NOVEL FLUORESCENT PSEUDOMONAD OF THE SPECIES PSEUDOMONAS AZOTOFORMANS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF PLANT EMERGENCE AND GROWTH

• Main Authors: FATEHI, JAMSHID, RASMUSSEN, SARA, FOLKESON WELCH, CHRISTOPHER, LEVENFORS, JOLANTA, HOKEBERG, MARGARETA, WIKSTROEM, MARIANN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 30.06.2011
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WATERING; WINE

The invention describes an isolate of a fluorescent pseudomonad of the species Pseudomonas azotoformans, strain F30A, which has been deposited at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH and has been assigned accession number DSM 22077, which is capable of enhancing seed germination, seedling establishment, plant emergence, plant growth and/or the yields of crops treated with the isolate. Accordingly the invention further comprises the use of this pseudomonad for enhancement of plant emergence and growth and agricultural compositions comprising the pseudomonad. Cette invention concerne un isolat d'une pseudomonade fluorescente du genre Pseudomonas azotoformans, souche F30A, déposée à l'institution Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH sous la référence DSM 22077, ledit isolat étant capable de stimuler la germination des graines, la mise en place des semis, l'émergence des plantes, la croissance des plantes, et/ou le rendement des cultures. L'invention concerne par ailleurs l'utilisation de cette pseudomonade pour stimuler l'émergence et la croissance des plantes, et des compositions agricoles comprenant la pseudomonade.