Porous matrices for culture and formulation of agricultural biopesticides and chemicals
AssigneeLiveGrow Bio LLC
InventorsAlan Stuart Wicks, Grigoriy E. Pinchuk
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Abstract
The present disclosure addresses biologically active formulations for agricultural and other applications that comprise a solid growth substrate that defines an open cell matrix and an active population of one or more microorganisms adhered thereto. The formulation is configured to be applied directly to a plant growth environment and does not require additional isolation and/or processing steps that would separate the microorganisms from the solid growth substrate prior to deployment. The disclosure also addresses related methods.
Claims19
A biologically active formulation configured to be applied directly to a seed or plant environment, comprising an organic solid substrate comprised of a plurality of porous particles and one or more populations of metabolically active microorganisms, wherein:
- each particle of the plurality of porous particles is no larger in size than 5 mm;
- each particle of the plurality of porous particles is comprised of a plurality of interconnected open cells and/or channels that form an open cell matrix;
- the porous particles contain a liquid medium, provided that the open cell matrix is impregnated with the liquid medium, the liquid medium is at a volume of about 75% to about 85% of the water absorption capacity (WAC) of the porous particle, the porous particles are not covered by the liquid medium, and a plurality of the porous particles are in direct gaseous communication with the outside environment;
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- the one or more populations of metabolically active microorganisms are in contact with the liquid medium and present in the open cell matrix of the individual particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.