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                 Appeal No. 1998-2047                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/400,559                                                                               


                         26.    A method of controlling Sclerotium cepivorum infestation in allium                        
                 plants which comprises applying to allium seeds a seed dressing formulation                              
                 containing about 0.5 g to 8.0 g of cyproconazole per kg of seed.                                         
                         33.    A treated allium seed comprising:                                                         
                                a) an allium seed and                                                                     
                                b) a coating on said seed for the control of Sclerotium cepivorum                         
                 infection in allium plants wherein said coating includes about 0.5 g to 8.0 g of                         
                 cyproconazole per kg of seed.                                                                            
                                                                                                                         
                         The examiner relies on the following references:                                                 
                 Schaub                             4,849,439                   Jul.  18, 1989                          
                 Smith et al. (Smith)                4,996,157                   Feb. 26, 1991                           
                 Clough et al. (Clough)              5,124,329                   Jun. 23, 1992                           
                 Wilson et  al., (Wilson), “The Fungi:  II,” Botany, Ch. 24, pp. 433-434 (1962).                          
                 Chemical Abstract 106:151483t; abstracting Gisi et al., “SAN 619, a new triazole                         
                 fungicide,” Proc. Brit. Crop Protection Conference Pests and Disease, Vol. 1, pp                         
                 33-40 (1986).                                                                                            
                 Kerse, et al. (CABA Abstracts 92:131620), “Cyproconazole – a new DMI                                     
                 fungicide,”  Proc. 42nd N.Z. Weed and Pest Control Conf., pp. 114-118 (1989).                            
                 “The Agrochemicals Handbook ,“3rd ed.,”p. A1032 (1991).                                                  

                         This merits panel also relies on the following references of record:                             
                 Coley-Smith et al. (Coley-Smith), “Possibilities for biological and integrated                           
                 control of white rot disease of Allium,” Proc. 1981 British Crop Protection Conf. –                      
                 Pests and Diseases, No. 2, pp. 459-466 (1981).                                                           
                 Gisi et al. (Gisi), SAN 619 F, “a new triazole fungicide,” Proc. 1986 Brit. Crop                         
                 Protection Conf. – Pests and Diseases, No. 1, pp. 33-40 (1986).1                                         





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