US Patent Issued to NEC on Oct. 27 for "Method for sensing methyl salicylate, methyl salicylate sensor, and method for detecting pathogen infection of plants" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,959, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method for sensing methyl salicylate, methyl salicylate sensor, and method for detecting pathogen infection of plants" was invented by Katsumi Maeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for sensing methyl salicylate, which is a plant hormone released when a plant is infected with a disease in cultivation of plants including agricultural crops, and thereby provided a method for early in-situ detection of disease infection in a plant. Disease infection in a plant can be detected at an early stage by utilizing a zinc compound that selectively recognizes me...