Method of desiccating potato vines with copper alkylenediamine
AssigneeGriffin Corporation
InventorThomas Bond McInnes
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of desiccating potato vines. The method comprises applying to potato vines an effective amount of an aqueous solution of a copper-alkylenediamine complex, such as a copper-ethylenediamine complex.
Claims18
A method of desiccating potato vines comprising applying to said potato vines an effective amount of an aqueous solution of a copper-alkylenediamine complex such that said potato vines are desiccated thereby.
A method of preventing late blight disease and desiccating potato vines comprising applying to a potato vine an amount of a copper-ethylenediamine complex sufficient to both prevent late blight disease and to desiccate said potato vines.
A method of killing a potato vine comprising applying to said potato vine an amount of an aqueous solution of a copper-ethylenediamine complex sufficient to kill said potato vine.
A method of desiccating potato vines comprising applying to said potato vines an effective amount of an aqueous solution of a water soluble complex of a divalent copper salt and an amine of the formula:
- R--RN--ALK--NRR
- wherein ALK is alkylene of 2 to 3 carbon atoms and each R is independently hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl, such that said potato vines are desiccated thereby.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.