Patent ID: 9408393
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A01N,A61K,A61L,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method for protecting a plant against a bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen, comprising: contacting the plant with an effective amount of a bismuth-thiol (BT) composition under conditions and for a time sufficient for one or more of: (i) prevention of infection of the plant by the bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen, (ii) inhibition of cell viability or cell growth of substantially all planktonic cells of the bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen, (iii) inhibition of biofilm formation by the bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen, and (iv) inhibition of biofilm viability or biofilm growth of substantially all biofilm-form cells of the bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen, wherein the BT composition comprises a substantially monodisperse suspension of microparticles that comprise a BT compound, said microparticles having a volumetric mean diameter of from about 0.4 μm to about 10 μm.