Use of succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241010-B2
Application number	US-201916718637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2019
Priority date	Feb 13, 2009
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of succinate dehydrogenase Inhibitors for extending shelf life and storage stability of fruits and vegetables, to a method for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables by applying a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor to the crops prior to the harvest of the fruits or vegetables and to a fruit or vegetable treated with a succinate dehydrogenase Inhibitor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for extending shelf life of a fruit by controlling fungal pathogens that appear on the fruit post-harvest, comprising applying prior to maturation of the fruit and prior to harvest an effective amount of a formulation comprising active ingredients that consist of fluopyram and trifloxystrobin to a growing fruit plant,
wherein (1) the fruit is selected from the group consisting of blackberry, raspberry, mulberry, apricot, peach, cherry, and plum, (2) the fluopyram is applied at a rate of 25 to 250 g/ha, (3) the applying step comprises applying the formulation during the flowering stage and 7 days before harvest, (4) the shelf life of the harvested fruit is extended at least one week post-harvest compared to an untreated fruit, and (5) the formulation is not applied to harvested fruit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein Rhizopus spp. is controlled.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein Botrytis cinerea is controlled.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit is a peach and Rhizopus spp. is controlled.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit is a cherry and Botrytis cinerea is controlled.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit is an apricot and Rhizopus is controlled.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application of the fluopyram and trifloxystrobin formulation occurs prior to a contamination event.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rate of fluopyram applied to the stone fruit is 250 g/ha, based upon the pure active substance.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the formulation comprises 0.5 to 90% by weight of fluopyram.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf life of the fruit is extended at least four weeks compared to untreated fruits.

Assignees

• Bayer Ip Gmbh

Inventors

• Rieck Heiko
• Lachaise Helene
• Labourdette Gilbert
• Davies Peter Howard
• Steiger Dominique
• De Maeyer Luk
• Musson Iv George Hauley
• Fought Lorianne
• Tafforeau Sylvain

Classifications

• A23B2/771

  Organic compounds containing hetero rings · CPC title

• A23B2/762

  Organic compounds containing nitrogen · CPC title

• A01N43/56

  1,2-Diazoles; Hydrogenated 1,2-diazoles · CPC title

• A23B7/154

  Organic compounds; Microorganisms; Enzymes · CPC title

• A01N43/40 Primary

  six-membered rings · CPC title