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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred L Gould, Raleigh, NC (US);
Diana C Pour, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael G Villani, Bethel, MN (US);
Assignee:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241951 ; 424D / ; 514919 ;
Abstract
A process of protecting certain crops from damage by soil-inhabiting insect pests and product produced thereby are disclosed in which seed or seedlings are coated with a plant extract having a natural feeding deterrency of predetermined efficacy to such insect pests and which has no appreciable phytotoxicity to the seeds or seedlings. More specifically, such seeds or at least the below-ground portions of seedlings are coated with an extract from a plant selected from the group consisting of butterfly milkweed, English ivy, santolina, bergamot, clary and swamp milkweed.