Patent ID: 8754011

Claim:
A method for improving the health of a plant or population of plants, comprising: (i) providing 3,6-dichloro salicylic acid to the plant, a product of DMO-mediated metabolism, or analog thereof, in an amount that improves the health of the plant as compared to a plant of the same genotype not provided with 3,6-dichloro salicylic acid; or (ii) providing dicamba to the plant, wherein the plant provided with dicamba is a transgenic plant comprising a DMO-encoding transgene, in a non-herbicidal amount that improves the health of the plant as compared to a plant of the same genotype not provided with dicamba, wherein the improved health comprises improved tolerance to biotic or abiotic stress wherein non-herbicidal amount comprises from 0.0025 lb/a to 9 lb/a.