Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up-or downregulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
BEEM BIOLOGICS INC.
Inventors:
Lance William Beem, Stephen Michael Butler, George Benjamin Cloud
Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up-or downregulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 10, 2016
Publication date:
May 24, 2018
Applicant:
Beem Biologics Inc.
Inventors:
Lance William BEEM, Stephen MIchael BUTLER, George Benjamin CLOUD