FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES FOR IMPROVED CROP YIELDS AND PROTECTION FROM PESTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240081340A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18363626

    申请日:2023-08-01

    Inventor: Gregory A. SWORD

    CPC classification number: A01N63/30

    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic combination of a crop and at least one fungal endophyte, wherein the crop is a host plant of the endophyte. Provided are also methods and compositions for producing such synthetic combinations. The endophyte reproduces and enhances the agronomic characteristics of the crop. Methods for inoculating the host plant with the endophyte, for propagating the host-endophyte combination, and for detecting the presence of the endophyte and of its metabolites within a host plant are also described.

    Honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11779020B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17691735

    申请日:2022-03-10

    Abstract: A honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same are disclosed. The honey-based rooting gel composition comprises honey and symbiotic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana or Trichoderma koningii which increases plant growth and health, and may also contain a plant rooting hormone such as Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or other plant rooting hormones that promote root initiation, or natural rooting substances such as willow bark extracts that promote root growth. The use of honey provides an unexpected synergy to protect the cuttings from pathogens through the antibacterial and anti-fungal properties of the honey and benefits both plant and fungal growth by providing growth-promoting carbohydrates (mainly fructose and glucose) for both the plant and the germinating fungal spores. Further, the honey-based rooting gel composition simultaneously induces roots in cuttings to produce new plants and infects the new plants with beneficial symbiotic fungi that improve various properties of the growing plants.

    Method for increasing wheat yield and preventing wheat diseases and use thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11576385B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16856583

    申请日:2020-04-23

    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing wheat yield and preventing wheat diseases and use thereof, and relates to the technical field of crop cultivation. In the method, wheat seeds are primed by a fermentation liquid of S. sclerotiorum, and the concentration of the fermentation liquid is 1.4×105 cfu/mL or more. According to the present invention, the wheat seeds are primed by using S. sclerotiorum, and S. sclerotiorum can endogenously grow in wheat plants to induce expression of genes related to disease resistance and development of wheat, thereby achieving the objective of controlling diseases such as wheat Fusarium head blight and improving wheat yield.

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