ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,025, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Texas A & M University System (College Station, Texas).
"Plant antimicrobial compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Kranthi Mandadi (Weslaco, Texas), Manikandan Ramasamy (Weslaco, Texas), Prakash Niraula (Weslaco, Texas) and Sonia Irigoyen (Weslaco, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Applicants have developed novel methods and compositions for treating, preventing or ameliorating the effects plant phytopathogen infestation in plants, including of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. the causal agents of citrus greening and potato zebrachip disease. Novel compositions include one o...