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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Plant Health Care, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Zhongmin Wei, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Plant Health Care, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 33/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/46 (2006.01); A01N 47/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 37/46 (2013.01); A01N 33/00 (2013.01); A01N 47/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of increasing yield of a plant. This method involves applying to a plant and/or area of cultivation thiophanate methyl and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment, wherein said applying is carried out under conditions effective to induce a synergistic yield from the plant. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a liquid or solid carrier, thiophanate methyl, and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment.