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US 5,512,069 AGranted
Seeds, coated or impregnated with a PPFM
AssigneesSalisbury State University, The Curators of the University of Missouri
InventorsMark A. Holland, Joseph C. Polacco
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Abstract
Seeds coated or impregnated with at least one pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM) have improved germinability. PPFMs can be cultured to produce the cytokinin zeatin.
Claims6
A coated seed having improved germinability, comprising:
- (a) a seed;
- and,
- (b) a coating, comprising:
- a cytokinin producing, germinability improving effective amount of at least one pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM), of natural genetic origin
- wherein said coating is disposed on the outer surface of said seed.
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A bacterium impregnated seed having improved germinability, comprising:
- (a) a seed;
- and
- (b) at least one cytokinin producing pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM) of natural genetic origin,
- wherein said PPFM is disposed inside the outer seed coat of said seed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.