US Patent Issued to NewLeaf Symbiotics on Sept. 23 for "Methods and compositions for controlling root lesion nematodes" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,310, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NewLeaf Symbiotics Inc. (St. Louis).

"Methods and compositions for controlling root lesion nematodes" was invented by Natalie Breakfield (St. Louis) and Gregg Bogosian (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions comprising Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp., as well as cell-free culture supernatants, fractions, and concentrates obtained from the Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp. Also provided are related methods for controlling RLN infections of plants, and methods of making the compositions."

The pat...