US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey on Dec. 23 for "Endophytic microbes for growth promotion of crop plants and suppression of aggressive invasive plant species" (New Jersey, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,901, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.) and U.S. Geological Survey (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Endophytic microbes for growth promotion of crop plants and suppression of aggressive invasive plant species" was invented by James F. White (New Brunswick, N.J.), Kurt P. Kowalski (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kathryn L. Kingsley (Robbinsville, N.J.) and Matthew T. Elmore (East Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Endophytic bacteria, compositions comprising the same, and methods of use thereof are disclosed which suppress growth of aggressive, invasive weed species which grow in t...