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.
Claims20
A biologically active formulation configured to be applied directly to a plant growth environment comprising a solid substrate that defines an open cell matrix and an active population of one or more microorganisms adhered to the solid substrate.
A method for conditioning a plant growth environment with an active microorganism culture, comprising
- inoculating a solid substrate that defines an open cell matrix with one or more active microorganisms under conditions suitable for the establishment of an active microbial population on the solid substrate,
- culturing the one or more active microorganisms on the solid substrate under conditions suitable for the establishment of one or more microorganisms, and
- applying the solid substrate to a plant growth environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.