	US 12,408,664 B2
	Products and methods for microbe inhibition on live plants by carboxylic acids and their salts
Peter Rijneveldshoek, Oostvoorne (NL); Kelly Brannen, North Palm Beach, FL (US); and Stanley Sojka, Frederick, MD (US)
Assigned to NIACET CORPORATION, Niagara Falls, NY (US)
Filed by NIACET CORPORATION, Niagara Falls, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,168.
Application 18/227,168 is a continuation of application No. 17/161,960, filed on Jan. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,751,564.
Application 17/161,960 is a continuation of application No. 16/575,983, filed on Sep. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,939,679, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,197, filed on Oct. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363387 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 37/02 (2006.01); A01N 25/02 (2006.01); A01N 37/08 (2006.01); A01N 37/10 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 37/02 (2013.01) [A01N 25/02 (2013.01); A01N 37/08 (2013.01); A01N 37/10 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method of inhibiting growth of a fungus on a live banana plant comprising contacting the live banana plant with an effective amount of a composition consisting of calcium propionate and water, wherein the calcium propionate has a concentration of from 5% to 12% (w/v).