Bio-stimulant for improved plant growth and development
AssigneeDonaghys Industries Limited
InventorTimothy Allen Jenkins
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Abstract
A bio-stimulant composition for obtaining improved plant growth, either combined or uncombined with urea and/or other agricultural compounds, as well of methods of producing and using said composition.
Claims20
A plant biostimulant composition effective in improving plant growth or plant development comprising a fermentation broth formulated for foliar application, wherein the fermentation broth comprises a mixture of cellular components from one or more strains of bacteria and one or more strains of yeast which have been grown in a broth to a range of about 106 to about 1016 cfu/ml and then lysed in the broth;
- wherein the bacteria are selected from the group consisting of Lactobaccillus, Streptococcus, and Propionibacter strains;
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- wherein the yeast are selected from the group consisting of Saccharomyces, Candida, Pichia, Hanseniaspora, Metschnikowia, Issatchenkia, Kluyveromyces, and Kloeckera strains.
A method effective in improving plant growth or plant development comprising a step of:
- applying to a plant a plant biostimulant composition comprising:
- a fermentation broth formulated for foliar application, wherein the fermentation broth comprises a mixture of cellular components from one or more strains of bacteria and one or more strains of yeast which have been grown in a broth to a range of about 106 to about 1010 cfu/ml and then lysed in the broth;
- wherein the bacteria are selected from the group consisting of Lactobaccillus, Streptococcus, and Propionibacter strains;
- and
- wherein the yeast are selected from the group consisting of Saccharomyces, Candida, Pichia, Hanseniaspora, Metschnikowia, Issatchenkia, Kluyveromyces, and Kloeckera strains.
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