ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,656, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Microbial compositions and methods" was invented by Maria Mercedes Diaz Arias (St. Louis), Kenneth L. Ferreira (Wentzville, Mo.), Christopher J. Grandlic (San Diego), Linda L. Lutfiyya (St. Louis), Ryan T. McCann (San Diego), Scott R. Schaecher (Webster Groves, Mo.) and Jeffrey M. Stein (Wildwood, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microbial compositions for application to plants, plant parts and plant seeds are provided for improvement of plant disease resistance and/or other beneficial plant traits, particularly resistance or tolerance to soybean sudden d...