ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,018, issued on April 29, was assigned to Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium), VIB VZW (Ghent, Belgium) and ILVO (Merelbeke, Belgium).
"Plant growth promoting microbial compositions" was invented by Sofie Goormachtig (Ghent, Belgium), Stien Beirinckx (Ghent, Belgium) and Jane Debode (Merelbeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of sustainable agriculture. Specifically, the invention provides microbial compositions and methods useful for the production of crop plants. In particular, the compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful for enhancing plant growth and/or plant yield as wel...