Articles include a glass, including leachable plurality of Cu.sup.1+ ions, a degradable phase, and a cuprite phase disposed within the degradable phase. The cuprite phase is disposed within the degradable phase. In aspects, the degradable phase can include B.sub.2O.sub.3, P.sub.2O.sub.5, and K.sub.2O, and a durable phase can include SiO.sub.2. In aspects, the glass can have a plurality of Cu.sup.1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.

The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a transition metal chelate; and a potassium-containing salt and/or a sodium-containing salt; wherein said composition has enhanced herbicidal activity when compared with an otherwise identical composition lacking said potassium-containing salt and/or said sodium-containing salt; as well as related methods and uses.

The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a transition metal chelate; and a potassium-containing salt and/or a sodium-containing salt; wherein said composition has enhanced herbicidal activity when compared with an otherwise identical composition lacking said potassium-containing salt and/or said sodium-containing salt; as well as related methods and uses.

The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a transition metal chelate; and a potassium-containing salt and/or a sodium-containing salt; wherein said composition has enhanced herbicidal activity when compared with an otherwise identical composition lacking said potassium-containing salt and/or said sodium-containing salt; as well as related methods and uses.

An anti-microbial formulation for seed and crop application is a formulation including only between about 1 ppm and about 100 ppm hypochlorous acid; between about 1 ppm and about 300 ppm alkyl polyglycoside, wherein sufficient amount of alkyl polyglycoside is present such that the formulation has a pH between about 5.2 and about 7.8; and a remainder water. A method of manipulating the pH of the formulation and a method of treating seeds and crops with the formulation to restrict or eliminate microbial growth and proliferation is also described herein.

An anti-microbial formulation for seed and crop application is a formulation including only between about 1 ppm and about 100 ppm hypochlorous acid; between about 1 ppm and about 300 ppm alkyl polyglycoside, wherein sufficient amount of alkyl polyglycoside is present such that the formulation has a pH between about 5.2 and about 7.8; and a remainder water. A method of manipulating the pH of the formulation and a method of treating seeds and crops with the formulation to restrict or eliminate microbial growth and proliferation is also described herein.

Antimicrobial compositions comprising gum rosin, pine oil, and salt water mitigate or eliminate detrimental plant microorganisms, and mitigate or reverse plant diseases such as Gram-negative bacterial diseases. The compositions are effective against Gram-negative bacterial diseases (including citrus greening disease or HLB caused by Candidatus Liberibacter, and diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa), fungal diseases such as those caused by Candida auris, and viral diseases such as those caused by Citrus tristeza virus. The antimicrobial compositions may be used as a root treatment, foliar treatment, or both. The compositions can be diluted into a concentrated mixture and sprayed on the leaves of a diseased plant, or a plant that is prone to disease. The compositions can be used as a root drench or in an irrigation system to treat a diseased plant. The compositions may optionally include surfactants (especially in foliar applications) and growth stimulants (especially in root drench or irrigation applications).

Antimicrobial compositions comprising gum rosin, pine oil, and salt water mitigate or eliminate detrimental plant microorganisms, and mitigate or reverse plant diseases such as Gram-negative bacterial diseases. The compositions are effective against Gram-negative bacterial diseases (including citrus greening disease or HLB caused by Candidatus Liberibacter, and diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa), fungal diseases such as those caused by Candida auris, and viral diseases such as those caused by Citrus tristeza virus. The antimicrobial compositions may be used as a root treatment, foliar treatment, or both. The compositions can be diluted into a concentrated mixture and sprayed on the leaves of a diseased plant, or a plant that is prone to disease. The compositions can be used as a root drench or in an irrigation system to treat a diseased plant. The compositions may optionally include surfactants (especially in foliar applications) and growth stimulants (especially in root drench or irrigation applications).

Antimicrobial compositions comprising gum rosin, pine oil, and salt water mitigate or eliminate detrimental plant microorganisms, and mitigate or reverse plant diseases such as Gram-negative bacterial diseases. The compositions are effective against Gram-negative bacterial diseases (including citrus greening disease or HLB caused by Candidatus Liberibacter, and diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa), fungal diseases such as those caused by Candida auris, and viral diseases such as those caused by Citrus tristeza virus. The antimicrobial compositions may be used as a root treatment, foliar treatment, or both. The compositions can be diluted into a concentrated mixture and sprayed on the leaves of a diseased plant, or a plant that is prone to disease. The compositions can be used as a root drench or in an irrigation system to treat a diseased plant. The compositions may optionally include surfactants (especially in foliar applications) and growth stimulants (especially in root drench or irrigation applications).

The present invention relates in general to the use of a kit or composition comprising at least one yeast and at least one bacterium, selected from the group consisting of lactobacillales, rhizobiales and bifidobacteriales, and/or comprising calcium for improving plant health, for improving plant resistance to plant pathogens, for preventing or reducing mycotoxin contamination of plant material, for improving plant resistance to a plant disease, for preventing perithecia formation of a plant pathogen on plant debris, for plant protection and/or as plant stimulant. The present invention also relates to corresponding compositions and kits and a method of applying such composition or kit to a living plant or plant debris.