A method of improving the yield and vigor of an agronomic plant involves treating plants such as soybeans and corn and/or their propagation material with a composition that includes an active agent, such as a diazole fungicide, a triazole fungicide, or a strobilurin-type fungicide, which has the capacity to improve the yield and/or the vigor of the plant in the absence of pest pressure by fungal plant pathogens. Formulations that contain a diazole fungicide, a triazole fungicide, or a strobilurin-type fungicide, and plants and plant propagation material, such as seeds, which have been treated by the novel method are also described.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO OTHER PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority to co-pending and commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/026,301, that was filed on Dec. 19, 2001, which claimed priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/257,502 which was filed on Dec. 22, 2000, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
