Abstract: A fungal biocontrol preparation for control or prevention of plant fungal diseases comprises sporulated fungal biomass, a carrier and acid. The carrier preferably is vermiculite. The biocontrol preparation is resistant to bacterial proliferation in storage and handling and is effective in controlling damping-off diseases caused by soilborne fungal pathogens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 1989
Date of Patent:
November 26, 1991
Assignees:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Inventors:
Jack A. Lewis, Douglas Lumsden, George Papavizas, Martha D. Hollenbeck, James F. Walter