US Patent Issued on Aug. 12 for "Antimicrobial compositions and methods for treating plant diseases" (South Dakota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,956, issued on Aug. 12.

"Antimicrobial compositions and methods for treating plant diseases" was invented by Thomas D. Johnson (Buffalo, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial composition for treating plant diseases includes a solvent into which an antibiotic is substantially dissolved to achieve a concentration of the antibiotic sufficient to treat a bacterial infection in a plant. An acid is added to the solvent at a concentration sufficient to generate a pH in a range of 1.5 to less than 4.0. The antimicrobial can be delivered systemically to a plant, thereby allowing the antibiotic to treat a bacterial disease infli...