ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,743, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Wobelea PTY LTD (Pakenham, Australia).
"Method for treatment of crops" was invented by Sarah Bliss (Koo Wee Rup, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for treating crops in field or in a processing facility comprising the steps of producing a dry composition comprising a metabisulphite, a benzoate salt and a cellulose additive; preparing said dry composition as a formulation; and applying the formulation to a crop, wherein said treatment is for prevention or reduction of crop damage by plant pathogens, or reduction of bacterial, fungal or human pathogens...