Plants containing beneficial endophytes

US10271554B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH · AT

Inventors

• Birgit Mitter · Hinterbrühl, AT
• Muhammad Naveed · Faisalabad, PK
• Teresa Berninger · Wien, AT
• Stephane Compant · Wien, AT
• Angela Sessitsch · Wien, AT
• Geoffrey von Maltzahn · Boston, US
• Richard Bailey Flavell · Thousand Oaks, US
• Gerardo V. Toledo · Belmont, US
• Slavica Djonovic · Malden, US
• Luis Miguel Marquez · Belmont, US
• David Morris Johnston · Cambridge, US
• Yves Millet · Newton, US
• Jeffrey Lyford · Cambridge, US
• Jonathan W. Leff · Cambridge, US
• Phillip Samayoa · Cambridge, US
• Craig Sadowski · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/0098
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed, seedling or plant by producing seeds that are internally colonized with endophytes. Beneficial endophytes with particular characteristics are provided. These may be used in the methods described to provide a benefit to a seed, seedling or plant.