IP Library Granted Patent US 11,618,720
Granted Patent B2
US 11,618,720 · App. 16/924,722 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Plant inoculation method

Inventors: David Dent (Fleet, GB); Ian Clarke (Nottingham, GB)
Assignee: AZOTIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
C05F11/08A01N63/20C05G3/50C05G5/23C05G5/27C12N1/20C12N1/205C12R2001/01C12R2001/02
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Patent No.
US 11,618,720
App. No.
16/924,722
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for inoculating a plant with a nitrogen-fixing bacteria such as Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus , said method comprising administering the nitrogen-fixing bacteria to a wound of a growing plant, for example to recently cut grass. Inoculation in this manner leads to enhanced growth characteristics including increased greenness of grass. Novel compositions suitable for use in the method are also described and claimed, together with kits for producing these.

Claims (6)

1. A method comprising delivering to a plant or seed a composition comprising Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus , a polysaccharide, and a nonionic detergent.

2. A plant or seed comprising a composition comprising Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus , a polysaccharide, and a nonionic detergent.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a strain deposited with CABI in the United Kingdom under deposit accession number IMI 504958 or under deposit accession number IMI 504998, or is a nitrogen-fixing variant of such a strain.

4. A plant or seed according to claim 2 , wherein Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a strain deposited with CABI in the United Kingdom under deposit accession number IMI 504958 or under deposit accession number IMI 504998, or is a nitrogen-fixing variant of such a strain.

5. A composition or kit comprising Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus , a polysaccharide and a non-ionic detergent, wherein the Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a strain deposited with CABI in the United Kingdom under deposit accession number IMI 504958 or under deposit accession number IMI 504998, or is a nitrogen-fixing variant of such a strain.

6. A plant spray comprising Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus , a polysaccharide and a non-ionic detergent.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2023
From: DENT, DAVID; CLARKE, IAN
To: AZOTIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Reel/Frame 063193/0310 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1413333 · Jul 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15326996
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