	US 11,992,011 B2
	Compounds for controlling plant pathogens
Willem Desmedt, Bellem (BE); Tina Kyndt, Ghent (BE); and Bartel Vanholme, Oostakker (BE)
Assigned to UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Ghent (BE); VIB VZW, Zwijnaarde (BE); and TAMINCO BV, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 16/954,976
Filed by VIB VZW, Zwijnaarde (BE); UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Ghent (BE); and TAMINCO BV, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/086164 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/122107, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17209576 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0305428 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A01N 43/40 (2006.01); A01N 37/10 (2006.01); A01N 37/40 (2006.01); A01N 43/30 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 43/40 (2013.01) [A01N 37/10 (2013.01); A01N 37/40 (2013.01); A01N 43/30 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. A method for controlling and/or treating nematode infections in plants, said method comprising applying an effective amount of a compound to a plant or part thereof, or to the soil, substrate or water surrounding the plant, wherein said compound is selected from piperonylic acid (PA), or a stereoisomer, tautomer, hydrate, salt, ester and/or solvate thereof.