Seed treatment methods and compositions

US8992653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S · DK

Inventors

• R. Stewart Smith · Pewaukee, US
• Ahsan Habib · Roanoke, US
• John Kosanke · Waukesha, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C05F11/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating seed at least one month prior to planting with an effective amount of a plant signal molecule, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to plants harvested from untreated seed, or compared to plants harvested from seed treated with the signal molecule just prior to or within a week or less of planting.