Patents Assigned to Smith & Pinckard, Inc.
  • Treatment of seeds with C3 halohydrocarbons
    Patent number: 4079545
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of C.sub.3 halogenated hydrocarbons alone or in combination with other agronomic adjuvants such as nemiticides, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides for treating agronomic seeds, and mixtures of agronomic seeds with weed seeds to retard weed growth and/or stimulate growth of the agronomic seeds. The method of the invention is particularly useful for treating mixtures of cotton seeds and cocklebur seeds to reduce cocklebur seed germination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Assignee: Smith & Pinckard, Inc.
    Inventor: W. Ray Smith