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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Stacey, Knoxville, TN (US);
Larry J Halverson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert M Zablotowicz, Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
LiphaTech, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C05F / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352522 ; 71-7 ; 435174 ; 435878 ;
Abstract
The nodulation ability and/or competition characteristics of strains of Rhizobium japonicum is enhanced by incubating the strains in a nodulation and/or competitive enhancing effective amount of one or more soybean lectins, or in composition comprising a nodulation and/or competitiveness enhancing effective amount of such lectins such as soybean seed exudate. An inoculum can be prepared containing a carrier, Rhizobium japonicum and lectin.