Bacillus Megaterium as Drought/Salt Inducer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016113288-A1
Application number	US-201614992295-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 11, 2016
Priority date	Aug 14, 2012
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are method of induce plant drought and/or salinity tolerance using microbes such as Bacillus , and particularly Bacillus megaterium cultures responsible for controlling plant drought and/or salinity tolerance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for inducing drought tolerance in a plant comprising:
contacting said plant and/or its seed and/or its growth substrate with a whole cell broth, supernatant, filtrate, extract, or cell fraction obtained from Bacillus megaterium , an amount of said composition effective to increase said drought and/or salt tolerance of said plant.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of strawberry, squash, cucumber, tomato, rose, pepper eggplant, grapevine, cotton, onion, garlic, wheat, soy, corn and rice.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transplanting said plant into said growth substrate.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein prior to transplanting said plant into said growth substrate, one or more roots of said plant are treated with said composition.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said Bacillus megaterium is Bacillus megaterium strain H491 (NRRL Accession No. B-50769).

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said Bacillus megaterium is Bacillus megaterium strain M018 (NRRL Accession No. B-50770).

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said, Bacillus megaterium is Bacillus megaterium strain J142 (NRRL Accession No. B-50771).

Assignees

• Marrone Bio Innovations Inc

Inventors

• Cordova-Kreylos Ana Lucia
• Todd Carly
• Wilk Debora

Classifications

• C12P7/40

  containing a carboxyl group {including Peroxycarboxylic acids} · CPC title

• A01N63/00 Primary

  Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, animals or substances produced by, or obtained from, microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi or animals, e.g. enzymes or fermentates (containing compounds of determined constitution A01N27/00 - A01N59/00; unicellular algae A01N65/03) · CPC title

• C12R2001/11

  Bacillus megaterium · CPC title

• C12N1/205 Primary

  Bacterial isolates · CPC title

• C12N1/20 Primary

  Bacteria; Culture media therefor · CPC title