Inoculants and methods for use thereof
AssigneeThe Flinders University of South Australia
InventorsChristopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
Claims27
A method for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant grown from a leguminous seed, the method comprising co-inoculating the leguminous seed with:
- a. at least one rhizobial microorganism;
- and
- b. at least one Streptomyces microorganism comprising a 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence which is at least 98% identical to one or more of:
- SEQ ID NO:
- 5 and SEQ ID NO:
- 8;
- wherein the plant grown from the co-inoculated leguminous seed exhibits at least one enhanced growth parameter relative to a leguminous plant grown from a seed of the same taxon that has not been co-inoculated and wherein the co-inoculation comprises coating the leguminous seed with a first formulation comprising at least about 200 individual cells of the Streptomyces microorganism.
A leguminous plant reproductive material co-inoculated with:
- a. at least one rhizobial microorganism;
- and
- b. at least one Streptomyces microorganism selected from Streptomyces sp. LuP30 as deposited under NMI accession number V13/030101 or Streptomyces sp. LuP47B as deposited under NMI accession number V13/030100,
- wherein the leguminous plant reproductive material is coated with a first formulation comprising at least about 200 individual cells of the Streptomyces microorganism.
A method comprising:
- co-inoculating a leguminous seed with:
- a. at least one rhizobial microorganism;
- and
- b. at least one Streptomyces microorganism comprising a 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence which is at least 98% identical to one or more of:
- SEQ ID NO:
- 5 and SEQ ID NO:
- 8;
- wherein the co-inoculation comprises coating the leguminous seed with a first formulation comprising at least about 200 individual cells of the Streptomyces microorganism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.