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US 11,259,527 B2Granted
Haematococcus based compositions for plants and methods of application
AssigneeHeliae Development, LLC
InventorsSandip Shinde, Stephen Ventre, Nicholas Donowitz, Michael Clint Rohlfsen, Laura Carney
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Abstract
Methods of improving characteristics of plants and soil by administering an effective amount of a extracted Haematococcus based composition in low concentration applications are disclosed.
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A method of plant enhancement comprising administering to a plant, seedling, or seed a composition comprising 0.1-20% by volume of Haematococcus cells in which the cells consist essentially of cells that have been subjected to drying, mechanical lysing, and extraction processes to enhance at least one plant characteristic selected from the group consisting of:
- seed germination rate, seed germination time, seedling emergence, seedling emergence time, and utilization,
- wherein the method further comprises administering to the plant, seedling, or seed an extract of Kappaphycus;
- utilization is measured as a ratio of marketable plants or fruit to unmarketable plants or fruit;
- and the plant, seedling or seed is from the Solanaceae plant family.
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