US 12,213,485 B2
Synergistic methods of using benzoxaborole compounds and preservative gases as an antimicrobial for crops
Rodrigo Cifuentes, Santiago (CL); Daniel MacLean, Geneva, NY (US); Renee Engle-Goodner, Sacramento, CA (US); and Timothy Malefyt, Stroudsburg, PA (US)
Assigned to AGROFRESH INC., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by AGROFRESH INC., Collegeville, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,662.
Application 17/146,662 is a continuation of application No. 15/452,499, filed on Mar. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,966,429.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/304,636, filed on Mar. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137121 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 55/08 (2006.01); A01N 25/12 (2006.01); A01N 59/02 (2006.01); A01N 59/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 55/08 (2013.01) [A01N 25/12 (2013.01); A01N 59/02 (2013.01); A01N 59/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A method of treating plants with an antimicrobial agent comprising:
placing one or more plants or plant parts in a chamber,
adding a benzoxaborole compound and SO2 to the chamber,
wherein the benzoxaborole compound and the SO2 combine to form the antimicrobial treatment, and
contacting the one or more plants or plant parts with the antimicrobial treatment, wherein the benzoxaborole compound is

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wherein the SO2 concentration is about 0.001% to about 1%, and
wherein the benzoxaborole is applied at a concertation from about 0.0088 mg/L to about 0.035 mg/L.