ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,926, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Valagro S.P.A. (Atessa, Italy).
"Composition and uses thereof in agriculture" was invented by Alessandro Biasone (Pescara, Italy), Donata Di Tommaso (Mozzagrogna, Italy), Giovanni Povero (Lanciano, Italy), Vincenzo Lorito (Guglionesi, Italy) and Alberto Piaggesi (Francavilla Al Mare, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a composition based on algal and/or plant extracts and its use in agriculture to improve water use efficiency and/or water productivity in plants and/or agricultural water management thus resulting in increased yield of crop plants per unit water ...