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US 6,228,806 B1Granted
Biochemical fertilizer composition
AssigneeOrganica, Inc.
InventorRaj J. Mehta
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Abstract
Fertilizer compositions comprising: A) an effective quantity of an inorganic or organic fertilizer; and B) a quantity of beneficial microorganisms sufficient to further enhance plant growth when the fertilizer composition is applied to soil and/or control pathogens in the soil, and methods for their use.
Claims20
A biochemical fertilizer composition comprising:
- A) a fertilizing effective quantity of a fertilizer for fertilizing soil which is either a) an essentially inorganic fertilizer, b) an organic fertilizer selected from the group consisting of blood meal, cottonseed meal, ocean kelp meal, and fish fertilizer, or c) a mixture of components a) and b);
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- B) a quantity of beneficial microorganisms in an amount of a least about 1×105 microorganisms per gram of fertilzer sufficient to (a) further enhance plant growth when the fertilizer composition is applied to the soil;
- and/or b) control one or more pathogens in the soil;
- wherein component B) but not component A) is optionally encapsulated in a water-soluble coating and wherein component A) a) can contain up to about 50% by weight of organic nitrogen-containing compounds.
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