Formulation and method for treating plants to control or suppress a plant pathogen
AssigneeWilliam Brower
InventorWilliam Brower
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Abstract
The present invention provides formulations and methods for controlling or suppressing bacterial or fungal plant pathogens, including Erwina amylovora the bacteria that causes fire blight. A formulation for controlling of suppressing a plant pathogen may include at least one beneficial species of bacteria, at least one beneficial species of fungi, a nutrient, at least one compound that extends the length of time that the formulation remains effective. Typically the formulation is applied to the above ground structures of the plant including its leaves, flowers, stems, trunk, blossoms and fruit.
Claims20
A formulation for controlling plants pathogens, comprising:
- a mixture of at least five beneficial bacteria;
- a mixture of at least five beneficial fungi;
- at least one nutrient;
- and
- at least one compound which extends the effective life time of said formulation, said compound being selected from the group consisting of aluminum silicate, fine clay, Kaolin clay, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, and mixtures thereof.
A method for controlling plant pathogens, comprising the steps of:
- providing a formulation which includes,
- a mixture of at least five beneficial bacteria;
- a mixture of at least five beneficial fungi;
- at least one nutrient;
- and
- at least one compound which extends the effective life time of said formulation, said compound being selected from the group consisting of aluminum silicate, fine clay, Kaolin clay, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, and mixtures thereof;
- and
- applying said formulation to at least one surface of a plant.
A method for controlling plant pathogens comprising the steps of:
- providing an aqueous formulation for the control of a plant pathogen wherein said formulation includes on a one hundred gallon basis:
- between about 100.0×108 to about 200.0×108 cfu at of least one beneficial bacteria selected from the list consisting of Bacillus subtilis, Baccillus licheniformis, Bacillus axotoformans, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus pumulis, Bacillus thurengiensis, Bacillus stearotermophilis, Paenbacillius polymyxa, Paenibaccillus durum, Azotobactor chroococcum, Azotobacter vinleandii, Streptomyces lydicus, Pseudomonas aureofaceans and Pseudomonas fluorescence,
- between about 5.0×107 to about 20.0×107 cfu of at least one beneficial fungi selected from the group consisting of Rhizopogon rubescens, Rhizopogon vulgaris, Sclermoderma cepa, S. citrimum, Rhizopogon subscaerlescens, Rhizopongon ellanae, Pisolithus tinctorius, Laccaria laccata and Laccaria bicolor;
- between about 100×108 to about 200×108 cfu of active Sacchromyces cervisiae;
- between about 1.2 to about 10 pounds of aluminum silicate;
- between about 20 to about 100 grams of yeast extract;
- between about 20 to about 100 grams of calcium glucoheptonate;
- between about 20 to about 100 grams of yacca plant extract
- between about 100 grams to about 500 grams of sea kelp;
- and
- applying said aqueous formulation to an area including plants wherein the amount of said formulation applied to said area ranges from about 15 gallons to about 350 gallons per acre of said area, including plants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.