HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA; AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD
发明人:
BAILEY, KAREN L.,DERBY, JOANNE
申请号:
CA2616152
公开号:
CA2616152C
申请日:
2006.07.25
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention discloses fungal isolates of Phoma macrostoma orextracts obtained therefrom, useful for the control of broad leaf weeds,including Canada thistle, perennial sowthistle, dandelion, scentlesschamomile, false cleavers, chickweed, wild buckwheat, and field bindweed. Thepresent invention also discloses biological control compositions comprisingfungal isolates formulated in a growth medium for maintaining the viability ofthe fungal isolates when the biological control composition is applied tosoil. The present invention also discloses a novel probe and primer pairsequence for use in detecting Phoma macrostoma isolates that exhibitbiocontrol activity. The present invention also discloses methods of screeningfungal isolates to determine if they exhibit biocontrol activity.