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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7188450 | Use of within-field-element-size CV for improved nutrient fertilization in crop production A method for in-season macro and micronutrient application based on predicted yield potential, coefficient of variation, and a nutrient response index. The inventive method includes the steps of: determining a nutrient response index for a field; determining the nor... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162834 | Methods for enhancing plant growth using hydrogen gas This invention provides methods of enhancing plant growth or yield, comprising exposing soil to hydrogen gas (H2), and growing plants in the soil. The H2 gas employed can be generated by electrolysis of water, produced by H2 evolving... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7022649 | Composition for inoculating legumes and method therefor A method for preparing a concentrated inoculating composition which contains a universal use culture medium which is sterilized and cooled, then added to Rhizobium Japonicum and then allowed to multiply for 46 hours. This is followed by the addition to the culture m... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022524 | Increasing plant growth with luminol The present invention provides novel enhancers of photosynthesis and plant growth and methods of using same. In one embodiment, the enhancer is derived from a microorganism. In alternative embodiments, the compounds are microbial extracts, microbial secretion produc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994850 | Method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition comprising swine manure The present invention provides a method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition that comprises yeast cells and swine manure. The yeast cells of the invention have an enhanced ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, decompose phosphorus minerals and compounds,... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979444 | Method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition comprising poultry manure The present invention provides a method for preparing a biological fertilizer composition that comprises yeast cells and poultry manure. The yeast cells of the invention have an enhanced ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, decompose phosphorus minerals and compound... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939688 | Biological addition to organic-mineral fertilizers The biological addition to organic-mineral fertilizers contains two bacteria associations taken in the ratio 1–2:0.5–1, with one of the associations containing Azotobacter chroococcum and Beijerinckia fluminensis nitrogen binding bacteria in the ra... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6352568 | Use of hybrid rumex acetosa L. in production of fertilizer The present invention is concerned with an application of Lumeikesi hybrid rumex acetosa in production of agricultural fertilizer. Lumeikesi hybrid rumex is a new variety, which has high contents of protein, vitamin C and carotene. A nutrient juice of Lum... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6228136 | Cyanobacterial inoculants for land reclamation Materials inoculated with cyanobacteria are used to reclaim land. Methods and apparatus for making and disseminating cyanobacteria inoculants are disclosed. A thin-film growth method may be used to grow the cyanobacteria directly on a substrate material. ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6159262 | Fertilizers A fertilizer composition comprises an organic waste, an anti-bacterial agent, a wetting agent, an odor control agent and water.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6074451 | Microorganism fertilizer, a method for manufacturing the microorganism fertilizer, and a method for utilizing the microorganism fertilizer A microorganism fertilizer which causes in the soil a phenomenal multiplication of fluorescent Pseudomonas that have a superior effect in preventing the common scab of potato. The microorganism fertilizer is obtained such that medium-temperature and high-... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5994265 | Seed coating composition of gypsum with molybdenum Embodiments of a coating composition and coating method for seeds are described, the coating including molybdenum and a sulfur-containing component and being for improving seed and seedling performance. The preferred molybdenum source is molybdenum trioxi... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5961687 | Method for treating plants The present invention provides a method for increasing productivity of a plant by spraying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) on a plant. The invention also relates to increasing productivity of a plant under stress by applying Pink Pigmented ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5951978 | Microorganisms for improving plant productivity The present invention is directed to a crop inoculant that includes Azospirillum brasilense SAB MKB. The crop inoculant is effective for consistently improving soil quality and increasing plant productivity over a wide range of soil types and climate cond... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5950360 | Use of gel formulations as dressing agents for plant seed Disclosed are gel formulations, which are useful for dressing plant seed. The gel formulations comprise at least one active compound, at least one gel-forming agent, water, and an additive.... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5922316 | Composition for enhancing grain yield and protein yield of legumes grown under environmental conditions that inhibit or delay nodulation thereof Compositions for enhancing grain yield and protein yield of a legume grown under environmental conditions that inhibit or delay nodulation thereof are provided. The compositions comprise a nodulation gene-inducing compound such as flavors. Moreover, metho... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5906929 | Enhanced inoculant for soybean cultivation Root nodule bacterial strains are designed specifically to aid in the growth of soybeans. A high copy number plasmid is described to make trifolitoxin, an antibiotic. The plasmid is preferably hosted in a Sinorhizobium species which is capable of nodulati... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5733355 | Bacterial Preparation for agricultural use Bacterial preparation which comprises material belonging to genus Bacillus, producing lipopeptides which decrease surface tension of water, and possessing an ability to propagate in soil in the presence of vegetable cellulosic materials under anaerobic co... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5702499 | Waste conversion by liquid thermophilic aerobic digestion A batch process for the conversion of organic solid waste material containing cellulose and lignin through liquid thermophilic aerobic digestion comprises comminuting the organic solid waste material, adjusting the moisture content of the comminuted mater... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5697186 | Flocculated microbial inoculants for delivery of agriculturally beneficial microorganisms Flocculated bacterial cells are utilized as high-density crop inoculants and delivery systems for one or more agriculturally beneficial microorganisms. The flocculated form of bacteria, such as Azospirillum and Rhizobium, possess superior survivability un... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5695541 | Process for preparation of bacterial agricultural products A process for producing a dried bacterial agricultural product having superior viability initially involves culturing (fermenting) a species of microorganism in a growth medium to form a culture. The culture containing the microorganism plus the growth me... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5676726 | Matrix and agricultural materials This invention has for its object to provide a matrix which finds application as a plant culture medium which is light-weight, possessed of large moisture and fertilizer holding capacities, easy to dispose of after use, and benign to the environment or a ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5664368 | Process for the development of novel type of plants with nitrogen-fixing capacity also in their leaves The invention relates to a process for developing plants of novel type being capable of nitrogen-fixation also in their leaves. The process of the invention comprises inoculating plant protoplasts, cells, tissues, embryos or organs grown and/or treated un... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5656059 | Method for processing a liquid nitrogen rich organic waste product, thereby obtained fertilizer solution and use thereof A method for processing a liquid nitrogen-rich organic waste product, in particular a manure product, to an aqueous fertilizer solution utilizes a biological conversion process so as to obtain a biologically stable fertilizer solution. This conversion pro... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5586411 | Method of preparing a seed treatment composition Methods and compositions for increasing the availability of soluble phosphate and fixed nitrogen for legume:Rhizobium symbioses involving co-inoculating legume seeds with a phosphate-solubilizing soil fungus, Penicillium bilaii, and Rhizobium spp. prior t... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5578486 | Recombinant microbial fertilizer and methods for its production A microbial fertilizer that constitutes a symbiotic association of several recombinant microbial species is described. The fertilizer contains four streptomyces strains and two yeast strains. The streptomyces strains include a nitrogen fixing strain, a ph... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5484464 | Methods and compositions for increasing the benefits of rhizobium inoculation to legume crop productivity Methods and compositions for increasing the availability of soluble phosphate and fixed nitrogen for legume:Rhizobium symbioses involving co-inoculating legume seeds with a phosphate-solubilizing soil fungus, Penicillium bilaii, and Rhizobium spp. prior t... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5427785 | Rhizosheric bacteria A bacterial inoculum including a rhizospheric bacterium with increased dicarboxylic acid membrane permease activity.... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5366532 | Fertilizers containing microorganisms and their production processes Fertilizer containing microorganisms of the rhizosphere packaged by microencapsulation in a polysaccharide matrix. The inoculum obtained after microencapsulation can be mixed with a granular solid fertilizer, then stored, or with a liquid fertilizer immed... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5321011 | Pentasaccharide phytohormones and methods for their use A phytohormone for inducing root hair curling and root nodulation in the roots of leguminous plants particularly in the absence of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The phytohormone comprises a pentasaccharide having a fatty acid condensed on the non-reducing end... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5308616 | Mutant strain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum The present invention relates to mutant strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum that are characterized in an increased nitrogen fixation rate and an altered molybdenum metabolism. The mutant strains require higher levels of molybdate than wild-type Bradyrhizo... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5300127 | Seed coatings The invention relates to a soybean seed, lucerne seed or clover seed coated with an inoculant composition comprising a carrier medium, a beneficial microorganism and an adhesive polymeric material. A high average loading of viable organisms per seed is ma... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5292507 | Method of using polysaccharides to stabilize microorganisms for inoculating plant seeds Soluble, non-crosslinked polysaccharides are used to stabilize microorganisms for use as inoculants in agriculture. Preferably, the polysaccharide is alginate and plant seeds are inoculated. A solution of the polysaccharide and a suspension of the microor... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5288296 | Production of microbial field crop inoculants A method is disclosed for producing quantities of microbial inoculants for agricultural uses which involves preparing a medium of ground vemiculite, a nutrient and water. Wheat flour is disclosed as a preferred nutrient for fungal cultures. The medium is ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5229291 | Rhizobia transformants which symbiotically fixes nitrogen in non-legumes, a material for treating seeds of a non-legume plant, non-legume seeds, a non-legume plant and a method for producing rhizobia transconjungants Rhizobia transformants that nodulate and fix nitrogen in non-legumes. The nodulated non-legume plants can be grown without nitrogenous fertilizer and have at least the same or higher protein content, dry matter content and nitrogen content than their non-... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5229114 | Approaches useful for the control of root nodulation of leguminous plants A novel approach for the increased dinitrogen fixation of leguminous plants wherein the root nodulation of the leguminous plant is controlled so as to promote nodulation by a desired bradyrhizobial strain and to inhibit nodulation of an undesired bradyrhi... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5229113 | Bradyrhizobium japonicum nodulation inducing factor The chemical compounds that induce expression of nodulation genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains have been identified. The isoflavones daidzein and genistein were identified as soybean exudate components that induce nod-genes. Other isoflavones, incl... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5227068 | Closed apparatus system for improving irrigation and method for its use A method and apparatus are described for providing improved irrigation to vegetation in open areas such as parks and golf courses, including providing improved microbiotic and nutrient supplies to such vegetation in a non-sterilized environment. In its me... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5192428 | Portable system for treating human waste A new portable system is disclosed for composting feces and for treating urine includes a composting retainer which includes a composting means for exposing the feces to sufficient air and water to allow the feces to compost, thereby forming a compost pro... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5183759 | Recombinant Rhizobium bacteria inoculants The sequences of a Rhizobium bacteria responsible for competitiveness with respect to plant nodulation have been isolated and permanently transferred to superior nodulating Rhizobium genome. This has resulted in a stable construct that can form a plant in... | 02/02/1993 |
