Trichoderma microsclerotia and methods of making

US9642372B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA—EMBRAPA · BR

Inventors

• Mark A. Jackson · Rochester, US
• Gabriel M. Mascarin · Goiânia, BR
• Nilce Naomi Kobori · Goiânia, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2015
• Grant date: May 9, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N1/14
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is an invention that relates to the formation of microsclerotial propagules by mycoparasitic fungi and the use of those microsclerotia for plant disease control. Representative microsclerotia propagules formed are from fungal species Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma lignorum, Trichoderma viridae, Trichoderma reesei, Trichoderma koningii, Trichoderma pseudokoningii, Trichoderma polysporum, Trichoderma hamatum, and Trichoderma asperellum.