Agricultural compositions containing bacteria
AssigneeMicro Flo Company
InventorsKeith Branly, Rhett Atkins
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Abstract
An agriculturally effective active ingredient is applied to plant foliage before, after, or simultaneously with an enhancer component containing a substantially pure bacterial culture, suspension, spores, or cells of a bacteria selected from the genus Bacillus or a soil bacteria.
Claims51
A method for enhancing the effectiveness of a herbicide by applying to a plant (a) an agriculturally effective active ingredient of a plant growth stunting agent or herbicide;
- and (b) an enhancer selected from the group consisting of spores, cultures, or suspensions of a suitable Bacillus or soil bacteria.
A composition of enhancing the activity of a plant growth regulating agent comprising a suitable Bacillus, spore, culture and suspension thereof and a plant growth stunting agent, wherein the composition does not contain ATCC 55675.
A composition for enhancing the activity of an agriculturally effective active ingredient comprising an aqueous mixture comprising:
- (a) an agriculturally effective active ingredient selected from the group consisting of a plant growth regulating agent, herbicide, systemic fungicide, and a systemic insecticide;
- and (b) an enhancer selected from the group consisting of spores, cultures, or suspensions of a suitable Bacillus or soil bacteria at a pH sufficiently less than 7 to maintain said enhancer in spore form, provided that the composition does not contain plant growth hormones when said plant growth regulating agent is a plant growth stunting agent.
A nonliquid composition comprising:
- a nonliquid mixture of (a) an agriculturally effective active ingredient selected from the group consisting of a plant growth stunting agent, ethephon, a plant growth hormone, naphthalenacetic acid, sodium ortho-nitrophenolate, sodium para-nitrophenolate, sodium 5-nitro-guaicolate, polyhydroxycarboxylic acids of 2, 4, 5, and 6 carbon structures, and a herbicide;
- and (b) an enhancer containing spores or cultures of a suitable Bacillus or soil bacteria, provided that the composition does not contain plant growth hormones when a plant growth stunting agent is the active ingredient.
A method for increasing the number of fruiting sites on a fruiting plant by
- a. diluting a composition containing (a) an agriculturally effective active ingredient of a plant growth regulating agent;
- and (b) an enhancer containing spores of a suitable Bacillus or soil bacteria at a pH of less than 7 and sufficiently low to maintain said Bacillus in spore form, and
- b. applying the diluted composition to foliage of a plant containing fruiting sites.
A method for enhancing the effectiveness of an agriculturally effective active ingredient by applying to a plant (a) an agriculturally effective active ingredient of a plant growth stunting agent, ethephon, or a herbicide;
- and (b) an enhancer selected from the group consisting of spores, cultures, or suspensions of a suitable Bacillus or soil bacteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.