ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,695, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ecolution.Ag LLC (Temple Terrace, Fla.).

"Organic fungicide" was invented by Albert Santosh Kumar (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for the prevention, treatment and/or management of the black sigatoka on plants prone to such fungus. In a preferred embodiment the method comprises the steps of providing a fungicidal composition comprising karanj oil; applying the composition on the plants; wherein the step of applying is repeated as necessary and can be done until a day before harvest. In another preferred embodiment the invention comprises an aqueous fungicidal...