Granted Patent B2

US 12,733,645 · App. 16/988,553 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventor: Stuart Jennings (Bozeman, MT)

Assignee: Edaphix, LLC

A01N59/14A01N25/32A01N33/04C05G3/60

Abstract

Claims (11)

1 . A method of treating degraded rangeland to reduce the number of annual plants on the rangeland while increasing the number of perennial plants on the rangeland, the method consisting of:

applying to the degraded rangeland a combination of a phytotoxic micronutrient, wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient is elemental boron;

a synthetic herbicide, wherein the synthetic herbicide is indaziflam; and an adjuvant; wherein the degraded rangeland comprises at least one annual plant species; wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient is applied at a rate of about 10 pounds to about 25 pounds of elemental boron per acre, and wherein the synthetic herbicide is applied at a rate of about 3 ounces to about 7 ounces per acre; and wherein the degraded rangeland comprises disturbed land sites.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the annual plant species is selected from the group consisting of Bromus tectorum, Bromus Japonicus, Bromus hordeaceus, Aegilops cylindrica, Bromus rubens , Taeniatherum caput - medusae, Ventenata dubia, Poa bulbosa, Eremopyrum triticeum, Echinochloa crusgalli, Vulpia myuros, Eleusine indica, Digitaria spp., Poa annual, Bassia, Lolium multifloru, panicum spp., Amaranthus, Chenopodium berlandieri, Setaria , Digitus, Sinapis arvensis, Thlaspi arvense, Lolium, Galium aparine, Avena fatua, Abutilon theophrasti, Portulaca oleracea , Echninochloa, Polygonum pensylvanicum, Xanthium, Fallopia convolvulus, Medicago, Agrostemma githago, Ambrosia, Sonchus , Chicorium intybus, Senna Obtusifolia, Senna occidentalis, Sesbania berbacea, Croton, Cuphea , Cucuta, Fumaria, Senecio, Galeopsis , Scleranthus annuus, Euphorbia , Spergula, Echinochloa colona, Potamogeton, Eupatorium capillifolium, Mollugo verticillate, Convolvulaceae, Galium aparine and Heteranthera limosa.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said perennial plant species are selected from the group consisting of Pseudoroegneria spicata, Achnatherum thurberianum, Hesperostipa comata , Pascopyrum smithii , Elymus cinereus, Festuca idahoensis, Festuca altaica, Elymus elymoides, Poa secunda, Achnatherum hymenoides, Bouteloua gracilis, Agropyron dasystachyum, Elymus trachycaulus, Andropogon gerardii, Bromus marginatus, Calamovilfa longifolia, Elymus canadensis, Koelaria pyramidata, Poa secunda, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Stipa comata , Stipa viridula, Agropyron desertorum, Poa pratensis, Poa compressa, Dactylis glomerata, Phleum pratense, Bromus inermis, Lolium perenne, Festuca rubra, Festuca arundinacea, Thinopyrum intermedium, Thinopyrum ponticum, Festuca ovina, Psathyrostachys junceus, Bromus biebersteinii , and Agrostis spp.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjuvant is selected from a wetting agent, an activator, a crop oil concentrate, a buffer, a marker dye or a surfactant.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient and the synthetic herbicide is in a dry granular formulation or in a liquid formulation.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient and the synthetic herbicide is in a liquid formulation.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient and the synthetic herbicide is in a dry granular formulation.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient and the synthetic herbicide are applied simultaneously.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phytotoxic micronutrient and the synthetic herbicide are applied sequentially.

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