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US 9,809,812 B2Granted
Methods of screening for microorganisms that impart beneficial properties to plants
AssigneeBiodiscovery New Zealand Limited
InventorsPeter John Wigley, Susan Jane Turner, Caroline Elizabeth George
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for the screening, identification and/or application of microorganisms and/or compositions of use in imparting beneficial properties to plants, and microorganisms and compositions identified therefrom.
Claims21
A method for the selection of one or more microorganisms capable of imparting one or more beneficial phenotypes to a plant, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) subjecting one or more plants to a growth medium in the presence of a first set of one or more microorganisms;
- b) selecting one or more seeds from the one or more plants of step a) based upon one or more desirable traits exhibited by the plant relative to other plants of said one or more plants;
- c) acquiring a second set of one or more microorganisms from said one or more seeds selected in step b);
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- d) repeating steps a) to c) one or more times, wherein the second set of one or more microorganisms acquired in step c) is used as the first set of microorganisms in step a) of any successive repeat.
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