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AssigneeIndigo Agriculture, Inc.
InventorsKaren V. Ambrose, Brett A. Boghigian, Slavica Djonovic, Paul Andrew Gray, Gerardo V. Toledo, Luis Miguel Marquez, Julianne Naomi Pelaez, Geoffrey von Maltzahn
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This invention relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a complex endophyte comprising a host fungus further comprising a component bacterium, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with a complex endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified complex endophytes, purified complex endophyte components such as bacteria or fungi, synthetic combinations comprising said complex endophytes and/or components, and methods of making and using the same.
A synthetic composition comprising a designed complex endophyte and an agronomic formulation, the designed complex endophyte comprising a host fungal endophyte comprising a heterologous bacterial endophyte living inside the host fungal hyphae, wherein the designed complex endophyte provides a trait of agronomic importance to an agricultural plant element to which the synthetic composition is applied or to an agricultural plant grown from said agricultural plant element or of which said agricultural plant element is a part.
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