| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7516573 |
Method for reducing freeze and chill damage in plants |
April 14, 2009 |
| Disclosed are methods for blocking radiation to horticultural crops in order to reduce light-induced freeze and chill damage which involve treating the surface of the horticultural crops with an effective amount of one or more particulate materials. |
| 7018643 |
Pesticide delivery system |
March 28, 2006 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticide delivery system, containing a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 .mu.m to about 1,000 .mu.m and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 .mu.m, the continuous film containing a particulate material |
| 6877275 |
Method of weed control |
April 12, 2005 |
| Disclosed are methods of reducing weed growth or reducing pests involving applying to plant producing media particulate materials to a depth of at least about 1 cm, wherein the plant producing media to the depth comprises about 1% by weight or more and about 25% by weight or less of the |
| 6514512 |
Pesticide delivery system |
February 4, 2003 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticide delivery system, containing a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 .mu.m to about 1,000 .mu.m and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 .mu.m, the continuous film containing a particulate material w |
| 6464995 |
Treated horticultural substrates |
October 15, 2002 |
| Disclosed are horticultural substrates coated with a particulate membrane and a method for controlling pests and providing enhanced horticultural effect by applying a particulate membrane to the surface of the horticultural substrate. |
| 6235683 |
Method for enhanced supercooling of plants to provide frost protection |
May 22, 2001 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for enhancing supercooling of a plant to temperatures below about -2.degree. C., involving preventing the formation of ice crystals adjacent the plant by forming a substantially continuous hydrophobic membrane of particulate |
| 6156327 |
Treated horticultural substrates |
December 5, 2000 |
| Disclosed are horticultural substrates coated with a particulate membrane and a method for controlling pests and providing enhanced horticultural effect by applying a particulate membrane to the surface of the horticultural substrate. |
| 6110867 |
Method for providing enhanced photosynthesis |
August 29, 2000 |
| Disclosed is a method for enhancing the photosynthesis of horticultural crops which involves treating the surface of said horticultural crop with an effective amount of one or more highly reflective particulate materials. |
| 6069112 |
Method for preventing physiological disorders without diminishing photosynthesis |
May 30, 2000 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for preventing sunburn, and other physiological disorders such as watercore, corking and bitterpit, without diminishing photosynthesis, comprising applying to at least a portion of a surface of a plant an effective amount of a |
| 6060521 |
Aqueous dispersion of a particulate solid having a hydrophobic surface and films produced thereb |
May 9, 2000 |
| Aqueous dispersion of a particulate solid containing a low boiling organic liquid in which the particulate solid has a hydrophobic outer surface which is suitable for applying to a substrate to form a continuous hydrophobic film thereon. |
| 6027740 |
Method for protecting surfaces from arthropod infestation |
February 22, 2000 |
| Disclosed is a method for protecting surfaces from arthropod infestation which involves treating the surface with an effective amount of finely divided calcined kaolins, hydrophobic calcined kaolins, hydrous kaolins, hydrophobic hydrous kaolins, hydrophobic calcium carbonates, calcium |
| 5908708 |
Aqueous dispersion of a particulate solid having a hydrophobic outer surface and films produced |
June 1, 1999 |
| Aqueous dispersion of a particulate solid containing a low boiling organic liquid in which the particulate solid has a hydrophobic outer surface which is suitable for applying to a substrate to form a continuous hydrophobic film thereon. |
