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.
Claims6
A formulation for controlling plants pathogens, comprising:
- a) a microbe mixture comprising Bacillus subtilis, Baccillus licheniformis, Bacillus axotoformans, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus pumulis, Bacillus thurengiensis, Bacillus stearotermophilis, Paenbacillius polymyxa, Paenibaccillus durum, Azotobacter chroococcum, Pseudomonas aureofaceans, and Pseudomonas fluorescens;
- b) Kaolin clay;
- c) a yeast;
- d) a Yucca plant extract;
- and
- e) a calcium salt.
A method for controlling plant pathogens selected from the group consisting of Erwinia amylovora, Venturia inaequalis, Gnomonia setecea, Mycosphaerella populorum, Gymnosporangium and Kabatina juniperii, comprising the steps of:
- providing a formulation
- comprising:
- a) a microbe mixture comprising Bacillus subtilis, Baccillus licheniformis, Bacillus axotoformans, Bacillus megaterium Bacillus coagulans Bacillus umulis Bacillus thuren iensis Bacillus stearotermophilis, Paenbacillius polvmvxa, Paenibaccillus durum, Azotobacter chroococcum, Pseudomonas aureofaceans, and Pseudomonas fluorescens;
- b) Kaolin clay;
- c) a yeast;
- d) a Yucca plant extract;
- and
- e) a calcium salt;
- and
- applying said formulation to at least one surface of a plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.