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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
George E. Pierce, Canton, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods and compositions for preventing or delaying a chill injury response of a plant or plant part that exhibits a chill injury response. The methods comprise exposing the plant or plant part to one or more bacteria, one or more enzymes, and/or an enzymatic extract isolated from one or more bacteria. The one or more bacteria, one or more enzymes, and/or the enzymatic extract isolated from one or more bacteria are exposed to the plant or plant part in a quantity sufficient to prevent or delay the chill injury response of the plant or plant part.