Endophytic microbial symbionts in plant prenatal care
AssigneeUniversity of Saskatchewan
InventorsVladimir Vujanovic, James J. Germida
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising novel endophytes capable of promoting germination endophytes that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
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A method of increasing resistance to nitrogen stress in at least one agricultural crop, said method comprising mechanically or manually inoculating a seed of the agricultural crop with a composition comprising at least one endophyte and a carrier, wherein the at least one endophyte is of genus Streptomyces and comprises a 16S rDNA sequence with 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:6 or is deposited as IDAC 081111-06 and is capable of capable of causing populations of seeds to have increased yield under nitrogen stress conditions compared to control seeds.
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