Patents Assigned to Bar-Kan University
  • Plant protection using fish oil
    Patent number: 5720980
    Abstract: A composition for protecting a crop against fungal diseases which includes one or more fish oils used in association with an agriculturally acceptable diluent and, preferably, with a metal salt. Also provided is a method for protecting a crop against fungal diseases which includes applying to the seed or foliage of a crop or its locus, a fish oil in an amount sufficient to induce the local and/or systemic resistance of the crop to control the fungal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Bar-Kan University
    Inventor: Yigal Cohen