Cornell Research Foundation Inc.

Cornell University

Advanced Biological Marketing Incorporated

Agrauxine Corp.

Eden Research Plc

Terrenew, LLC

Gary E Harman

Matteo Lorito

Christopher K Hayes

Molly Cadle-Davidson

Arne Tronsmo

Antonio Di Pietro

Roxanne M Broadway

Walid Nosir

Victoria L Smith

Wayne F Wilcox

Thomas E Stasz

Gary R Ostroff

Alan G Taylor

Xingen Lei

Steven Floyd Nielsen

Lanny Franklin

Bryan P Thomas

Christian P Kubicek

Daniel B Custis

Norman F Weeden

Sonja Klemsdahl

Terry D Spittler

A Carl Leopold

Xixuan Jin

George P Peruzzotti

Antonio D Pietro

Andrea Shelley Marino

Felice Scala

The disclosure generally describes the discovery of a train of(NRRL B-50520) that has multiple capabilities for various uses in plant agriculture and development of systems for its use. This patent application compares its abilities to enhance plant agriculture for a number of applications with a number of other microbial agents and that are contained within useful formulations. While other strains or mixtures have abilities to confer one trait or another, this strain appears to be uniquely versatile in its capabilities. It can be used in conventional or organic agriculture for the promotion of plant growth and increase in crop yields when applied topically as a foliar spray or as a seed coating. The highly active products also are expected to increase plant productivity and improve quality of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other plant products.

Highly effective and multifunctional microbial compositions and uses

This disclosure includes the following components, all intended for the purpose of enhancing plant growth and performance: the capabilities of 1-octen-3-ol, which is a metabolite ofstrains and formulations thereof, a method for formulating this component or other highly effective compounds into stable formulations, and other materials which are expected to be effective with such components and methods.(formerly) produces 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom alcohol) and that at very low concentrations in aerial solution enhances plant growth and productivity, a result that could be duplicated by seed treatments at low concentrations.

Coating materials for seeds and for particulate materials, including fertilizers

This invention describes discovery and development of a biological system of plant growth promotion and environmental improvement by carbon sequestration and/or nitrogen utilization by application of a microbial agent, e.g., a highly effective strain of, particularly strains NRRL B-50520 and/or K5. This strain outperforms the best current strains ofused for this purpose available commercially. The highly active products also are expected to increase plant productivity and improve quality of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other plant products. The invention also describes and demonstrates that strain combinations includingAS2 or AS3, as well as disclosed metabolites, promote plant growth. This is true across monocots and dicots, seed treatments and foliar sprays. In the field plant height, shoot weight, root weight, and photosynthesis (Spad meter readings) were all increased in comparison to the untreated control as well as the leading biological seed treatments. The invention also describes metabolite utilization for enhancing plant growth.

Endophytic microbial seed treatment formulations and methods related thereto for improved plant performance

This disclosure describes a biological system of plant growth promotion, pest resistance and disease resistance by application of strains ofK2,AS2,AS3, or a combination thereof. These strains can be used in conventional or organic agriculture for the promotion nematode resistance when applied topically as a foliar spray or as a seed coating. The highly active strains also are expected to increase plant productivity and improve quality of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other plant products.

Enhanced microbial and biorational control of nematode pests of plants

The present technology relates generally to compositions, methods and systems entailing one or more microbial species or microbe derivatives therefrom or combinations of a microbial species plus at least one microbe derivative, in combination with one or more agricultural chemicals such as a fungicide, an insecticide, a nematicide, a bacteriocide, an herbicide or a mixture thereof for application to crops for enhanced growth and performance. The microbial species are preferably selected from the group consisting ofstrain K1,strain K2,strain K3,strain K4,strain K5 and mixtures thereof. The microbe derivatives are preferably microbial metabolites selected from the group consisting of 6-pentyl pyrone, harzianic acid, hydtra 1, harzinolide, 1-octene-3-ol and mixtures thereof. The compositions are preferably applied to seeds of the crop or by any of the common methods onto the crop in the field.

Method of formulation of combined microbe and agricultural chemistry, microbe-derivative composition, and use of same

The present invention relates to compositions comprising terpenes and hollow glucan particles or cell wall particles and methods for preparing such compositions. The compositions increase terpene stability and activity and provide a suitable carrier for the terpenes. The invention also relates to methods of using such compositions in the medical, veterinary and agricultural fields.

Terpene-containing compositions and methods of making and using them

The present invention relates to a fertilizer comprising at least one microbe selected from the group consisting of(NRRL B-50520),(NRRL B-50521),(NRRL B-50522), and combinations thereof, and a substrate which is acted upon by the at least one microbe to release nitrogen. The invention also relates to a fertilizer comprising at least one microbe selected from a keratin degrading microorganism and a keratin substrate which is acted upon by the at least one microbe to release nitrogen. The invention further relates to a method for enhancing growth of plants with the fertilizer, and methods of making a fertilizer. The invention further relates to an isolatedstrain (NRRL B-50520) and two isolatedstrains (NRRL B-50521, NRRL B-50522).

Highly efficient organic fertilizer and components thereof

The present invention provides a plant propagation medium, the improvement comprising a manure having a moisture content of 10 to 35 wt % with a salt level sufficient to achieve a conductivity of less than 0.35 dS/m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a manure product and the manure product itself.

Plant propagation medium and methods of making and using it

The present invention relates to formulations of viable microorganisms in a water insoluble, water-absorbent substance and methods of producing formulations of viable microorganisms. Also disclosed is a method of treating plants and/or plant seeds with the formulations of the present application.

Formulations of viable microorganisms and their methods of production and use

The present invention relates to a method for removing sulfur from a gaseous or liquid mixture. This method involves contacting the gaseous or liquid mixture with an iron-enriched matrix under conditions effective to remove sulfur from the mixture through adsorption of the sulfur to the matrix. The iron-enriched matrix used in this method is a lignocellulosic material that is enriched with iron. The present invention also relates to a system, composition, and plant fertilizer that contain the iron-enriched matrix. Methods of making the composition and preparing a plant fertilizer are also disclosed.

Regenerable removal of sulfur from gaseous or liquid mixtures

The present invention relates to a method for enhancing growth of plants which comprises contacting astrain with the plant or a plant seed under conditions effective for thestrain to colonize the roots of the plant or a plant grown from the plant seed, thereby creating a plant-system. The plant or plant seed is grown under conditions effective to sustain the plant-system in a planting medium and to enhance plant growth, where thestrain is selected from the group consisting ofstrain WW10TC4 (ATCC accession number PTA 9707),strain RR17Bc (ATCC accession number PTA 9708),strain F11Bab (ATCC accession number PTA 9709), and combinations thereof. Also, disclosed are methods of enhancing resistance of plants to abiotic stress, increasing nitrogen use efficacy in plants, reducing nitrous oxide emissions in air, reducing leaching of nitrates into soil and water, and enhancing sequestration of carbon from air.

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A method for enhancing growth of plants comprising contacting astrain with the plant or a plant seed under conditions effective for thestrain to colonize the roots of the plant or a plant grown from the plant seed, thereby creating a plant-system. The plant or plant seed is grown under conditions effective to sustain the plant-system in a planting medium and to enhance plant growth. Thestrain is selected from the group consisting ofstrain WW10TC4 (ATCC accession number PTA 9707),strain RR17Bc (ATCC accession number PTA 9708),strain F11 Bab (ATCC accession number PTA 9709), and combinations thereof. Methods of enhancing resistance of plants to abiotic stress, increasing nitrogen use efficacy in plants, reducing nitrous oxide emissions in air, reducing leaching of nitrates into soil and water, and enhancing sequestration of carbon from air are disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method for removing oil from water or a solid surface. This involves contacting the water or the solid surface with a substance in the form of a sheet and having a high humate level under conditions effective for the substance to absorb oil from the water or the solid surface. The substance, having absorbed oil, is then recovered from the water or solid surface. In an alternative embodiment this method can be carried out where the substance is manure which may or may not be in the form of a sheet.

Removal of oils from solid surfaces and water with a substance having a high humate level

A system for inhibiting the germination or growth of a fungus comprises (a) fungal cell wall degrading chitinolytic or glucanolytic enzyme and (b) antifungal cell membrane affecting: compound. Exemplified antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compounds include flusilazole, miconazole, osmotin, gramicidin, valinomycin, phospholipase B, and trichorzianines. The system components (a) and (b) may be supplemented with polyene macrolide antibiotic, antifungal epithiodiketopiperazine antibiotic (e.g., gliotoxin), fungal cell wall biosynthesis inhibitor (e.g., L-sorbose) and/or detergent. Embodiments include method of contacting a plant which expresses cell wall degrading enzyme with antifungal fungal cell membrane affecting compound.

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Gary E Harman