Patent ID: 9259004
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of improving quality of grass under stress comprising applying to grass a composition comprising an amount of a phthalocyanine effective to improve the quality of grass under stress, wherein (i) the composition does not include phosphorous acid or an alkaline earth metal salt thereof or a monoalkyl ester of phosphorous acid or a salt thereof; (ii) about 0.01 to about 2 kg per hectare of said phthalocyanine is applied to said grass; and wherein the application of said composition to grass improves the quality of grass under stress (iii) wherein said phthalocyanine is a copper phthalocyanine, and (iv) said composition does not include a metallic ethylene bisdithiocarbamate contact fungicide.