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METHODS OF USE OF SEED-ORIGIN ENDOPHYTE POPULATIONS

  • US 20170164619A1
  • Filed: 02/17/2017
  • Published: 06/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating seeds of a cereal agricultural plant, comprising mechanically or manually inoculating a plurality of cereal agricultural plant seeds with an agricultural formulation comprising an agriculturally acceptable carrier and a purified bacterial population that comprises a seed bacterial endophyte of the genus Enterobacter that is heterologous to the seed, and has a 16S nucleic acid sequence that is at least 97% identical to a 16S nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:

  • 541, 595, 540, 550, 545 and 548, wherein the endophyte is heterologously disposed to the seed in an amount effective to colonize a plant germinated from the inoculated seed and to increase tolerance to drought of the inoculated seed as compared to a reference seed sowed under the same conditions, wherein the plant germinated from the inoculated seed has increased growth as compared to a plant germinated from the reference seed.

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