US Patent Issued to VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT on April 7 for "Method and compounds to induce plant tolerance against arthropod pests" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,844, issued on April 7, was assigned to VIB VZW (Zwijnaarde, Belgium) and UNIVERSITEIT GENT (Ghent, Belgium).

"Method and compounds to induce plant tolerance against arthropod pests" was invented by Tina Kyndt (Ghent, Belgium), Bartel Vanholme (Oostakker, Belgium), Thomas Van Leeuwen (Mariakerke, Belgium) and Willem Desmedt (Aalter, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is in the field of agricultural pathogen control. More specifically the invention relates to methods and compounds for controlling herbivorous arthropods, in particular insects and mites. The invention also provides for compositions comprising t...