PENICILLIUM ENDOPHYTE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN PLANTS

• Main Authors: JOHNSTON, David, Morris, MCKENZIE, Elizabeth, Alexa, TOLEDO, Gerardo, V, ZHANG, Xuecheng, AMBROSE, Karen, V, GULICK, Trudi, A, DJONOVIC, Slavica, SADOWSKI, Craig, VON MALTZAHN, Geoffrey
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.12.2016
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FERTILISERS; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; METALLURGY; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLANTING; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; SOWING; TRAPPING; WATERING

This invention relates to methods and compositions for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a beneficial endophyte of the genus Penicillium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with said endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified endophytes, synthetic combinations comprising endophytes, and methods of making and using the same. In particular, this invention relates to compositions and methods of improving soybean and maize plants. La présente invention concerne des procédés et des compositions permettant d'apporter un bénéfice à une plante en associant ladite plante à un endophyte bénéfique du genre Pénicillium, y compris des bénéfices à une plante dérivée d'une graine ou d'un autre élément de la plante traité avec ledit endophyte. Par exemple, la présente invention concerne des endophytes purifiés, des combinaisons synthétiques comprenant des endophytes, et leurs procédés de fabrication et d'utilisation. En particulier, la présente invention concerne des compositions et des procédés d'amélioration des plantes de maïs et de soja.