Link: United States Patent

Patent No: US 5,830,459.
Date of Patent: N0v 30, 1998.
Inventor: Raul Cuero Rengifo, Cypress, TX (US).

A method for preventing or treating microbial colonization in plants is provided. The method involves application of microorganism such as Bacillus species or Pseudomonas species and a Chitosanase inducer such as Chitosan to the plants.