Root stimulating bacteria

US5629468A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• University of Tennessee Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Otto Schwarz · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
• John Austin Burns · Wildwood, US
• Beth C. Mullin · Knoxville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 1994
• Grant date: May 13, 1997
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12R2001/01
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A bacteria which stimulates root production, or an extract in which the bacteria had been growing, is contacted to a portion of a plant other than a root. The root stimulating bacteria (RSB) or the extract induces the formation of roots in the plant. The RSB is well suited for inducing rooting in difficult to root species such as conifers of the Pinus genus. The RSB, the extract, the medium in which the RSB grows, the method for use of the RSB or the extract to induce rooting, and the plants treated with the RSB or the extract comprise the current invention.