Method for the prevention of crop injury in the presence of synergistic pesticide combinations
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorsKeith E. Newhouse, Thomas J. Schaefer, Gail E. Cary
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for protecting or preventing a crop from injury due to the application of a combination of compounds by altering the susceptibility of the crop by incorporating a gene resistant to inhibition by at least one of the compounds in the combination into the genome of the crop.
Claims10
A method for protecting a maize plant from injury or preventing injury of a maize plant due to the application of a combination of compounds consisting of an acetohydroxy acid synthase inhibiting herbicide and an organophosphate insecticide which comprises altering the susceptibility of the maize plant to the combination by incorporating a resistance gene encoding an altered acetohydroxy acid synthase into the genome of the maize plant and applying to the maize plant a combination of an acetohydroxy acid synthase inhibiting herbicide and an organophosphate insecticide.
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