularly wheat and soybean, using herbicide resistant cultivars. In one aspect of this method, the method increases crop yield by diminishing the impact of the root diseases caused by Gaeumannomyces and Rhizoctonia species by treating the crop with an herbicide, in particular glyphosate. In another aspect the method for treating crops reduces the effects foliar pathogens and diseases, particularly fungal pathogens, such as rusts, including soybean rust, stem rust, stripe rust and leaf rust.
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A method for reducing disease on a crop infected with at least one pathogen, comprising:
- providing an herbicide resistant crop;
- and
- treating the crop with glyphosate, thereby reducing the effects of the pathogen on the crop.
A method for reducing disease on a wheat crop with at least one pathogen, comprising:
- providing an herbicide resistant wheat crop;
- and
- treating the wheat crop with an herbicide after emergence of the herbicide resistant wheat crop, thereby reducing the effects of the pathogen on the wheat crop.
A method for reducing disease on a crop infected with at least one pathogen, comprising:
- providing an herbicide resistant crop, wherein the crop is selected from glyphosate resistant wheat and glyphosate resistant soybeans;
- treating the crop with glyphosate at a density of greater than about 1.0 kg/ha of glyphosate, thereby reducing the effects of the pathogen on the crop.
A method for inhibiting or treating soy rust in a glyphosate resistant soybean crop, comprising the step of treating a glyphosate resistant soybean crop which either has or is susceptible of having soy rust with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit or treat soy rust.
A method for inhibiting or treating stripe rust in a glyphosate resistant wheat crop, comprising the step of treating a glyophosate resistant wheat crop which either has or is susceptible of having stripe rust with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit or treat stripe rust.
A method for preventing or treating fungal disease, or reducing adverse effects of fungal disease in a glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop, comprising the step of treating a glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop which either has or is susceptible of having a fungal disease with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit growth or proliferation of fungal pathogens in said glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop.
A method of using glyphosate to inhibit or treat soy rust in a glyphosate resistant soybean crop, comprising the step of treating a glyphosate resistant soybean crop which either has or is susceptible of having soy rust with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit or treat soy rust.
A method of using glyphosate to inhibit or treat stripe rust in a glyphosate resistant wheat crop, comprising the step of treating a glyophosate resistant wheat crop which either has or is susceptible of having stripe rust with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit or treat stripe rust.
A method of using glyphosate to prevent or treat fungal disease, or to reduce adverse effects of fungal disease in a glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop, comprising the step of treating a glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop which either has or is susceptible of having a fungal disease with glyphosate under conditions sufficient to inhibit growth or proliferation of fungal pathogens in said glyphosate resistant wheat or soybean crop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.