Method of reducing nitrous oxide emissions from a plant growth substrate

US9266786B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• AUBURN UNIVERSITY · US
• TENFOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph W. Kloepper · Auburn, US
• Pamela Calvo Velez · Auburn, US
• Henry Allen Torbert, III · Auburn, US
• Dexter B Watts · Tallassee, US
• Robert N. Ames · Pilot Point, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/21
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of modulating and in particular, reducing nitrous oxide emission from a substrate for growing on or more plants by applying a microbial based soil additive and a fertilizer blend to the substrate.