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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Michael Frodyma, Roanoke, VA (US);
Shawn Semones, Salem, VA (US);
R. Stewart Smith, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Yaowei Kang, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Michael Frodyma, Roanoke, VA (US);
Shawn Semones, Salem, VA (US);
R. Stewart Smith, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Yaowei Kang, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Novozymes BioAg A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising a) treating plant seed with an effective amount of at least one phosphate solubilizing microorganism that may include a strain of the fungus, and b) treating the seed or plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one lipo chitooligosaccharide (LCO) and/or at least one chitoogliosaccharide (CO), wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated plants or plants harvested from untreated seed.