US 12,256,686 B2
Compositions, kits and methods for controlling weed
Orly Noivirt-Brik, Givataim (IL); and Efrat Lidor-Nili, Nes Ziona (IL)
Assigned to Weedout Ltd., Nes Ziona (IL)
Filed by Weedout Ltd., Nes Ziona (IL)
Filed on May 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/884,362.
Application 16/884,362 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IL2018/051301, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/591,801, filed on Nov. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0281139 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01H 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01H 1/06 (2013.01) 7 Claims
 
1. A method of producing pollen that reduces fitness of at least one weed species of interest, the method comprising treating the pollen of plants of at least one weed species selected from the group consisting of Amaranthus palmeri and Amaranthus tuberculatus with an irradiation regimen of
X-ray radiation at an irradiation dose of 100-300 Gy,
with the proviso that when said weed species is A. palmeri and said irradiation is X-ray, the irradiation dose is not 300 Gy.