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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D. P. Hei, Baldwin, WI (US);
John Dennis Hilgren, Shoreview, MN (US);
Joy Ann Salverda, Woodbury, MN (US);
Brandon Leon Herdt, Hastings, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 2/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 2/504 ;
Abstract
A method of using peracid/acid compositions, where the mole ratio of acid to peracid is less than about 3:1, to treat field or greenhouse grown plant tissue, seeds, fruits, and growing media and containers is described. The peracid/acid system can lower the natural, plant pathogen and human pathogenic microbial load resulting in less waste to molding, spoilage, and destruction because of pathogenic poisons.