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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Mark A. Holland, Salisbury, MD (US);
Joseph C. Polacco, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Holland, Salisbury, MD (US);
Joseph C. Polacco, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignees:
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2009.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); A01C 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is related to a method of altering the metabolism of a plant by carrying out the steps of treating seeds of the plant with non-genetically engineered selected mutant pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph having a plant altering capability, and growing the plants from the treated seeds, wherein the plants that grow from such treated seeds exhibit an altered characteristic relative to non-treated plants.