Patents by Inventor Gale L. Armstrong

Gale L. Armstrong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control of fungal diseases in the production of mushrooms
    Patent number: 5149715
    Abstract: A method of controlling toxic fungal diseases in mushrooms is provided which comprises adding an effective fungal-disease-inhibiting amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## to a substrate in which mushrooms are growing or are to be grown, wherein R represents --CH.sub.2 OH or --CHO; n is an integer from 0 to 3; and each R.sup.1 independently represents halogen, OH, NH.sub.2, or an organic substituent containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and from 0 to 5 heteroatoms, wherein the total number of carbon and heteroatoms in all R.sup.1 substituents is no more than 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Monterey Mushroom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gale L. Armstrong, Nigel S. Dunn-Coleman, Mark Wach