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US 10,448,645 B2Granted
Methods and compositions for controlling Root Lesion Nematodes
AssigneeNewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.
InventorsNatalie Breakfield, Gregg Bogosian
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp., as well as cell-free culture supernatants, fractions, and concentrates obtained from the Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp. Also provided are related methods for controlling RLN infections of plants, and methods of making the compositions.
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A method for reducing Pratylenchus sp. damage to a plant that comprises
- (a) planting a seed that has been treated with a composition comprising:
- (i) a Methylobacterium selected from the group consisting of NLS0021, NLS0038, NLS0042, NLS0069, NLS00934, NLS0062, and NLS0089, wherein the Methylobacterium strains NLS0021, NLS0038, NLS0042, NLS0069, NLS00934, NLS0062, and NLS0089 have been deposited under Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) Designation Nos. NRRL B-50939, NRRL B-50942, NRRL B-50932, NRRL B-50936, NRRL B-67341, NRRL B-50937, and NRRL B-50933, respectively;
- and wherein the Methylobacterium is heterologous to the seed;
- and (ii) an agriculturally acceptable excipient and/or an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant;
- and
- (b) growing the plant from said treated seed in soil in the presence of a population of Pratylenchus sp. nematodes, wherein Pratylenchus sp. damage to the plant is reduced.
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