US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on Sept. 22 for "Methods of controlling or preventing infestation of banana plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms of the genus Pseudocercospora" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,560, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Methods of controlling or preventing infestation of banana plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms of the genus Pseudocercospora" was invented by Helge Sierotzki (Stein, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for controlling or preventing infestation of a banana plant by phytopathogenic microorganisms of the genus Pseudocercospora, in particular Pseudocercospora fijiensis, comprising applying to a crop of banana plants, the locus thereof, or propagation material thereof, a compound according to fo...