ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,369, issued on May 27, was assigned to Agro Tech Fungicide Inc. (Oakley, Idaho).
"Anti-microbial treatment for seeds and crops" was invented by Bruce Mitchell (Oakley, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial treatment for preventing or treating a pathogenic disease in a crop comprises spent lime. The spent lime may be used alone, as a carrier for an antimicrobial agent, or in combination with one or more other carriers for an antimicrobial agent. A method for preventing or treating pathogenic disease in a crop includes applying an antimicrobial treatment that includes spent lime to the crop. The antimicrobial treatment ...