Patent ID: 7098170
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing the vigor and/or the yield of an agronomic plant comprising treating the plant or its propagation material with an effective amount of a triazole fungicide selected from the group consisting of amitrol, azaconazole, bitertanol, bromuconazole, climbazole, clotrimazole, cyproconazole, diclobutrazol, difenoconazole, diniconazole, diniconazole-M, epoxiconazole, etaconazole, fenbuconazole, fluquinconazole, fluotrimazole, flusilazole, flutriafol, furconazole, furconazole-cis, hexaconazole, imibenconazole, ipconazole, metconazole, myclobutanil, paclobutrazol, penconazole, propiconazole, quinconazole, simeconazole, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, triadimefon, triadimenol, triazbutil, 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-yl)ethanone, and mixtures thereof, or a strobilurin fungicide; and planting the treated propagation material and/or growing the treated plant in the absence of pest pressure by fungal plant pathogens against which the triazole, or strobilurin type fungicide is known to be active, and thereby increasing the vigor and/or the yield of the plant.