United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Zongrang Liu

Christopher D Dardick

Wojciech J Janisiewicz

Ann M Callahan

Zhijian Li

A method of increasing east one growth characteristic of a plant comprising growing astrain in or on a medium in a container, where a headspace of saidin said container is in fluid communication with a headspace of said plant, where saidproduces at least one volatile organic compound (VOC), where said at least one VOC produced by saidcauses the plant to have an increase in at least one growth characteristic when compared to the growth characteristic of a plant which has not been exposed to the VOC, and where saidcomprises an ITS1/2 consensus amplicon of SEQ ID NO: 5 and an ITS3/4 consensus amplicon of SEQ ID NO: 6.

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Winchester, VA, United States of America

Zongrang Liu