Plant protection from infection by Phytophthora infestans using fish oil
AssigneeBar-Ilan University
InventorYigal Cohen
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Abstract
A composition for protecting a crop against fungal diseases which includes one or more fish oils used in association with an agriculturally acceptable diluent and, preferably, with a metal salt. Also provided is a method for protecting a crop against fungal diseases which includes applying to the seed, tuber or foliage of a crop or its locus, a fish oil in an amount sufficient to induce the local and/or systemic resistance of the crop to control the fungal disease. Preferably, the fish oil is used to protect a potato or tomato crop against infection by the late blight fungus Phytophthora infestans.
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A method for protecting a potato or tomato crop against the fungus Phytophthora infestans, comprising applying to the seed, tuber or foliage of the potato or tomato crop or its locus a non-phytotoxic fish oil in an amount sufficient to non-phytotoxically inhibit infection of the potato or tomato crop by the fungus Phytophthora infestans.
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