	US 12,245,597 B2
	Compositions and methods for inhibiting plant pathogens
Soumya Roy, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US); and Chester A. Baker, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US)
Assigned to Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US)
Filed by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/998,788.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,955, filed on Aug. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0059392 A1, Feb. 28, 2019
Int. Cl. A01N 65/16 (2009.01); A01N 25/30 (2006.01); A01N 37/08 (2006.01); A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01); A01N 65/00 (2009.01)

CPC A01N 65/16 (2013.01) [A01N 25/30 (2013.01); A01N 37/08 (2013.01); A01N 43/16 (2013.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01); A01N 65/00 (2013.01); C12Y 301/0102 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01001 (2013.01)]

38 Claims

1. A method of treating or inhibiting infection of a citrus plant by a bacterial plant pathogen, the method comprising:

providing a composition comprising phenolics at 3 mg/g to 100 mg/g, a cranberry solids content of about 1 to about 30 Brix, and quinic acid at 0.01% to 14%, wherein the composition is dissolvable in water; wherein the phenolics comprise:

anthocyanin at up to 100,000 mg/kg of the composition, and

proanthocyanidin at 2,500 mg/kg of the composition to 100,000 mg/kg of the composition; and

contacting a citrus plant infected with a bacterial plant pathogen with an amount of the composition effective to inhibit the bacterial plant pathogen.