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- the present invention generally relates to bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and inoculums comprising the same.
- the invention is also directed to plant seeds coated with the inoculums, kits comprising the inoculums and methods for stimulating plant growth by using the claimed bacterial cultures and/or inoculums.
- Plant growth-promoting bacteria are associated with many, if not all, plant species and are commonly present in many environments.
- the most widely studied group of PGPB is plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which colonize the root surfaces and the closely adhering soil interface, the rhizosphere.
- PGPR plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
- Inside the rhizosphere is a zone where bacteria, fungi, and other organisms compete for nutrients and for binding to the root structures of the plant. Both detrimental and beneficial bacteria can occupy the plant's roots.
- PGPB plant growth-promoting bacteria
- These free living bacteria promote plant growth in agricultural crops and lead to increased growth and yield at harvest.
- the bacteria that colonize the roots and maintain their benefits throughout the growth cycle of the plant are especially desired for application during early growth or as a seed coating agent to agricultural crops.
- PGPBs The mechanisms that PGPBs use in promoting plant growth are diverse and often plant- or cultivar-specific.
- Several PGPB growth-promoting mechanisms are known, which can influence the plant in a direct or indirect manner.
- the direct mechanism involves increasing plant growth by supplying the plant with nutrients and hormones, such as by fixing nitrogen that is available to plants, synthesizing phytohormones, and providing nutrients such as phosphate to the plant.
- the indirect mechanism of action for PGPB occurs through the ability to control detrimental fungal and bacterial pathogens from establishing or surviving within the rhizosphere. This is usually achieved through the beneficial secretion of antifungals and other antibiotics by the PGPB.
- PGPBs can also lead to extensive remodeling of the plant root systems.
- the present invention is directed to a biologically pure bacterial culture wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is: (a) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819); (b) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817); (c) Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v); (d) Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820); (e) Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822); or (f) Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821). Also provided are biologically pure bacterial cultures wherein bacteria in the bacterial cultures are mutants of any of the foregoing strains comprising one or more mutations which retain the ability to promote plant growth.
- the present invention is also directed to an inoculum for application to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium, wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a biologically pure bacterial culture disclosed herein and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
- Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for stimulating plant growth by applying the biologically pure bacterial culture or the inoculum as disclosed herein to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
- the present invention also provides a method for stimulating plant growth by applying glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, polyol, or a combination thereof to a plant growth medium, and applying at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum to a plant or plant seed in the plant growth medium, or to the plant growth medium, wherein the at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum is capable of stimulating plant growth.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a provision of a plant seed coated with the inoculum or with the bacterial culture disclosed herein.
- kits for stimulating plant growth comprising an inoculum disclosed herein and instructions for applying the inoculum to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium.
- a “biologically pure bacterial culture” refers to a culture of bacteria containing no other bacterial species in quantities sufficient to interfere with the replication of the culture or be detected by normal bacteriological techniques. Stated another way, it is a culture wherein virtually all of the bacterial cells present are of the selected strain.
- Rhizosphere is used interchangeably with “root zone” to denote that segment of the soil that surrounds the roots of a plant and is influenced by them.
- inoculant as described in this invention is defined in several Federal, or State regulations as (1) “soil or plant inoculants shall include any carrier or culture of a specific micro-organism or mixture of micro-organisms represented to improve the soil or the growth, quality, or yield of plants, and shall also include any seed or fertilizer represented to be inoculated with such a culture” (New York State 10-A Consolidated Law); (2) “substances other than fertilizers, manufactured, sold or represented for use in the improvement of the physical condition of the soil or to aid plant growth or crop yields” (Canada Fertilizers Act); (3) “a formulation containing pure or predetermined mixtures of living bacteria, fungi or virus particles for the treatment of seed, seedlings or other plant propagation material for the purpose of enhancing the growth capabilities or disease resistance or otherwise altering the properties of the eventual plants or crop” (Ad hoc European Working Group, 1997) or (4) “meaning any chemical or biological substance of mixture of substances or device distributed in this state to be applied to soil, plants or seeds
- the term “effective amount” refers to a quantity which is sufficient to result in a statistically significant increase of growth and/or of protein yield and/or of grain yield of a plant as compared to the growth, protein yield and grain yield of the control-treated plant.
- promoting plant growth and “stimulating plant growth” are used interchangeably herein, and refer to the ability to enhance or increase at least one of the plant's height, weight, leaf size, root size, or stem size, to increase protein yield from the plant or to increase grain yield of the plant.
- the present invention relates to biologically pure bacterial cultures of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) wherein the bacteria, i.e. the bacterial strain in each of the bacterial cultures, are selected from the group consisting of Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819), Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817), Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v), Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820), Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822), and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821).
- the foregoing strains were deposited with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) on Mar. 11, 2013, and are identified by the NRRL numbers provided in parentheses.
- the present strains were isolated from rhizospheres of various vigorous plants, and were shown to be most promising among a large number of isolates by in vitro culturing and application to plants.
- the novel strains disclosed herein were identified by 16S RNA sequencing and biochemical assays.
- Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1;
- Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2;
- Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3;
- Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4;
- Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 9
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- the foregoing bacterial strains were identified at least to their genus designation by means of conventional biochemistry and morphological indicators. Furthermore, the biochemical assays for confirmed Gram-negative strains such as Paracoccus kondratievae and Enterobacter cloacae included growth on MacConkey medium and nutrient agar, microscopic examination, growth on 5% and 7.5% NaCl medium, growth at pH 5 and pH 9, growth at 42° C.
- the biochemical assays for confirmed Gram-positive strains such as Bacillus included growth on MacConkey medium and nutrient agar, microscopic examination, growth on 5% and 7.5% NaCl medium, growth at pH 5 and pH 9, growth at 42° C.
- the present invention also relates to a biologically pure bacterial culture wherein bacteria, i.e. the bacterial strain in the bacterial culture, are mutants of any of the foregoing bacterial strains, which comprises one or more mutations that retain the ability to promote plant growth.
- bacteria i.e. the bacterial strain in the bacterial culture
- mutants of any of the foregoing bacterial strains which comprises one or more mutations that retain the ability to promote plant growth.
- the mutant of any of the foregoing strains will be capable of promoting plant growth when compared to plants to which the mutant was not applied.
- the following assays can be used, either individually or in concert, to identify mutant strains, which are capable under gnotobiotic conditions to increase leaf area in 3- to 4-week old whole plants (beaker assay), to increase shoot length or shoot dry weight (soil-plate assay), or to increase root length, root dry weight, shoot dry weight and shoot length (growth pouch assay), which are positively correlated with the ability to promote growth directly in whole plants grown in raw (nonsterilized) soil.
- Beaker Assay a mixture of field soil and perlite is sterilized, e.g., by gamma-irradiation (about 1 mRad has proved suitable).
- Samples of the mix are transferred aseptically to sterile, covered beakers, to which enough water or nutrient solution is added to achieve a moisture content of roughly 25%.
- Surface-sterilized seed of a test plant such as rape ( Brassica napus and Brassica campestris ), radish, wheat, soybean, corn or cotton, are then shown (1 seed per beaker) after briefly incubating in an aqueous bacterial cell suspension of the strain under study.
- Petri plates are filled with ground, air-dried soil that has been sterilized by autoclaving, gamma-irradiation, etc. The soil in each plate is then moistened and left covered overnight to assure a uniform moisture distribution through the soil. Inoculated (test) and control seeds, as described above, are thereafter shown in each plate, some six to eight seeds per plate at about 1 cm depth, and grown in the dark under appropriate conditions of temperature and humidity until shoots develop. At the end of incubation, the shoot lengths are determined.
- cellophane containers of the type heretofore used as seed-pack growth pouches are filled with a small volume of deionized water or mineral solution and autoclaved to assure sterility.
- Test seeds incubated in a bacterial suspension, as previously described, and control seeds not exposed to the bacteria are aseptically shown, about six seeds to a pouch, respectively, and are germinated in the dark under suitable, controlled conditions.
- the pouches are opened and the seedling root length, root dry weight, shoot length and shoot dry weight determined for both tests and controls.
- the mutant strains can be tested as shown in the Examples for any of the foregoing bacterial strains with respect to the ability to promote plant growth.
- the present invention is also directed to an inoculum for application to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium, wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a biologically pure bacterial culture of Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819), Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817), Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v), Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820), Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822), Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821), or a mutant of any of the foregoing strains, and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
- Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819)
- Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NR
- the inoculum of the present invention can include an effective amount of a mixture comprising at least two biologically pure bacterial cultures described herein.
- the mixture of two biologically pure bacterial cultures can include Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Paracoccus kondratieva
- An inoculum which includes an effective amount of a mixture of three bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures can include Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 , Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 , Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 , Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 , Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 ; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 , Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Paracoccus kond
- the following mixtures of bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures are favorable for use in stimulating plant growth. They include, without limitation, mixtures of: (1) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53; (2) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56; (3) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus flexus CAP54; (4) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus nealsonii BOBA57; (5) Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56; and (6) Bacillus flexus CAP54 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56.
- Rhizobacteria are root-colonizing bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with many plants, and as such are useful in promoting plant growth. Accordingly, any of the inoculums of the present invention regardless of whether they contains a single bacterial strain disclosed herein or a mixture of two or more such bacterial strains can also include an effective amount of rhizobacteria.
- rhizobacteria can be present as a biologically pure bacterial culture.
- rhizobacteria that are used in the inoculums of the present invention can include two or more strains of rhizobacteria.
- the rhizobacteria can include Bradyrhizobium genus bacteria, Rhizobium genus bacteria, or a combination thereof.
- the Bradirhizobium genus bacteria can comprise Bradyrhizobium japonicum
- the Rhizobium genus bacteria can comprise Rhizobium phaseoli, Rhizobium leguminosarum , or a combination thereof.
- rhizobacteria in the present compositions and methods is especially advantageous in so-called “virgin soils” which do not contain an indigenous population of PGPB such as nitrogen fixing rhizobia . This may occur e.g. where nitrogen-fixing legume crops have not been previously or recently grown.
- an inoculum of the present invention also comprises an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
- the carrier can include a dispersant, a surfactant, an additive, water, a thickener, an anti-caking agent, residue breakdown, a composting formulation, a granular application, diatomaceous earth, an oil, a coloring agent, a stabilizer, a preservative, a polymer, a coating, or a combination thereof.
- the additive can comprise an oil, a gum, a resin, a clay, a polyoxyethylene glycol, a terpene, a viscid organic, a fatty acid ester, a sulfated alcohol, an alkyl sulfonate, a petroleum sulfonate, an alcohol sulfate, a sodium alkyl butane diamate, a polyester of sodium thiobutant dioate, a benzene acetonitrile derivative, a proteinaceous material, or a combination thereof.
- the proteinaceous material can include a milk product, wheat flour, soybean meal, blood, albumin, gelatin, or a combination thereof.
- the thickener can comprise a long chain alkylsulfonate of polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene oleate, or a combination thereof.
- the surfactant can contain a heavy petroleum oil, a heavy petroleum distillate, a polyol fatty acid ester, a polyethoxylated fatty acid ester, an aryl alkyl polyoxyethylene glycol, an alkyl amine acetate, an alkyl aryl sulfonate, a polyhydric alcohol, an alkyl phosphate, or a combination thereof.
- the anti-caking agent can include a sodium salt such as a sodium sulfite, a sodium sulfate, a sodium salt of monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium salt of dimethyl naphthalene sulfonate, or a combination thereof; or a calcium salt such as calcium carbonate, diatomaceous earth, or a combination thereof.
- a sodium salt such as a sodium sulfite, a sodium sulfate, a sodium salt of monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium salt of dimethyl naphthalene sulfonate, or a combination thereof
- a calcium salt such as calcium carbonate, diatomaceous earth, or a combination thereof.
- Any agriculturally acceptable carrier can be used.
- Such carriers include, but are not limited to, vermiculite, charcoal, sugar factory carbonation press mud, rice husk, carboxymethyl cellulose, peat, perlite, fine sand, calcium carbonate, flour, alum, a starch, talc, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or a combination thereof.
- Inoculants can be prepared as solid, liquid or powdered formulations as is known in the art.
- the inoculum of the present invention can be formulated as a seed coating formulation, a liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, or a solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium.
- the inoculum When the inoculum is prepared as a liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, it can be prepared in a concentrated formulation or a working form formulation.
- the seed coating formulation of the present invention is an aqueous or oil-based solution for application to seeds.
- the inoculum of the present invention When the inoculum of the present invention is prepared as a solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, it can be prepared as a granular formulation or a powder agent.
- the seed coating formulation can be a powder or granular formulation for application to seeds.
- the inoculum can further include an agrochemical such as a fertilizer, a micronutrient fertilizer material, an insecticide, a herbicide, a plant growth amendment, a fungicide, a molluscicide, an algicide, a bacterial inoculant, a fungal inoculant, or a combination thereof.
- the fertilizer is a liquid fertilizer.
- the agrochemical can either be applied to a plant growth medium or to plants and/or seeds.
- Liquid fertilizer can include, without limitation, ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate nitrate, ammonium chloride, ammonium bisulfate, ammonium polysulfide, ammonium thiosulfate, aqueous ammonia, anhydrous ammonia, ammonium polyphosphate, aluminum sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium sulfate, calcined magnesite, calcitic limestone, calcium oxide, calcium nitrate, dolomitic limestone, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate, diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, potassium magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, sodium nitrates, magnesian limestone, magnesia, urea, urea-formaldehydes, urea am
- the micronutrient fertilizer material can comprise boric acid, a borate, a boron frit, copper sulfate, a copper frit, a copper chelate, a sodium tetraborate decahydrate, an iron sulfate, an iron oxide, iron ammonium sulfate, an iron frit, an iron chelate, a manganese sulfate, a manganese oxide, a manganese chelate, a manganese chloride, a manganese frit, a sodium molybdate, molybdic acid, a zinc sulfate, a zinc oxide, a zinc carbonate, a zinc frit, zinc phosphate, a zinc chelate, or a combination thereof.
- the insecticide can include an organophosphate, a carbamate, a pyrethroid, an acaricide, an alkyl phthalate, boric acid, a borate, a fluoride, sulfur, a haloaromatic substituted urea, a hydrocarbon ester, a biologically-based insecticide, or a combination thereof.
- the herbicide can comprise a chlorophenoxy compound, a nitrophenolic compound, a nitrocresolic compound, a dipyridyl compound, an acetamide, an aliphatic acid, an anilide, a benzamide, a benzoic acid, a benzoic acid derivative, anisic acid, an anisic acid derivative, a benzonitrile, benzothiadiazinone dioxide, a thiocarbamate, a carbamate, a carbanilate, chloropyridinyl, a cyclohexenone derivative, a dinitroaminobenzene derivative, a fluorodinitrotoluidine compound, isoxazolidinone, nicotinic acid, isopropylamine, an isopropylamine derivative, oxadiazolinone, a phosphate, a phthalate, a picolinic acid compound, a triazine, a triazole, a uracil, a
- the fungicide can comprise a substituted benzene, a thiocarbamate, an ethylene bis dithiocarbamate, a thiophthalidamide, a copper compound, an organomercury compound, an organotin compound, a cadmium compound, anilazine, benomyl, cyclohexamide, dodine, etridiazole, iprodione, metlaxyl, thiamimefon, triforine, or a combination thereof.
- the fungal inoculant can comprise a fungal inoculant of the family Glomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Claroidoglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Gigasporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Acaulosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Sacculosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Entrophosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Pacidsporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Diversisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Paraglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Archaeosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Geosiphonaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Ambisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Scutellosporaceae, a fun
- the bacterial inoculant can include a bacterial inoculant of the genus Rhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bradyrhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mesorhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azorhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Allorhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Sinorhizobium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Kluyvera , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azotobacter , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Pseudomonas , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azospirillium , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus , a bacterial inoculant of the genus Str
- All of the biologically pure bacterial cultures and inoculums of the present invention can be used in methods for stimulating plant growth. Such methods include applying the foregoing cultures and inoculums to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium in order to stimulate growth of the plant.
- Techniques for applying inoculants to plants are known in the art, including appropriate modes of administration, frequency of administration, dosages, and the like.
- the inoculant can be applied to the soil prior to, contemporaneously with, or after sowing seeds, after planting, or after plants have emerged from the ground.
- the inoculant can also be applied to seeds themselves prior to or at the time of planting (e.g., packaged seed may be sold with the inoculant already applied).
- the inoculant can also be applied to the plant after it has emerged from the ground, or to the leaves, stems, roots, or other parts of the plant.
- the method for stimulating plant growth can include applying a substance such as glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, or polyol to the plant growth medium.
- a substance such as glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, or polyol
- Any of the polyols can be used, with the preferred one being mannitol.
- yeast extract Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a preferred yeast starting material, although several other yeast strains may be useful to produce yeast ferment materials used in the compositions and methods described herein.
- yeast strains that can be used instead of or in addition to Saccharomyces cerevisiae include Kluyveromyces marxianus, Kluyveromyces lactis, Candida utilis (Torula yeast), Zygosaccharomyces, Pichia pastoris , and Hansanula polymorpha , and others known to those skilled in the art.
- At least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum of the present invention can be applied to a plant or plant seed in the plant growth medium, or to the plant growth medium.
- the inoculum is applied to the plant growth medium as a solid or liquid formulation.
- the bacterial culture or inoculum and the chemical can be applied contemporaneously or at separate times. The exact order is not of great relevance, and the optimal combination can be determined empirically by one of ordinary skill in the art without due experimentation.
- the inoculum or bacterial culture and the substance are administered concurrently, (2) the inoculum or bacterial culture is administered on a separate occasion after the substance is added to a plant growth medium, (3) the inoculum or bacterial culture is administered on a separate occasion prior to the substance being added to a plant growth medium, and the like.
- the results of such and similar experimental designs can easily demonstrate the most suitable methods for application of the bacterial strain or inoculum and the substance.
- the bacterial culture or inoculum of the present invention can be applied to a plant growth medium prior to, concurrently with, or after planting of seeds, seedlings, cuttings, bulbs, or plants in the plant growth medium.
- the plant growth medium includes soil, water, an aqueous solution, sand, gravel, a polysaccharide, mulch, compost, peat moss, straw, logs, clay, or a combination thereof.
- the plant growth medium is soil or compost.
- the plant growth medium can be stored for future planting.
- the plant can be a dicotyledon, a monocotyledon or a gymnosperm.
- the dicotyledon can be selected from the group consisting of bean, pea, tomato, pepper, squash, alfalfa, almond, aniseseed, apple, apricot, arracha, artichoke, avocado, bambara groundnut, beet, bergamot, black pepper, black wattle, blackberry, blueberry, bitter orange, bok-choi, Brazil nut, breadfruit, broccoli, broad bean, Brussels sprouts, buckwheat, cabbage, camelina, Chinese cabbage, cacao, cantaloupe, caraway seeds, cardoon, carob, carrot, cashew nuts, cassava, castor bean, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, cherry, chestnut, chickpea, chicory, chili pepper, chrysanthemum , cinnamon, citron, clementine, clove, clover, coffee, cola nut, colza, corn, cotton, cottonseed, cowpea, crambe , cranberry, cress, cucumber, currant, custard
- the dicotyledon can be from a family selected from the group consisting of Acanthaceae (acanthus), Aceraceae (maple), Achariaceae, Achatocarpaceae (achatocarpus), Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry), Adoxaceae (moschatel), Aextoxicaceae, Aizoaceae (fig marigold), Akaniaceae, Alangiaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Alzateaceae, Amaranthaceae (amaranth), Amborellaceae, Anacardiaceae (sumac), Ancistrocladaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Annonaceae (custard apple), Apiaceae (carrot), Apocynaceae (dogbane), Aquifoliaceae (holly), Araliaceae ( ginseng ), Aristolochiaceae (birthwort), Asclepiadaceae (milkweed), Asterace
- the monocotyledon can be selected from the group consisting of corn, wheat, oat, rice, barley, millet, banana, onion, garlic, asparagus, ryegrass, millet, fonio, raishan, nipa grass, turmeric, saffron, galangal, chive, cardamom, date palm, pineapple, shallot, leek, scallion, water chestnut, ramp, Job's tears, bamboo, ragi, spotless watermeal, arrowleaf elephant ear, Tahitian spinach, abaca, areca , bajra, betel nut, broom millet, broom sorghum, citronella, coconut, cocoyam, maize, dasheen, durra, durum wheat, edo, fique, formio, ginger, orchard grass, esparto grass, Sudan grass, guinea corn, Manila hemp, henequen, hybrid maize, jowar
- the monocotyledon can be selected from a family selected from the group consisting of Acoraceae (calamus), Agavaceae (century plant), Alismataceae (water plantain), Aloeaceae (aloe), Aponogetonaceae (cape pondweed), Araceae ( arum ), Arecaceae (palm), Bromeliaceae (bromeliad), Burmanniaceae (burmannia), Butomaceae (flowering rush), Cannaceae ( canna ), Centrolepidaceae, Commelinaceae (spiderwort), Corsiaceae, Costaceae (costus), Cyanastraceae, Cyclanthaceae (Panama hat), Cymodoceaceae (manatee grass), Cyperaceae (sedge), Dioscoreaceae (yam), Eriocaulaceae (pipewort), Flagellariaceae, Geosiridaceae, Haem
- the gymnosperm can be selected from a family selected from the group consisting of Araucariaceae, Boweniaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae, Cycadaceae, Ephedraceae, Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Welwitschiaceae, and Zamiaceae.
- the stimulation of plant growth achieved by the present methods can be measured and demonstrated in a number of ways. Stimulation of plant growth can be shown in instances wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 5%, by at least about 10%, by at least about 15% or by at least about 20% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant. Also, stimulation of plant growth can be shown in instances wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 5%, by at least about 10%, by at least about 15% or by at least about 20% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
- the present invention is also directed to plant seeds, which are coated with any of the inoculums or bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of the present invention.
- the seed can be from any of the plants discussed in the foregoing sections belonging to monocotyledons, dicotyledons or gymnosperms.
- the bacterial inoculant or culture can be applied to the seeds through the use of a suitable coating mechanism prior to the seeds being sold into commerce for planting.
- the process of coating seeds with such an inoculum is generally well known to those skilled in the art.
- the bacteria can be mixed with a porous, chemically inert granular carrier as described by U.S. Pat. No. 4,875,921, which is incorporated herein by reference with respect to such carriers.
- the bacterial inoculant can be prepared with or without a carrier and sold as a separate inoculant to be inserted directly into the furrows into which the seed is planted.
- the process for inserting such inoculants directly into the furrows during seed planting is also generally well known in the art.
- the density of inoculation of these bacterial cultures onto seeds or into the furrows should be sufficient to populate the sub-soil region adjacent to the roots of the plant with viable bacterial growth.
- kits for stimulating plant growth which include an inoculum as described herein, and instructions for applying the inoculum to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium.
- Kits containing inoculants of the invention will typically include one or more containers of the inoculant, and printed instructions for using the inoculant for promoting plant growth.
- the kit can also include tools or instruments for reconstituting, measuring, mixing, or applying the inoculant, and will vary in accordance with the particular formulation and intended use of the inoculant.
- bacteria provide a good system in which to select mutations for desired characteristics. It is possible to force such mutations through proper selection of desirable traits, while retaining the desired plant growth-promoting capabilities in bacteria.
- traits that may be desirable to induce in bacterial strains disclosed herein by forcing mutations without affecting plant growth promotion include, but are not limited to, antibiotic resistance, heavy metal resistance, tolerance to heat and cold, high and low salt tolerance, metabolic deficiencies (such as requirements for certain amino acids), metabolic gain-of-function (such as the ability to metabolize polysaccharides or plastic compounds), ability to withstand desiccation, resistance to UV radiation, tolerance of man-made chemicals, ability to bind more tightly to plant roots, higher affinity for plants, increased ability to colonize plants, motility, ability to accept recombinant DNA, and ability to express exogenous proteins.
- antibiotic resistance heavy metal resistance, tolerance to heat and cold, high and low salt tolerance
- metabolic deficiencies such as requirements for certain amino acids
- metabolic gain-of-function such as the ability to metabolize polysaccharides or plastic compounds
- Soil samples from rhizospheres of the healthiest and most resistant potato ( Solanum tuberosum ), yellow summer squash ( Cucurbita pepo ), tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ), and pole bean ( Phaseolus coccineus ) plants were collected, diluted in sterile water, and spread onto nutrient agar plates. Bacterial isolates that demonstrated high growth rates and were able to be passaged and propagated were selected for further study.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten lettuce seeds per treatment were planted at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting in 4 cm pots with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. After one week, plant heights and leaf diameters, as well as overall health of the plants were collected. Initial screening of rhizosphere isolates resulted in obtaining greater than 200 distinct species of bacteria and fungi from the rhizosphere of the four plants. Some of the bacterial species are described in Table 2. Identified strains are indicated by their proper bacterial identifications. Other strains are indicated by their unknown identification number. Inoculants giving results near control (+/ ⁇ 2%) were left out of the table.
- Bacterial strains that produced the greatest effect on the overall plant health and plant height in the initial lettuce trial were subjected to further identification. Bacterial strains were grown overnight in Luria Bertani broth at 37° C., and overnight cultures were spun down in a centrifuge. Media was decanted and the remaining bacterial pellet was subjected to chromosomal DNA isolation using the Qiagen Bacterial Chromosomal DNA Isolation kit.
- Chromosomal DNA was subjected to PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA coding regions using the primers E338F 5′-ACT CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC AGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 7), E1099R A 5′-GGG TTG CGC TCG TTG C-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 8), and E1099R B 5′-GGG TTG CGC TCG TTA C-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 9).
- PCR amplicons were purified using a Promega PCR purification kit, and the resultant amplicons were diluted and sent to the University of Missouri DNA Core for DNA sequencing.
- DNA sequences were compared to the NCBI BLAST database of bacterial isolates, and genus and species were identified by direct comparison to known strains. Top identified species are indicated in Table 2. In many cases, 16S rRNA DNA sequences were only able to delineate the genus of the selected bacterial strain. In cases where a direct identification was not forthcoming, additional biochemistry analyses, using methods standard in the field, were performed to differentiate strains at the species and strain levels, and are listed in Table 3.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and bacteria resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten Zeba-coated alfalfa seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 0.6 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Alfalfa was allowed to grow for 1 week to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 4.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten cucumber seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Cucumbers were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 5.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten yellow squash seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Squash was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications, final height data, and final leaf diameter data are listed in Table 6.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Thirty ryegrass seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 0.3 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Ryegrass was allowed to grow for 1.5 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and height data are listed in Table 7.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten corn seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Corn was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 8.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight, or for Bradyrhizobium or Rhizobium on yeast mannitol media). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten soybean seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- minimal media KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. When testing two bacterial strains, 0.5 ⁇ l of each resuspended bacteria was mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O. Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten soybean seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O alone, into 10 ml of H 2 O with 0.5 ⁇ l glycerol, into 10 ml of H 2 O with 0.5 ⁇ l 2,3-butanediol, or into 10 ml of H 2 O with 0.5 mg yeast extract.
- Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds.
- Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 10.
- the selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH 2 PO 4 3 g, Na 2 HPO 4 6 g, NH 4 Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.15 g, CaCl 2 2H 2 O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten corn seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris.
- Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 ⁇ l of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H 2 O alone, into 10 ml of H 2 O with 0.5 ⁇ l 2,3-butanediol, or into 10 ml of H 2 O with 0.5 mg yeast extract.
- Ten ml of H 2 O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in 3 (7.62 cm 3 ) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds.
- Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Corn was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 11.
- Paracoccus sp. NC35 was found to be salt sensitive and not very active in high salt soil types (Table 3). To induce salt tolerance in these plant growth promoting bacteria, a selective pressure using successively higher concentrations of NaCl was used to find mutants that could tolerate these high salt soil types. The selected strains were grown in Luria Bertani liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 1% NaCl salt agar media and allowed to grow for 48 hours at 30° C. Individual colonies of strains that survived on the 1% salt LB agar plates were grown in Luria Bertani with 1% NaCl liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 3% NaCl salt LB agar media for 48 hours at 30° C.
- Colonies of strains that survived on the 3% NaCl salt LB agar were grown in Luria Bertani with 3% NaCl liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 5% NaCl salt LB agar media and allowed to grow for 48 hours at 30° C.
- Bacterial colonies selected from the 5% salt LB agar plates were grown in Luria Bertani overnight plus 5% NaCl media at 37° C. Overnight cultures of original strains in minimal media and salt tolerant mutants were grown overnight and were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water.
- Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 12. Mutations were forced in a salt-sensitive strain that retained plant growth-promoting ability.
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and inoculums comprising the same. The invention is also directed to plant seeds coated with the inoculums, kits comprising the inoculums and methods for stimulating plant growth by applying the biologically pure bacterial culture or the inoculum to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
Description
- This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/213,238, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/790,476, which was filed on Mar. 15, 2013. Each of the above-cited applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention generally relates to bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and inoculums comprising the same. The invention is also directed to plant seeds coated with the inoculums, kits comprising the inoculums and methods for stimulating plant growth by using the claimed bacterial cultures and/or inoculums.
- Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are associated with many, if not all, plant species and are commonly present in many environments. The most widely studied group of PGPB is plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which colonize the root surfaces and the closely adhering soil interface, the rhizosphere. Inside the rhizosphere is a zone where bacteria, fungi, and other organisms compete for nutrients and for binding to the root structures of the plant. Both detrimental and beneficial bacteria can occupy the plant's roots. The presence of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) within or near the roots or seeds can lead to a healthier rhizosphere environment and healthier plants. These free living bacteria promote plant growth in agricultural crops and lead to increased growth and yield at harvest. The bacteria that colonize the roots and maintain their benefits throughout the growth cycle of the plant are especially desired for application during early growth or as a seed coating agent to agricultural crops.
- The mechanisms that PGPBs use in promoting plant growth are diverse and often plant- or cultivar-specific. Several PGPB growth-promoting mechanisms are known, which can influence the plant in a direct or indirect manner. The direct mechanism involves increasing plant growth by supplying the plant with nutrients and hormones, such as by fixing nitrogen that is available to plants, synthesizing phytohormones, and providing nutrients such as phosphate to the plant. The indirect mechanism of action for PGPB occurs through the ability to control detrimental fungal and bacterial pathogens from establishing or surviving within the rhizosphere. This is usually achieved through the beneficial secretion of antifungals and other antibiotics by the PGPB. As an additional advantage, PGPBs can also lead to extensive remodeling of the plant root systems.
- In recent years, a significant effort has been expanded to identify novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and use them to promote plant growth, thereby increasing the yield of plant product, reducing the use and amounts of fertilizers and herbicides, and providing other benefits for agricultural and horticultural communities.
- In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a biologically pure bacterial culture wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is: (a) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819); (b) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817); (c) Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v); (d) Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820); (e) Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822); or (f) Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821). Also provided are biologically pure bacterial cultures wherein bacteria in the bacterial cultures are mutants of any of the foregoing strains comprising one or more mutations which retain the ability to promote plant growth.
- The present invention is also directed to an inoculum for application to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium, wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a biologically pure bacterial culture disclosed herein and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
- Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for stimulating plant growth by applying the biologically pure bacterial culture or the inoculum as disclosed herein to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
- The present invention also provides a method for stimulating plant growth by applying glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, polyol, or a combination thereof to a plant growth medium, and applying at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum to a plant or plant seed in the plant growth medium, or to the plant growth medium, wherein the at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum is capable of stimulating plant growth.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a provision of a plant seed coated with the inoculum or with the bacterial culture disclosed herein.
- Yet another aspect of the present invention is a kit for stimulating plant growth comprising an inoculum disclosed herein and instructions for applying the inoculum to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium.
- Other objects and features will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.
- A “biologically pure bacterial culture” refers to a culture of bacteria containing no other bacterial species in quantities sufficient to interfere with the replication of the culture or be detected by normal bacteriological techniques. Stated another way, it is a culture wherein virtually all of the bacterial cells present are of the selected strain.
- The term “rhizosphere” is used interchangeably with “root zone” to denote that segment of the soil that surrounds the roots of a plant and is influenced by them.
- The term “inoculant” as described in this invention is defined in several Federal, or State regulations as (1) “soil or plant inoculants shall include any carrier or culture of a specific micro-organism or mixture of micro-organisms represented to improve the soil or the growth, quality, or yield of plants, and shall also include any seed or fertilizer represented to be inoculated with such a culture” (New York State 10-A Consolidated Law); (2) “substances other than fertilizers, manufactured, sold or represented for use in the improvement of the physical condition of the soil or to aid plant growth or crop yields” (Canada Fertilizers Act); (3) “a formulation containing pure or predetermined mixtures of living bacteria, fungi or virus particles for the treatment of seed, seedlings or other plant propagation material for the purpose of enhancing the growth capabilities or disease resistance or otherwise altering the properties of the eventual plants or crop” (Ad hoc European Working Group, 1997) or (4) “meaning any chemical or biological substance of mixture of substances or device distributed in this state to be applied to soil, plants or seeds for soil corrective purposes; or which is intended to improve germination, growth, quality, yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor, or other desirable characteristics of plants or which is intended to produce any chemical, biochemical, biological or physical change in soil” (Section 14513 of the California Food and Agriculture Code).
- The term “effective amount” refers to a quantity which is sufficient to result in a statistically significant increase of growth and/or of protein yield and/or of grain yield of a plant as compared to the growth, protein yield and grain yield of the control-treated plant.
- The terms “agriculturally acceptable carrier” and “carrier” are used interchangeably herein.
- The terms “promoting plant growth” and “stimulating plant growth” are used interchangeably herein, and refer to the ability to enhance or increase at least one of the plant's height, weight, leaf size, root size, or stem size, to increase protein yield from the plant or to increase grain yield of the plant.
- The present invention relates to biologically pure bacterial cultures of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) wherein the bacteria, i.e. the bacterial strain in each of the bacterial cultures, are selected from the group consisting of Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819), Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817), Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v), Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820), Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822), and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821). The foregoing strains were deposited with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) on Mar. 11, 2013, and are identified by the NRRL numbers provided in parentheses.
- As shown in the Examples, the present strains were isolated from rhizospheres of various vigorous plants, and were shown to be most promising among a large number of isolates by in vitro culturing and application to plants. The novel strains disclosed herein were identified by 16S RNA sequencing and biochemical assays. Thus, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4; Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. These sequences are shown in Table 1 below.
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TABLE 1 Strain (SEQ ID. NO) Partial 16S ribosomal RNA sequence Bacillus GGNNCAACGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGCTTTCGGGTCGTAAAACT aryabhattai CTGTTGTTAGGGAAGAACAAGTACGAGAGTAACTGCTCGTACCTT CAP53 GACGGTACCTAACCAGAAAGCCACGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGC (SEQ ID NO: CGCGGTAATACGTAGGTGGCAAGCGTTATCCGGAATTATTGGGCG 1) TAAAGCGCGCGCAGGCGGTTTCTTAAGTCTGATGTGAAAGCCCAC GGCTCAACCGTGGAGGGTCATTGGAAACTGGGGAACTTGAGTGCA GAAGAGAAAAGCGGAATTCCACGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAG ATGTGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTTTTGGTCTGTAAC TGACGCTGAGGCGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATAC CCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAAGTGTTAGAGGG TTTCCGCCCTTTAGTGCTGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGCACTCCGCCTG GGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGACTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGC CCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGAA GAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATCCTCTGACAACTCTAGAGATAGAG CGTTCCCCTTCGGGGGACAGAGTGACAGGTGGTGCATGGTTGTCGT CAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACG Bacillus TCTGANGGNNCACGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGCTTTCGGGTCGTA aryabhattai AAACTCTGTTGTTAGGGAAGAACAAGTACGAGAGTAACTGCTCGT CAP56 ACCTTGACGGTACCTAACCAGAAAGCCACGGCTAACTACGTGCCA (SEQ ID NO: GCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGTGGCAAGCGTTATCCGGAATTATT 2) GGGCGTAAAGCGCGCGCAGGCGGTTTCTTAAGTCTGATGTGAAAG CCCACGGCTCAACCGTGGAGGGTCATTGGAAACTGGGGAACTTGA GTGCAGAAGAGAAAAGCGGAATTCCACGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCG TAGAGATGTGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTTTTGGTCT GTAACTGACGCTGAGGCGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTA GATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAAGTGTTA GAGGGTTTCCGCCCTTTAGTGCTGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGCACTCC GCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGACTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACG GGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAAC GCGAAGAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATCCTCTGACAACTCTAGAGA TAGAGCGTTCCCCTTCGGGGGACAGAGTGACAGGTGGTGCATGGT TGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGC Bacillus flexus GGANCAACGCCGCGTGAGTGANGAAGGCTTTCGGGTCGTAAAACT BT054 (SEQ CTGTTGTTAGGGAAGAACAAGTACAAGAGTAACTGCTTGTACCTTG ID NO: 3) ACGGTACCTAACCAGAAAGCCACGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCC GCGGTAATACGTAGGTGGCAAGCGTTATCCGGAATTATTGGGCGT AAAGCGCGCGCAGGCGGTTTCTTAAGTCTGATGTGAAAGCCCACG GCTCAACCGTGGAGGGTCATTGGAAACTGGGGAACTTGAGTGCAG AAGAGAAAAGCGGAATTCCACGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGA TGTGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTTTTGGTCTGTAACT GACGCTGAGGCGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATAC CCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAAGTGTTAGAGGG TTTCCGCCCTTTAGTGCTGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGCACTCCGCCTG GGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGACTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGC CCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGAA GAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATCCTCTGACAACTCTAGAGATAGAG CGTTCCCCTTCGGGGGACAGAGTGACAGGTGGTGCATGGTTGTCGT CAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAAC Paracoccus GCCGCGTGAGTGNNNAAGNCCCTAGGGTTGTAAAGCTCTTTCANC kondratievae TGGGAAGATAATGACTGTACCAGCAGAAGAAGCCCCGGCTAACTC NC35 (SEQ ID CGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGGGCTAGCGTTGTTCGG NO: 4) AATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGTAGGCGGACCGGAAAGTTGGGG GTGAAATCCCGGGGCTCAACCCCGGAACTGCCTTCAAAACTATCG GTCTGGAGTTCGAGAGAGGTGAGTGGAATTCCGAGTGTAGAGGTG AAATTCGTAGATATTCGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTCA CTGGCTCGATACTGACGCTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAAC AGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAATGCCA GTCGTCGGGCAGCATGCTGTTCGGTGACACACCTAACGGATTAAG CATTCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGATTAAAACTCAAAGGAA TTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGA AGCAACGCGCAGAACCTTACCAACCCTTGACATCCCAGGACAGCC CGAGAGATCGGGTCTCCACTTCGGTGGCCTGGAGACAGGTGCTGC ATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTCGGTTAAGTCCGGC Enterobacter CTGNNGCAGCCNTGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGNCTTCGGGTTGTA cloacae AAGTACTTTCAGCGGGGAGGAAGGTGTTGTGGTTAATAACCACAG CAP12 (SEQ CAATTGACGTTACCCGCAGAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCA ID NO: 5) GCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACT GGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCAGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAAAT CCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGA GTCTTGTAGAGGGGGGTAGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCG TAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGACA AAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTA GATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGATTTGGAGGTTG TGCCCTTGAGGCGTGGCTTCCGGAGCTAACGCGTTAAATCGACCGC CTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGG GGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGC GAAGAACCTTACCTGGTCTTGACATCCACAGAACTTTCCAGAGATG GATTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTGTGAGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCG TCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACNANNCGC AAC Bacillus TGNNGGANCAACGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGTTTTCGGATCGTAA nealsonii AACTCTGTTGTTAGGGAAGAACAAGTACGAGAGTAACTGCTCGTA BOBA57 CCTTGACGGTACCTAACCAGAAAGCCACGGCTAACTACGTGCCAG (SEQ ID NO: CAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGTGGCAAGCGTTGTCCGGAATTATTG 6) GGCGTAAAGCGCGCGCAGGCGGTCCTTTAAGTCTGATGTGAAAGC CCACGGCTCAACCGTGGAGGGTCATTGGAAACTGGGGGACTTGAG TGCAGAAGAGAAGAGTGGAATTCCACGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGT AGAGATGTGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGACTCTTTGGTCTG TAACTGACGCTGAGGCGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAG ATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAAGTGTTAG AGGGTTTCCGCCCTTTAGTGCTGCAGCAAACGCATTAAGCACTCCG CCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGCTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGG GGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACG CGAAGAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATCTCCTGACAATCCTAGAGAT AGGACGTTCCCCTTCGGGGGACAGGATGACAGGTGGTGCATGGTT GTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGC - Methods for determining sequence identity are well known by one of ordinary skill in the art. By way of example and not of limitation, the BLASTn algorithm available through National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) can be used to align sequences and determine their identity.
- The foregoing bacterial strains were identified at least to their genus designation by means of conventional biochemistry and morphological indicators. Furthermore, the biochemical assays for confirmed Gram-negative strains such as Paracoccus kondratievae and Enterobacter cloacae included growth on MacConkey medium and nutrient agar, microscopic examination, growth on 5% and 7.5% NaCl medium, growth at pH 5 and pH 9, growth at 42° C. and 50° C., the ability to produce acid upon fermentation with cellobiose, lactose, glycerol, glucose, sucrose, d-mannitol, and starch; fluorescent pigment production; gelatin hydrolysis; nitrate reduction; starch hydrolysis; oxidase reaction, catalase production, urease production and motility. Similarly, the biochemical assays for confirmed Gram-positive strains such as Bacillus included growth on MacConkey medium and nutrient agar, microscopic examination, growth on 5% and 7.5% NaCl medium, growth at pH 5 and pH 9, growth at 42° C. and 50° C., the ability to produce acid upon fermentation with cellobiose, lactose, glycerol, glucose, sucrose, d-mannitol, and starch; fluorescent pigment production; gelatin hydrolysis; nitrate reduction; catalase production, starch hydrolysis; oxidase reaction, urease production and motility.
- The present invention also relates to a biologically pure bacterial culture wherein bacteria, i.e. the bacterial strain in the bacterial culture, are mutants of any of the foregoing bacterial strains, which comprises one or more mutations that retain the ability to promote plant growth. Thus, the mutant of any of the foregoing strains will be capable of promoting plant growth when compared to plants to which the mutant was not applied.
- The following assays can be used, either individually or in concert, to identify mutant strains, which are capable under gnotobiotic conditions to increase leaf area in 3- to 4-week old whole plants (beaker assay), to increase shoot length or shoot dry weight (soil-plate assay), or to increase root length, root dry weight, shoot dry weight and shoot length (growth pouch assay), which are positively correlated with the ability to promote growth directly in whole plants grown in raw (nonsterilized) soil. In a “Beaker Assay,” a mixture of field soil and perlite is sterilized, e.g., by gamma-irradiation (about 1 mRad has proved suitable). Samples of the mix are transferred aseptically to sterile, covered beakers, to which enough water or nutrient solution is added to achieve a moisture content of roughly 25%. Surface-sterilized seed of a test plant, such as rape (Brassica napus and Brassica campestris), radish, wheat, soybean, corn or cotton, are then shown (1 seed per beaker) after briefly incubating in an aqueous bacterial cell suspension of the strain under study. (A bacterial concentration in the range of 109 colony forming units (CFU) per ml of suspension has proved suitable for this purpose.) After seedlings have developed, under controlled conditions suitable to the test plant, to a point where mature leaves have grown, those plants subjected to bacterial treatments are compared against uninoculated controls to ascertain differences in leaf area between test and control groups.
- In a “Soil-plate Assay,” Petri plates are filled with ground, air-dried soil that has been sterilized by autoclaving, gamma-irradiation, etc. The soil in each plate is then moistened and left covered overnight to assure a uniform moisture distribution through the soil. Inoculated (test) and control seeds, as described above, are thereafter shown in each plate, some six to eight seeds per plate at about 1 cm depth, and grown in the dark under appropriate conditions of temperature and humidity until shoots develop. At the end of incubation, the shoot lengths are determined. In a “Growth Pouch Assay,” cellophane containers of the type heretofore used as seed-pack growth pouches are filled with a small volume of deionized water or mineral solution and autoclaved to assure sterility. Test seeds incubated in a bacterial suspension, as previously described, and control seeds not exposed to the bacteria are aseptically shown, about six seeds to a pouch, respectively, and are germinated in the dark under suitable, controlled conditions. After shoots have developed, the pouches are opened and the seedling root length, root dry weight, shoot length and shoot dry weight determined for both tests and controls. Alternatively, the mutant strains can be tested as shown in the Examples for any of the foregoing bacterial strains with respect to the ability to promote plant growth.
- The present invention is also directed to an inoculum for application to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium, wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a biologically pure bacterial culture of Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819), Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817), Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v), Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820), Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822), Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821), or a mutant of any of the foregoing strains, and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
- Alternatively, the inoculum of the present invention can include an effective amount of a mixture comprising at least two biologically pure bacterial cultures described herein. Thus, the mixture of two biologically pure bacterial cultures can include Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; or Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57.
- An inoculum which includes an effective amount of a mixture of three bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures can include Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; or Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57.
- The following mixtures of bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures are favorable for use in stimulating plant growth. They include, without limitation, mixtures of: (1) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53; (2) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56; (3) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus flexus CAP54; (4) Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus nealsonii BOBA57; (5) Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56; and (6) Bacillus flexus CAP54 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56.
- Rhizobacteria are root-colonizing bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with many plants, and as such are useful in promoting plant growth. Accordingly, any of the inoculums of the present invention regardless of whether they contains a single bacterial strain disclosed herein or a mixture of two or more such bacterial strains can also include an effective amount of rhizobacteria.
- Such rhizobacteria can be present as a biologically pure bacterial culture. Alternatively, rhizobacteria that are used in the inoculums of the present invention can include two or more strains of rhizobacteria. By way of example and not of limitation, the rhizobacteria can include Bradyrhizobium genus bacteria, Rhizobium genus bacteria, or a combination thereof. Also, the Bradirhizobium genus bacteria can comprise Bradyrhizobium japonicum, and the Rhizobium genus bacteria can comprise Rhizobium phaseoli, Rhizobium leguminosarum, or a combination thereof. The inclusion of rhizobacteria in the present compositions and methods is especially advantageous in so-called “virgin soils” which do not contain an indigenous population of PGPB such as nitrogen fixing rhizobia. This may occur e.g. where nitrogen-fixing legume crops have not been previously or recently grown.
- In addition to one or more biologically pure bacterial cultures as described in the foregoing sections, an inoculum of the present invention also comprises an agriculturally acceptable carrier. The carrier can include a dispersant, a surfactant, an additive, water, a thickener, an anti-caking agent, residue breakdown, a composting formulation, a granular application, diatomaceous earth, an oil, a coloring agent, a stabilizer, a preservative, a polymer, a coating, or a combination thereof. One of ordinary skill in the art can readily determine the appropriate carrier to be used taking into consideration factors such as a particular bacterial strain, plant to which the inoculum is to be applied, type of soil, climate conditions, whether the inoculum is in liquid, solid or powder form, and the like.
- The additive can comprise an oil, a gum, a resin, a clay, a polyoxyethylene glycol, a terpene, a viscid organic, a fatty acid ester, a sulfated alcohol, an alkyl sulfonate, a petroleum sulfonate, an alcohol sulfate, a sodium alkyl butane diamate, a polyester of sodium thiobutant dioate, a benzene acetonitrile derivative, a proteinaceous material, or a combination thereof.
- The proteinaceous material can include a milk product, wheat flour, soybean meal, blood, albumin, gelatin, or a combination thereof.
- The thickener can comprise a long chain alkylsulfonate of polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene oleate, or a combination thereof.
- The surfactant can contain a heavy petroleum oil, a heavy petroleum distillate, a polyol fatty acid ester, a polyethoxylated fatty acid ester, an aryl alkyl polyoxyethylene glycol, an alkyl amine acetate, an alkyl aryl sulfonate, a polyhydric alcohol, an alkyl phosphate, or a combination thereof.
- The anti-caking agent can include a sodium salt such as a sodium sulfite, a sodium sulfate, a sodium salt of monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium salt of dimethyl naphthalene sulfonate, or a combination thereof; or a calcium salt such as calcium carbonate, diatomaceous earth, or a combination thereof.
- Any agriculturally acceptable carrier can be used. Such carriers include, but are not limited to, vermiculite, charcoal, sugar factory carbonation press mud, rice husk, carboxymethyl cellulose, peat, perlite, fine sand, calcium carbonate, flour, alum, a starch, talc, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or a combination thereof.
- Inoculants can be prepared as solid, liquid or powdered formulations as is known in the art. The inoculum of the present invention can be formulated as a seed coating formulation, a liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, or a solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium.
- When the inoculum is prepared as a liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, it can be prepared in a concentrated formulation or a working form formulation. In some instances, the seed coating formulation of the present invention is an aqueous or oil-based solution for application to seeds.
- When the inoculum of the present invention is prepared as a solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, it can be prepared as a granular formulation or a powder agent. The seed coating formulation can be a powder or granular formulation for application to seeds.
- The inoculum can further include an agrochemical such as a fertilizer, a micronutrient fertilizer material, an insecticide, a herbicide, a plant growth amendment, a fungicide, a molluscicide, an algicide, a bacterial inoculant, a fungal inoculant, or a combination thereof. In some instances, the fertilizer is a liquid fertilizer. The agrochemical can either be applied to a plant growth medium or to plants and/or seeds. Liquid fertilizer can include, without limitation, ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate nitrate, ammonium chloride, ammonium bisulfate, ammonium polysulfide, ammonium thiosulfate, aqueous ammonia, anhydrous ammonia, ammonium polyphosphate, aluminum sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium sulfate, calcined magnesite, calcitic limestone, calcium oxide, calcium nitrate, dolomitic limestone, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate, diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, potassium magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, sodium nitrates, magnesian limestone, magnesia, urea, urea-formaldehydes, urea ammonium nitrate, sulfur-coated urea, polymer-coated urea, isobutylidene diurea, K2SO4-2MgSO4, kainite, sylvinite, kieserite, Epsom salts, elemental sulfur, marl, ground oyster shells, fish meal, oil cakes, fish manure, blood meal, rock phosphate, super phosphates, slag, bone meal, wood ash, manure, bat guano, peat moss, compost, green sand, cottonseed meal, feather meal, crab meal, fish emulsion, or a combination thereof.
- The micronutrient fertilizer material can comprise boric acid, a borate, a boron frit, copper sulfate, a copper frit, a copper chelate, a sodium tetraborate decahydrate, an iron sulfate, an iron oxide, iron ammonium sulfate, an iron frit, an iron chelate, a manganese sulfate, a manganese oxide, a manganese chelate, a manganese chloride, a manganese frit, a sodium molybdate, molybdic acid, a zinc sulfate, a zinc oxide, a zinc carbonate, a zinc frit, zinc phosphate, a zinc chelate, or a combination thereof.
- The insecticide can include an organophosphate, a carbamate, a pyrethroid, an acaricide, an alkyl phthalate, boric acid, a borate, a fluoride, sulfur, a haloaromatic substituted urea, a hydrocarbon ester, a biologically-based insecticide, or a combination thereof.
- The herbicide can comprise a chlorophenoxy compound, a nitrophenolic compound, a nitrocresolic compound, a dipyridyl compound, an acetamide, an aliphatic acid, an anilide, a benzamide, a benzoic acid, a benzoic acid derivative, anisic acid, an anisic acid derivative, a benzonitrile, benzothiadiazinone dioxide, a thiocarbamate, a carbamate, a carbanilate, chloropyridinyl, a cyclohexenone derivative, a dinitroaminobenzene derivative, a fluorodinitrotoluidine compound, isoxazolidinone, nicotinic acid, isopropylamine, an isopropylamine derivative, oxadiazolinone, a phosphate, a phthalate, a picolinic acid compound, a triazine, a triazole, a uracil, a urea derivative, endothall, sodium chlorate, or a combination thereof.
- The fungicide can comprise a substituted benzene, a thiocarbamate, an ethylene bis dithiocarbamate, a thiophthalidamide, a copper compound, an organomercury compound, an organotin compound, a cadmium compound, anilazine, benomyl, cyclohexamide, dodine, etridiazole, iprodione, metlaxyl, thiamimefon, triforine, or a combination thereof.
- The fungal inoculant can comprise a fungal inoculant of the family Glomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Claroidoglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Gigasporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Acaulosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Sacculosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Entrophosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Pacidsporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Diversisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Paraglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Archaeosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Geosiphonaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Ambisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Scutellosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Dentiscultataceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Racocetraceae, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Basidiomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Ascomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Zygomycota, or a combination thereof.
- The bacterial inoculant, for purposes of the present invention, can include a bacterial inoculant of the genus Rhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bradyrhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mesorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Allorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Sinorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Kluyvera, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azotobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Pseudomonas, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azospirillium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Streptomyces, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paenibacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paracoccus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Enterobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Alcaligenes, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mycobacterium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Trichoderma, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Gliocladium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Glomus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Klebsiella, or a combination thereof.
- All of the biologically pure bacterial cultures and inoculums of the present invention can be used in methods for stimulating plant growth. Such methods include applying the foregoing cultures and inoculums to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium in order to stimulate growth of the plant. Techniques for applying inoculants to plants are known in the art, including appropriate modes of administration, frequency of administration, dosages, and the like. The inoculant can be applied to the soil prior to, contemporaneously with, or after sowing seeds, after planting, or after plants have emerged from the ground. The inoculant can also be applied to seeds themselves prior to or at the time of planting (e.g., packaged seed may be sold with the inoculant already applied). The inoculant can also be applied to the plant after it has emerged from the ground, or to the leaves, stems, roots, or other parts of the plant.
- The method for stimulating plant growth can include applying a substance such as glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, or polyol to the plant growth medium. Any of the polyols (sugar alcohols) can be used, with the preferred one being mannitol. For the preparation of yeast extract, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a preferred yeast starting material, although several other yeast strains may be useful to produce yeast ferment materials used in the compositions and methods described herein. Additional yeast strains that can be used instead of or in addition to Saccharomyces cerevisiae include Kluyveromyces marxianus, Kluyveromyces lactis, Candida utilis (Torula yeast), Zygosaccharomyces, Pichia pastoris, and Hansanula polymorpha, and others known to those skilled in the art.
- In instances in which the substance is applied to a plant growth medium, at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum of the present invention can be applied to a plant or plant seed in the plant growth medium, or to the plant growth medium. Preferably, the inoculum is applied to the plant growth medium as a solid or liquid formulation. The bacterial culture or inoculum and the chemical can be applied contemporaneously or at separate times. The exact order is not of great relevance, and the optimal combination can be determined empirically by one of ordinary skill in the art without due experimentation. For example, a skilled artisan can set up experimental conditions wherein: (1) the inoculum or bacterial culture and the substance are administered concurrently, (2) the inoculum or bacterial culture is administered on a separate occasion after the substance is added to a plant growth medium, (3) the inoculum or bacterial culture is administered on a separate occasion prior to the substance being added to a plant growth medium, and the like. The results of such and similar experimental designs can easily demonstrate the most suitable methods for application of the bacterial strain or inoculum and the substance. Thus, the bacterial culture or inoculum of the present invention can be applied to a plant growth medium prior to, concurrently with, or after planting of seeds, seedlings, cuttings, bulbs, or plants in the plant growth medium.
- The plant growth medium includes soil, water, an aqueous solution, sand, gravel, a polysaccharide, mulch, compost, peat moss, straw, logs, clay, or a combination thereof. Preferably, the plant growth medium is soil or compost. As is known in the art, the plant growth medium can be stored for future planting.
- For purposes of the compositions and methods of the present invention, the plant can be a dicotyledon, a monocotyledon or a gymnosperm.
- The dicotyledon can be selected from the group consisting of bean, pea, tomato, pepper, squash, alfalfa, almond, aniseseed, apple, apricot, arracha, artichoke, avocado, bambara groundnut, beet, bergamot, black pepper, black wattle, blackberry, blueberry, bitter orange, bok-choi, Brazil nut, breadfruit, broccoli, broad bean, Brussels sprouts, buckwheat, cabbage, camelina, Chinese cabbage, cacao, cantaloupe, caraway seeds, cardoon, carob, carrot, cashew nuts, cassava, castor bean, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, cherry, chestnut, chickpea, chicory, chili pepper, chrysanthemum, cinnamon, citron, clementine, clove, clover, coffee, cola nut, colza, corn, cotton, cottonseed, cowpea, crambe, cranberry, cress, cucumber, currant, custard apple, drumstick tree, earth pea, eggplant, endive, fennel, fenugreek, fig, filbert, flax, geranium, gooseberry, gourd, grape, grapefruit, guava, hemp, hempseed, henna, hop, horse bean, horseradish, indigo, jasmine, Jerusalem artichoke, jute, kale, kapok, kenaf, kohlrabi, kumquat, lavender, lemon, lentil, lespedeza, lettuce, lime, liquorice, litchi, loquat, lupine, macadamia nut, mace, mandarin, mangel, mango, medlar, melon, mint, mulberry, mustard, nectarine, niger seed, nutmeg, okra, olive, opium, orange, papaya, parsnip, pea, peach, peanut, pear, pecan nut, persimmon, pigeon pea, pistachio nut, plantain, plum, pomegranate, pomelo, poppy seed, potato, sweet potato, prune, pumpkin, quebracho, quince, trees of the genus Cinchona, quinoa, radish, ramie, rapeseed, raspberry, rhea, rhubarb, rose, rubber, rutabaga, safflower, sainfoin, salsify, sapodilla, Satsuma, scorzonera, sesame, shea tree, soybean, spinach, squash, strawberry, sugar beet, sugarcane, sunflower, swede, sweet pepper, tangerine, tea, teff, tobacco, tomato, trefoil, tung tree, turnip, urena, vetch, walnut, watermelon, yerba mate, wintercress, shepherd's purse, garden cress, peppercress, watercress, pennycress, star anise, laurel, bay laurel, cassia, jamun, dill, tamarind, peppermint, oregano, rosemary, sage, soursop, pennywort, calophyllum, balsam pear, kukui nut, Tahitian chestnut, basil, huckleberry, hibiscus, passionfruit, star apple, sassafras, cactus, St. John's wort, loosestrife, hawthorn, cilantro, curry plant, kiwi, thyme, zucchini, ulluco, jicama, waterleaf, spiny monkey orange, yellow mombin, starfruit, amaranth, wasabi, Japanese pepper, yellow plum, mashua, Chinese toon, New Zealand spinach, bower spinach, ugu, tansy, chickweed, jocote, Malay apple, paracress, sowthistle, Chinese potato, horse parsley, hedge mustard, campion, agate, cassod tree, thistle, burnet, star gooseberry, saltwort, glasswort, sorrel, silver lace fern, collard greens, primrose, cowslip, purslane, knotgrass, terebinth, tree lettuce, wild betel, West African pepper, yerba santa, tarragon, parsley, chervil, land cress, burnet saxifrage, honeyherb, butterbur, shiso, water pepper, perilla, bitter bean, oca, kampong, Chinese celery, lemon basil, Thai basil, water mimosa, cicely, cabbage-tree, moringa, mauka, ostrich fern, rice paddy herb, yellow sawah lettuce, lovage, pepper grass, maca, bottle gourd, hyacinth bean, water spinach, catsear, fishwort, Okinawan spinach, lotus sweetjuice, gallant soldier, culantro, arugula, cardoon, caigua, mitsuba, chipilin, samphire, mampat, ebolo, ivy gourd, cabbage thistle, sea kale, chaya, huauzontle, Ethiopian mustard, magenta spreen, good king henry, epazole, lamb's quarters, centella plumed cockscomb, caper, rapini, napa cabbage, mizuna, Chinese savoy, kai-lan, mustard greens, Malabar spinach, chard, marshmallow, climbing wattle, China jute, paprika, annatto seed, spearmint, savory, marjoram, cumin, chamomile, lemon balm, allspice, bilberry, cherimoya, cloudberry, damson, pitaya, durian, elderberry, feijoa, jackfruit, jambul, jujube, physalis, purple mangosteen, rambutan, redcurrant, blackcurrant, salal berry, satsuma, ugli fruit, azuki bean, black bean, black-eyed pea, borlotti bean, common bean, green bean, kidney bean, lima bean, mung bean, navy bean, pinto bean, runner bean, mangetout, snap pea, broccoflower, calabrese, nettle, bell pepper, raddichio, daikon, white radish, skirret, tat soi, broccolini, black radish, burdock root, fava bean, broccoli raab, lablab, lupin, sterculia, velvet beans, winged beans, yam beans, mulga, ironweed, umbrella bush, tjuntjula, wakalpulka, witchetty bush, wiry wattle, chia, beech nut, candlenut, colocynth, mamoncillo, Maya nut, mongongo, ogbono nut, paradise nut, and cempedak.
- The dicotyledon can be from a family selected from the group consisting of Acanthaceae (acanthus), Aceraceae (maple), Achariaceae, Achatocarpaceae (achatocarpus), Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry), Adoxaceae (moschatel), Aextoxicaceae, Aizoaceae (fig marigold), Akaniaceae, Alangiaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Alzateaceae, Amaranthaceae (amaranth), Amborellaceae, Anacardiaceae (sumac), Ancistrocladaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Annonaceae (custard apple), Apiaceae (carrot), Apocynaceae (dogbane), Aquifoliaceae (holly), Araliaceae (ginseng), Aristolochiaceae (birthwort), Asclepiadaceae (milkweed), Asteraceae (aster), Austrobaileyaceae, Balanopaceae, Balanophoraceae (balanophora), Balsaminaceae (touch-me-not), Barbeyaceae, Barclayaceae, Basellaceae (basella), Bataceae (saltwort), Begoniaceae (begonia), Berberidaceae (barberry), Betulaceae (birch), Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper), Bixaceae (lipstick tree), Bombacaceae (kapok tree), Boraginaceae (borage), Brassicaceae (mustard, also Cruciferae), Bretschneideraceae, Brunelliaceae (brunellia), Bruniaceae, Brunoniaceae, Buddlejaceae (butterfly bush), Burseraceae (frankincense), Buxaceae (boxwood), Byblidaceae, Cabombaceae (water shield), Cactaceae (cactus), Caesalpiniaceae, Callitrichaceae (water starwort), Calycanthaceae (strawberry shrub), Calyceraceae (calycera), Campanulaceae (bellflower), Canellaceae (canella), Cannabaceae (hemp), Capparaceae (caper), Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle), Cardiopteridaceae, Caricaceae (papaya), Caryocaraceae (souari), Caryophyllaceae (pink), Casuarinaceae (she-oak), Cecropiaceae (cecropia), Celastraceae (bittersweet), Cephalotaceae, Ceratophyllaceae (hornwort), Cercidiphyllaceae (katsura tree), Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot), Chloranthaceae (chloranthus), Chrysobalanaceae (cocoa plum), Circaeasteraceae, Cistaceae (rockrose), Clethraceae (clethra), Clusiaceae (mangosteen, also Guttiferae), Cneoraceae, Columelliaceae, Combretaceae (Indian almond), Compositae (aster), Connaraceae (cannarus), Convolvulaceae (morning glory), Coriariaceae, Cornaceae (dogwood), Corynocarpaceae (karaka), Crassulaceae (stonecrop), Crossosomataceae (crossosoma), Crypteroniaceae, Cucurbitaceae (cucumber), Cunoniaceae (cunonia), Cuscutaceae (dodder), Cyrillaceae (cyrilla), Daphniphyllaceae, Datiscaceae (datisca), Davidsoniaceae, Degeneriaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Diapensiaceae (diapensia), Dichapetalaceae, Didiereaceae, Didymelaceae, Dilleniaceae (dillenia), Dioncophyllaceae, Dipentodontaceae, Dipsacaceae (teasel), Dipterocarpaceae (meranti), Donatiaceae, Droseraceae (sundew), Duckeodendraceae, Ebenaceae (ebony), Elaeagnaceae (oleaster), Elaeocarpaceae (elaeocarpus), Elatinaceae (waterwort), Empetraceae (crowberry), Epacridaceae (epacris), Eremolepidaceae (catkin-mistletoe), Ericaceae (heath), Erythroxylaceae (coca), Eucommiaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Euphorbiaceae (spurge), Eupomatiaceae, Eupteleaceae, Fabaceae (pea or legume), Fagaceae (beech), Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia), Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo), Frankeniaceae (frankenia), Fumariaceae (fumitory), Garryaceae (silk tassel), Geissolomataceae, Gentianaceae (gentian), Geraniaceae (geranium), Gesneriaceae (gesneriad), Globulariaceae, Gomortegaceae, Goodeniaceae (goodenia), Greyiaceae, Grossulariaceae (currant), Grubbiaceae, Gunneraceae (gunnera), Gyrostemonaceae, Haloragaceae (water milfoil), Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel), Hernandiaceae (hernandia), Himantandraceae, Hippocastanaceae (horse chestnut), Hippocrateaceae (hippocratea), Hippuridaceae (mare's tail), Hoplestigmataceae, Huaceae, Hugoniaceae, Humiriaceae, Hydnoraceae, Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea), Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf), Hydrostachyaceae, Icacinaceae (icacina), Idiospermaceae, Illiciaceae (star anise), Ixonanthaceae, Juglandaceae (walnut), Julianiaceae, Krameriaceae (krameria), Lacistemataceae, Lamiaceae (mint, also Labiatae), Lardizabalaceae (lardizabala), Lauraceae (laurel), Lecythidaceae (brazil nut), Leeaceae, Leitneriaceae (corkwood), Lennoaceae (lennoa), Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort), Limnanthaceae (meadow foam), Linaceae (flax), Lissocarpaceae, Loasaceae (loasa), Loganiaceae (logania), Loranthaceae (showy mistletoe), Lythraceae (loosestrife), Magnoliaceae (magnolia), Malesherbiaceae, Malpighiaceae (barbados cherry), Malvaceae (mallow), Marcgraviaceae (shingle plant), Medusagynaceae, Medusandraceae, Melastomataceae (melastome), Meliaceae (mahogany), Melianthaceae, Mendonciaceae, Menispermaceae (moonseed), Menyanthaceae (buckbean), Mimosaceae, Misodendraceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Molluginaceae (carpetweed), Monimiaceae (monimia), Monotropaceae (Indian pipe), Moraceae (mulberry), Moringaceae (horseradish tree), Myoporaceae (myoporum), Myricaceae (bayberry), Myristicaceae (nutmeg), Myrothamnaceae, Myrsinaceae (myrsine), Myrtaceae (myrtle), Nelumbonaceae (lotus lily), Nepenthaceae (East Indian pitcherplant), Neuradaceae, Nolanaceae, Nothofagaceae, Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock), Nymphaeaceae (water lily), Nyssaceae (sour gum), Ochnaceae (ochna), Olacaceae (olax), Oleaceae (olive), Oliniaceae, Onagraceae (evening primrose), Oncothecaceae, Opiliaceae, Orobanchaceae (broom rape), Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel), Paeoniaceae (peony), Pandaceae, Papaveraceae (poppy), Papilionaceae, Paracryphiaceae, Passifloraceae (passionflower), Pedaliaceae (sesame), Pellicieraceae, Penaeaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Peridiscaceae, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed), Piperaceae (pepper), Pittosporaceae (pittosporum), Plantaginaceae (plantain), Platanaceae (plane tree), Plumbaginaceae (leadwort), Podostemaceae (river weed), Polemoniaceae (phlox), Polygalaceae (milkwort), Polygonaceae (buckwheat), Portulacaceae (purslane), Primulaceae (primrose), Proteaceae (protea), Punicaceae (pomegranate), Pyrolaceae (shinleaf), Quiinaceae, Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia), Ranunculaceae (buttercup orranunculus), Resedaceae (mignonette), Retziaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Rhamnaceae (buckthorn), Rhizophoraceae (red mangrove), Rhoipteleaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Rosaceae (rose), Rubiaceae (madder), Rutaceae (rue), Sabiaceae (sabia), Saccifoliaceae, Salicaceae (willow), Salvadoraceae, Santalaceae (sandalwood), Sapindaceae (soapberry), Sapotaceae (sapodilla), Sarcolaenaceae, Sargentodoxaceae, Sarraceniaceae (pitcher plant), Saururaceae (lizard's tail), Saxifragaceae (saxifrage), Schisandraceae (schisandra), Scrophulariaceae (figwort), Scyphostegiaceae, Scytopetalaceae, Simaroubaceae (quassia), Simmondsiaceae (jojoba), Solanaceae (potato), Sonneratiaceae (sonneratia), Sphaerosepalaceae, Sphenocleaceae (spenoclea), Stackhousiaceae (stackhousia), Stachyuraceae, Staphyleaceae (bladdernut), Sterculiaceae (cacao), Stylidiaceae, Styracaceae (storax), Surianaceae (suriana), Symplocaceae (sweetleaf), Tamaricaceae (tamarix), Tepuianthaceae, Tetracentraceae, Tetrameristaceae, Theaceae (tea), Theligonaceae, Theophrastaceae (theophrasta), Thymelaeaceae (mezereum), Ticodendraceae, Tiliaceae (linden), Tovariaceae, Trapaceae (water chestnut), Tremandraceae, Trigoniaceae, Trimeniaceae, Trochodendraceae, Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium), Turneraceae (turnera), Ulmaceae (elm), Urticaceae (nettle), Valerianaceae (valerian), Verbenaceae (verbena), Violaceae (violet), Viscaceae (Christmas mistletoe), Vitaceae (grape), Vochysiaceae, Winteraceae (wintera), Xanthophyllaceae, and Zygophyllaceae (creosote bush).
- The monocotyledon can be selected from the group consisting of corn, wheat, oat, rice, barley, millet, banana, onion, garlic, asparagus, ryegrass, millet, fonio, raishan, nipa grass, turmeric, saffron, galangal, chive, cardamom, date palm, pineapple, shallot, leek, scallion, water chestnut, ramp, Job's tears, bamboo, ragi, spotless watermeal, arrowleaf elephant ear, Tahitian spinach, abaca, areca, bajra, betel nut, broom millet, broom sorghum, citronella, coconut, cocoyam, maize, dasheen, durra, durum wheat, edo, fique, formio, ginger, orchard grass, esparto grass, Sudan grass, guinea corn, Manila hemp, henequen, hybrid maize, jowar, lemon grass, maguey, bulrush millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, Japanese millet, proso millet, New Zealand flax, oats, oil palm, palm palmyra, sago palm, redtop, sisal, sorghum, spelt wheat, sweet corn, sweet sorghum, taro, teff, timothy grass, triticale, vanilla, wheat, and yam.
- Alternatively, the monocotyledon can be selected from a family selected from the group consisting of Acoraceae (calamus), Agavaceae (century plant), Alismataceae (water plantain), Aloeaceae (aloe), Aponogetonaceae (cape pondweed), Araceae (arum), Arecaceae (palm), Bromeliaceae (bromeliad), Burmanniaceae (burmannia), Butomaceae (flowering rush), Cannaceae (canna), Centrolepidaceae, Commelinaceae (spiderwort), Corsiaceae, Costaceae (costus), Cyanastraceae, Cyclanthaceae (Panama hat), Cymodoceaceae (manatee grass), Cyperaceae (sedge), Dioscoreaceae (yam), Eriocaulaceae (pipewort), Flagellariaceae, Geosiridaceae, Haemodoraceae (bloodwort), Hanguanaceae (hanguana), Heliconiaceae (heliconia), Hydatellaceae, Hydrocharitaceae (tape grass), Iridaceae (iris), Joinvilleaceae (joinvillea), Juncaceae (rush), Juncaginaceae (arrow grass), Lemnaceae (duckweed), Liliaceae (lily), Limnocharitaceae (water poppy), Lowiaceae, Marantaceae (prayer plant), Mayacaceae (mayaca), Musaceae (banana), Najadaceae (water nymph), Orchidaceae (orchid), Pandanaceae (screw pine), Petrosaviaceae, Philydraceae (philydraceae), Poaceae (grass), Pontederiaceae (water hyacinth), Posidoniaceae (posidonia), Potamogetonaceae (pondweed), Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Ruppiaceae (ditch grass), Scheuchzeriaceae (scheuchzeria), Smilacaceae (catbrier), Sparganiaceae (bur reed), Stemonaceae (stemona), Strelitziaceae, Taccaceae (tacca), Thurniaceae, Triuridaceae, Typhaceae (cattail), Velloziaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xyridaceae (yellow-eyed grass), Zannichelliaceae (horned pondweed), Zingiberaceae (ginger), and Zosteraceae (eelgrass).
- The gymnosperm can be selected from a family selected from the group consisting of Araucariaceae, Boweniaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae, Cycadaceae, Ephedraceae, Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Welwitschiaceae, and Zamiaceae.
- The stimulation of plant growth achieved by the present methods can be measured and demonstrated in a number of ways. Stimulation of plant growth can be shown in instances wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 5%, by at least about 10%, by at least about 15% or by at least about 20% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant. Also, stimulation of plant growth can be shown in instances wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 5%, by at least about 10%, by at least about 15% or by at least about 20% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
- The present invention is also directed to plant seeds, which are coated with any of the inoculums or bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of the present invention. The seed can be from any of the plants discussed in the foregoing sections belonging to monocotyledons, dicotyledons or gymnosperms. The bacterial inoculant or culture can be applied to the seeds through the use of a suitable coating mechanism prior to the seeds being sold into commerce for planting. The process of coating seeds with such an inoculum is generally well known to those skilled in the art. For example, the bacteria can be mixed with a porous, chemically inert granular carrier as described by U.S. Pat. No. 4,875,921, which is incorporated herein by reference with respect to such carriers. Alternatively, the bacterial inoculant can be prepared with or without a carrier and sold as a separate inoculant to be inserted directly into the furrows into which the seed is planted. The process for inserting such inoculants directly into the furrows during seed planting is also generally well known in the art. The density of inoculation of these bacterial cultures onto seeds or into the furrows should be sufficient to populate the sub-soil region adjacent to the roots of the plant with viable bacterial growth.
- The present invention also relates to kits for stimulating plant growth, which include an inoculum as described herein, and instructions for applying the inoculum to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium. Kits containing inoculants of the invention will typically include one or more containers of the inoculant, and printed instructions for using the inoculant for promoting plant growth. The kit can also include tools or instruments for reconstituting, measuring, mixing, or applying the inoculant, and will vary in accordance with the particular formulation and intended use of the inoculant.
- As shown in Example 10, bacteria provide a good system in which to select mutations for desired characteristics. It is possible to force such mutations through proper selection of desirable traits, while retaining the desired plant growth-promoting capabilities in bacteria. Accordingly, traits that may be desirable to induce in bacterial strains disclosed herein by forcing mutations without affecting plant growth promotion include, but are not limited to, antibiotic resistance, heavy metal resistance, tolerance to heat and cold, high and low salt tolerance, metabolic deficiencies (such as requirements for certain amino acids), metabolic gain-of-function (such as the ability to metabolize polysaccharides or plastic compounds), ability to withstand desiccation, resistance to UV radiation, tolerance of man-made chemicals, ability to bind more tightly to plant roots, higher affinity for plants, increased ability to colonize plants, motility, ability to accept recombinant DNA, and ability to express exogenous proteins. These attributes can be garnered by use of selective pressure or through man-made manipulation of plant growth promoting bacteria's genetics.
- Further details concerning the preparation of bacterial inoculants and methods for inoculating plants with bacterial inoculants are found in e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,586,411; 5,697,186; 5,484,464; 5,906,929; 5,288,296; 4,875,921; 4,828,600; 5,951,978; 5,183,759; 5,041,383; 6,077,505; 5,916,029; 5,360,606; 5,292,507; 5,229,114; 4,421,544; and 4,367,609, each of which is incorporated herein by reference with respect to such methods.
- Having described the invention in detail, it will be apparent that modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.
- The following non-limiting examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention.
- Soil samples from rhizospheres of the healthiest and most resistant potato (Solanum tuberosum), yellow summer squash (Cucurbita pepo), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and pole bean (Phaseolus coccineus) plants were collected, diluted in sterile water, and spread onto nutrient agar plates. Bacterial isolates that demonstrated high growth rates and were able to be passaged and propagated were selected for further study. The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten lettuce seeds per treatment were planted at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting in 4 cm pots with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. After one week, plant heights and leaf diameters, as well as overall health of the plants were collected. Initial screening of rhizosphere isolates resulted in obtaining greater than 200 distinct species of bacteria and fungi from the rhizosphere of the four plants. Some of the bacterial species are described in Table 2. Identified strains are indicated by their proper bacterial identifications. Other strains are indicated by their unknown identification number. Inoculants giving results near control (+/−2%) were left out of the table.
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TABLE 2 Bacterial Butterhead Lettuce Inoculant Avg. Height (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 1.8 Control .07 Paracoccus kondratiavae 2 111.1% .05 sp. NC35 B. aryabhattai CAP53 3.65 202.8% .45 B. flexus BT054 2.45 136.1% .11 B. aryabhattai CAP56 2.1 116.7% .20 B. nealsonii BOBA57 2.8 155.6% .03 E. cloacae CAP12 2.4 133.3% .41 Unknown 8 1.77 77.8% .65 Unknown 122 1.9 105.6% .11 Unknown 15 1.4 77.8% .41 Unknown 39 1.8 100.0% .20 Unknown 401 2 111.1% .21 Unknown 402 1.53 85.2% .27 Unknown 41 1.45 80.6% .31 Unknown 42 1.4 77.8% .15 Unknown 44 2.2 133.3% .08 Unknown 51 1.83 102.9% .21 - Bacterial strains that produced the greatest effect on the overall plant health and plant height in the initial lettuce trial were subjected to further identification. Bacterial strains were grown overnight in Luria Bertani broth at 37° C., and overnight cultures were spun down in a centrifuge. Media was decanted and the remaining bacterial pellet was subjected to chromosomal DNA isolation using the Qiagen Bacterial Chromosomal DNA Isolation kit. Chromosomal DNA was subjected to PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA coding regions using the primers E338F 5′-ACT CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC AGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 7), E1099R A 5′-GGG TTG CGC TCG TTG C-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 8), and E1099R B 5′-GGG TTG CGC TCG TTA C-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 9). PCR amplicons were purified using a Promega PCR purification kit, and the resultant amplicons were diluted and sent to the University of Missouri DNA Core for DNA sequencing. DNA sequences were compared to the NCBI BLAST database of bacterial isolates, and genus and species were identified by direct comparison to known strains. Top identified species are indicated in Table 2. In many cases, 16S rRNA DNA sequences were only able to delineate the genus of the selected bacterial strain. In cases where a direct identification was not forthcoming, additional biochemistry analyses, using methods standard in the field, were performed to differentiate strains at the species and strain levels, and are listed in Table 3.
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TABLE 3 E. cloacae P. kondratiavae B. aryabhattai B. flexus B. aryabhattai B. sp. Test CAP12 NC35 CAP53 BT054 CAP56 BOBA57 Urease − − − − − + Catalase + + + + + + Oxidase − + + + − − Nitrate + + − + − + Growth, 5% NaCl + − + + + + Growth, 7.5% NaCl − − + + + − Growth, 42° C. + + + + + + Growth, 50° C. − − + + + − Growth, pH 5 + − + + + − Growth, pH 9 + + + + + + Acid, Cellobiose + − + + + − Acid, Lactose + − + + − + Acid, Starch − − − + + − - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and bacteria resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten Zeba-coated alfalfa seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 0.6 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Alfalfa was allowed to grow for 1 week to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 4.
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TABLE 4 Alfalfa Bacterial Avg. Height Inoculant (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 4.82 — .008 B. aryabhattai CAP56 4.85 101.20% .016 B. nealsonii BOBA57 4.86 101.70% .021 E. cloacae CAP12 5.6 116.23% .020 - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten cucumber seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Cucumbers were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 5.
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TABLE 5 Cucumbers Bacterial Avg. Height Inoculant (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 11.23 — .067 B. aryabhattai CAP53 11.5 102.00% .023 B. aryabhattai CAP56 11.35 101.20% .035 B. nealsonii BOBA57 11.33 101.10% .014 - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten yellow squash seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 1 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Squash was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications, final height data, and final leaf diameter data are listed in Table 6.
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TABLE 6 Yellow Leaf Avg. Squash Diam- Bacterial Height Compar- eter Compar- Inoculant (cm) ison SEM (cm) ison Uninoculated 10.16 — .028 5.08 — B. aryabhattai CAP53 11.75 115.60% .055 7.25 142.60% B. flexus BT054 11.88 116.90% .017 6.36 125.20% B. aryabhattai CAP56 11.95 117.60% .027 6.33 124.60% B. nealsonii BOBA57 11.89 117.00% .118 6.42 126.40% E. cloacae CAP12 11.42 112.30% .039 6.83 134.40% - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Thirty ryegrass seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 0.3 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Ryegrass was allowed to grow for 1.5 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and height data are listed in Table 7.
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TABLE 7 Ryegrass Bacterial Avg. Height Inoculant (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 1.61 — .023 B. aryabhattai CAP53 2.01 124.70% .012 B. flexus BT054 2.21 137.30% .034 B. aryabhattai CAP56 2.19 136.00% .009 B. nealsonii BOBA57 2.29 142.40% .045 E. cloacae CAP12 1.98 122.50% .015 - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten corn seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Corn was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 8.
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TABLE 8 Corn Bacterial Avg. Height Inoculant (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 8.9 — .039 B. aryabhattai CAP53 11.01 123.60% .081 B. flexus BT054 9.96 112.00% .095 B. aryabhattai CAP56 9.54 107.10% .088 B. nealsonii BOBA57 9.23 103.70% .077 - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight, or for Bradyrhizobium or Rhizobium on yeast mannitol media). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten soybean seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. When testing two bacterial strains, 0.5 μl of each resuspended bacteria was mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 9. Co-inoculation of bacteria strains in the present invention with members of the Bradyrhizobium sp. or Rhizobium sp. lead to an increase in plant growth compared to either inoculant alone.
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TABLE 9 Soybeans Bacterial Avg. Height Inoculant (cm) Comparison SEM Uninoculated 13.94 — .089 B. aryabhattai CAP53 16.32 117.1% .146 B. flexus BT054 17.85 128.0% .177 B. aryabhattai CAP56 17.23 123.6% .133 B. aryabhattai CAP53 16.32 117.1% .077 B. aryabhattai CAP53 16.72 119.9% .182 and Bradyrhizobium sp. B. aryabhattai CAP53 17.32 124.2% .086 and Rhizobium sp. Bradyrhizobium sp. 14.25 102.2% Rhizobium sp. 14.75 105.8% - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Ten soybean seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O alone, into 10 ml of H2O with 0.5 μl glycerol, into 10 ml of H2O with 0.5 μl 2,3-butanediol, or into 10 ml of H2O with 0.5 mg yeast extract. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 10.
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TABLE 10 Soybeans Compar- Compar- Avg. ison to ison to Bacterial Height Uninoc- Inocu- Inoculant (cm) ulated lant SEM Uninoculated 11.24 — .153 Uninoculated and Glycerol 12.34 109.8% .107 Uninoculated and 14.03 124.8% .212 Yeast Extract B. aryabhattai CAP53 12.56 111.7% — .146 B. aryabhattai CAP53 13.22 117.6% 105.3% .118 and Glycerol B. aryabhattai CAP53 14.73 131.0% 117.3% .119 and Yeast Extract Paracoccus sp. NC35 13.32 118.5% — .027 Paracoccus sp. NC35 15.09 134.3% 113.3% .210 and 2,3-butanediol Paracoccus sp. NC35 15.83 140.8% 118.8% .145 and Yeast Extract - The selected strains were grown in minimal media (KH2PO4 3 g, Na2HPO4 6 g, NH4Cl 1 g, NaCl 0.50 g, MgSO47H2O 0.15 g, CaCl22H2O 0.013 g, and glucose 1 g, per L dry weight). Overnight cultures (30° C.) of selected strains were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in an equal amount of distilled water. Ten corn seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O alone, into 10 ml of H2O with 0.5 μl 2,3-butanediol, or into 10 ml of H2O with 0.5 mg yeast extract. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Corn was allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 11.
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TABLE 11 Corn Compar- Compar- Avg. ison to ison to Bacterial Height Uninoc- Inocu- Inoculant (cm) ulated lant SEM Uninoculated 15.15 — .156 Uninoculated and 16.03 105.8% .078 2,3-butanediol Uninoculated and Yeast Extract 17.04 112.5% .101 Paracoccus sp. NC35 16.04 105.9% — .023 Paracoccus sp. NC35 16.24 107.2% 101.2% .111 and 2,3-butanediol Paracoccus sp. NC35 17.96 118.5% 112.0% .127 and Yeast Extract - Paracoccus sp. NC35 and was found to be salt sensitive and not very active in high salt soil types (Table 3). To induce salt tolerance in these plant growth promoting bacteria, a selective pressure using successively higher concentrations of NaCl was used to find mutants that could tolerate these high salt soil types. The selected strains were grown in Luria Bertani liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 1% NaCl salt agar media and allowed to grow for 48 hours at 30° C. Individual colonies of strains that survived on the 1% salt LB agar plates were grown in Luria Bertani with 1% NaCl liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 3% NaCl salt LB agar media for 48 hours at 30° C. Colonies of strains that survived on the 3% NaCl salt LB agar were grown in Luria Bertani with 3% NaCl liquid media at 37° C. overnight and plated on 5% NaCl salt LB agar media and allowed to grow for 48 hours at 30° C. Bacterial colonies selected from the 5% salt LB agar plates were grown in Luria Bertani overnight plus 5% NaCl media at 37° C. Overnight cultures of original strains in minimal media and salt tolerant mutants were grown overnight and were spun down, media decanted off, and resuspended in equal amount of distilled water. Nine soybean seeds were planted for each treatment at a depth of 2.5 cm in loam top soil (Columbia, Mo.) or salt loam with 5% salt (w/w) that was sieved to remove large debris. Seeds were inoculated at planting with 0.5 μl of resuspended bacteria in water mixed into 10 ml of H2O. Ten ml of H2O was sufficient to deliver the bacteria into the 3 in3 (7.62 cm3) of soil as well as saturate the soil for proper germination of seeds. Plants were grown at temperatures between 65-75° F. (18-24° C.) with 11 hours of light/day, and 5 ml of watering every 3 days. Soybeans were allowed to grow for 2 weeks to analyze emergence and initial outgrowth of plants under described conditions. Identified strains indicated by their proper bacterial identifications and final height data are listed in Table 12. Mutations were forced in a salt-sensitive strain that retained plant growth-promoting ability.
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TABLE 12 Avg. Avg. Height, height, SEM, SEM, Bacterial Loam 5% Salt Loam 5% Salt Inoculant Soil (cm) Percentage Soil (cm) Percentage Soil Soil H2O Control 10.54 100% 7.34 100% .322 .117 Paracoccus 11.91 113% 7.15 97.4% .115 .215 sp NC35, salt sensitive Paracoccus 12.02 114% 9.23 125.7% .451 .105 sp. NC35 salt tolerant - When introducing elements of the present invention, the articles “a”, “an”, “the” and “said” are intended to mean that there are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising”, “including” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements other than the listed elements.
- In view of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.
- As various changes could be made in the above products and methods without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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1. A biologically pure bacterial culture wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is:
(a) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819);
(b) Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 (NRRL No. B-50817);
(c) Bacillus flexus strain BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816v);
(d) Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820);
(e) Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 (NRRL No. B-50822); or
(f) Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 (NRRL No. B-50821).
2. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
3. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
4. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
5. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
6. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.
7. The biologically pure bacterial culture of claim 1 , wherein the bacteria in the bacterial culture is Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57 and the bacteria has a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence having at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
8. A biologically pure bacterial culture wherein bacteria in the bacterial culture are mutants of the bacteria of any of claims 1 -7 comprising one or more mutations which retain the ability to promote plant growth.
9. An inoculum for application to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium, wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a biologically pure bacterial culture of any one of claims 1 -8 and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
10. An inoculum of claim 9 , wherein the inoculum comprises an effective amount of a mixture comprising at least two biologically pure bacterial cultures of any one of claims 1 -9 .
11. An inoculum of claim 10 , wherein the mixture comprises Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; or Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12 and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57.
12. An inoculum of claim 10 , wherein the mixture comprises Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus flexus strain CAP54; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP53, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus aryabhattai strain CAP56, Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Bacillus flexus strain CAP54, Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57; Paracoccus kondratievae strain NC35, or Enterobacter cloacae strain CAP12, and Bacillus nealsonii strain BOBA57.
13. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53.
14. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56.
15. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus flexus CAP54.
16. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 and Bacillus nealsonii BOBA57.
17. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Bacillus aryabhattai CAP53 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56.
18. An inoculum of claim 11 , wherein the mixture comprises Bacillus flexus CAP54 and Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56.
19. An inoculum of any one of claims 9 -18 , wherein the inoculum further comprises an effective amount of a rhizobacteria.
20. An inoculum of claim 19 , wherein the rhizobacteria is a biologically pure bacterial culture of a rhizobacteria strain.
21. An inoculum of claim 20 , wherein the rhizobacteria comprises Bradyrhizobium genus bacteria, Rhizobium genus bacteria, or a combination thereof.
22. An inoculum of claim 21 , wherein the Bradirhizobium genus bacteria comprises Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
23. An inoculum of claim 21 , wherein the Rhizobium genus bacteria comprises Rhizobium phaseoli, Rhizobium leguminosarum, or a combination thereof.
24. An inoculum of any one of claims 9 -23 , wherein the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises a dispersant, a surfactant, an additive, water, a thickener, an anti-caking agent, residue breakdown, a composting formulation, a granular application, diatomaceous earth, an oil, a coloring agent, a stabilizer, a preservative, a polymer, a coating, or a combination thereof.
25. An inoculum of claim 24 , wherein the additive comprises an oil, a gum, a resin, a clay, a polyoxyethylene glycol, a terpene, a viscid organic, a fatty acid ester, a sulfated alcohol, an alkyl sulfonate, a petroleum sulfonate, an alcohol sulfate, a sodium alkyl butane diamate, a polyester of sodium thiobutant dioate, a benzene acetonitrile derivative, a proteinaceous material, or a combination thereof.
26. An inoculum of claim 24 , wherein the proteinaceous material comprises a milk product, wheat flour, soybean meal, blood, albumin, gelatin, or a combination thereof.
27. An inoculum of claim 24 , wherein the thickener comprises a long chain alkylsulfonate of polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene oleate, or a combination thereof.
28. An inoculum of claim 24 , wherein the surfactant comprises a heavy petroleum oil, a heavy petroleum distillate, a polyol fatty acid ester, a polyethoxylated fatty acid ester, an aryl alkyl polyoxyethylene glycol, an alkyl amine acetate, an alkyl aryl sulfonate, a polyhydric alcohol, an alkyl phosphate, or a combination thereof.
29. An inoculum of claim 24 , wherein the anti-caking agent comprises a sodium salt, a calcium carbonate, a sodium sulfite, a sodium sulfate, diatomaceous earth, or a combination thereof.
30. An inoculum of claim 29 , wherein the sodium salt comprises a sodium salt of monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium salt of dimethyl naphthalene sulfonate, or a combination thereof.
31. An inoculum of any one of claims 9 -30 , wherein the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises vermiculite, charcoal, sugar factory carbonation press mud, rice husk, carboxymethyl cellulose, peat, perlite, fine sand, calcium carbonate, flour, alum, a starch, talc, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or a combination thereof.
32. An inoculum of any one of claims 9 -31 , wherein the inoculum is formulated as a seed coating formulation, a liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium, or a solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium.
33. An inoculum of claim 32 , wherein the seed coating formulation is an aqueous or oil-based solution for application to seeds.
34. An inoculum of claim 32 , wherein the seed coating formulation is a powder or granular formulation for application to seeds.
35. An inoculum of claim 32 , wherein the liquid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium is in a concentrated formulation or a working form formulation.
36. An inoculum of claim 32 , wherein the solid formulation for application to plants or to a plant growth medium is a granular formulation or a powder agent.
37. An inoculum of any one of claims 9 -36 , wherein the inoculum further comprises a fertilizer, a micronutrient fertilizer material, an insecticide, a herbicide, a plant growth amendment, a fungicide, a molluscicide, an algicide, a bacterial inoculant, a fungal inoculant, or a combination thereof.
38. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the fertilizer comprises a liquid fertilizer.
39. An inoculum of claim 38 , wherein the fertilizer comprises ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate nitrate, ammonium chloride, ammonium bisulfate, ammonium polysulfide, ammonium thiosulfate, aqueous ammonia, anhydrous ammonia, ammonium polyphosphate, aluminum sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium sulfate, calcined magnesite, calcitic limestone, calcium oxide, calcium nitrate, dolomitic limestone, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate, diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, potassium magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, sodium nitrates, magnesian limestone, magnesia, urea, urea-formaldehydes, urea ammonium nitrate, sulfur-coated urea, polymer-coated urea, isobutylidene diurea, K2SO4-2MgSO4, kainite, sylvinite, kieserite, Epsom salts, elemental sulfur, marl, ground oyster shells, fish meal, oil cakes, fish manure, blood meal, rock phosphate, super phosphates, slag, bone meal, wood ash, manure, bat guano, peat moss, compost, green sand, cottonseed meal, feather meal, crab meal, fish emulsion, or a combination thereof.
40. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the micronutrient fertilizer material comprises boric acid, a borate, a boron frit, copper sulfate, a copper frit, a copper chelate, a sodium tetraborate decahydrate, an iron sulfate, an iron oxide, iron ammonium sulfate, an iron frit, an iron chelate, a manganese sulfate, a manganese oxide, a manganese chelate, a manganese chloride, a manganese frit, a sodium molybdate, molybdic acid, a zinc sulfate, a zinc oxide, a zinc carbonate, a zinc frit, zinc phosphate, a zinc chelate, or a combination thereof.
41. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the insecticide comprises an organophosphate, a carbamate, a pyrethroid, an acaricide, an alkyl phthalate, boric acid, a borate, a fluoride, sulfur, a haloaromatic substituted urea, a hydrocarbon ester, a biologically-based insecticide, or a combination thereof.
42. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the herbicide comprises a chlorophenoxy compound, a nitrophenolic compound, a nitrocresolic compound, a dipyridyl compound, an acetamide, an aliphatic acid, an anilide, a benzamide, a benzoic acid, a benzoic acid derivative, anisic acid, an anisic acid derivative, a benzonitrile, benzothiadiazinone dioxide, a thiocarbamate, a carbamate, a carbanilate, chloropyridinyl, a cyclohexenone derivative, a dinitroaminobenzene derivative, a fluorodinitrotoluidine compound, isoxazolidinone, nicotinic acid, isopropylamine, an isopropylamine derivative, oxadiazolinone, a phosphate, a phthalate, a picolinic acid compound, a triazine, a triazole, a uracil, a urea derivative, endothall, sodium chlorate, or a combination thereof.
43. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the fungicide comprises a substituted benzene, a thiocarbamate, an ethylene bis dithiocarbamate, a thiophthalidamide, a copper compound, an organomercury compound, an organotin compound, a cadmium compound, anilazine, benomyl, cyclohexamide, dodine, etridiazole, iprodione, metlaxyl, thiamimefon, triforine, or a combination thereof.
44. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the fungal inoculant comprises a fungal inoculant of the family Glomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Claroidoglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Gigasporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Acaulosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Sacculosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Entrophosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Pacidsporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Diversisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Paraglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Archaeosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Geosiphonaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Ambisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Scutellosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Dentiscultataceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Racocetraceae, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Basidiomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Ascomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Zygomycota, or a combination thereof.
45. An inoculum of claim 37 , wherein the bacterial inoculant comprises a bacterial inoculant of the genus Rhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bradyrhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mesorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Allorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Sinorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Kluyvera, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azotobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Pseudomonas, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azospirillium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Streptomyces, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paenibacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paracoccus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Enterobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Alcaligenes, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mycobacterium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Trichoderma, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Gliocladium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Glomus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Klebsiella, or a combination thereof.
46. A method for stimulating plant growth comprising applying the biologically pure bacterial culture of any one of claims 1 -8 or the inoculum of any one of claims 9 -45 to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
47. A method of claim 46 , wherein the method further comprises applying glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, or polyol to the plant growth medium.
48. A method of claim 47 , wherein the polyol comprises mannitol.
49. A method for stimulating plant growth, the method comprising applying glycerol, pyruvate, yeast extract, polyol, or a combinations thereof to a plant growth medium; and
applying at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum to a plant or plant seed in the plant growth medium, or to the plant growth medium;
wherein the at least one bacterial culture or at least one inoculum is capable of stimulating plant growth.
50. A method of claim 49 wherein the polyol comprises mannitol.
51. A method of any one of claims 46 -50 , comprising applying the bacterial culture or inoculum to the plant growth medium.
52. A method of claim 51 , comprising applying a liquid or solid inoculum formulation to the plant growth medium.
53. A method of any one of claims 46 -52 , comprising applying the bacterial culture or inoculum to the plant growth medium prior to, concurrently with, or after planting of seeds, seedlings, cuttings, bulbs, or plants in the plant growth medium.
54. A method of any one of claims 46 -50 , comprising applying the bacterial culture or inoculum to plant leaves, roots, or stems.
55. A method of any one of claims 46 -50 , comprising applying the bacterial culture or inoculum to plant seeds.
56. A method of claim 55 , comprising coating plant seeds with the bacterial inoculum prior to planting.
57. A method of any one of claims 46 -53 , further comprising storing the plant growth medium for future planting.
58. A method of any one of claims 46 -53 , wherein the plant growth medium comprises soil, water, an aqueous solution, sand, gravel, a polysaccharide, mulch, compost, peat moss, straw, logs, clay, or a combination thereof.
59. A method of claim 58 , wherein the plant growth medium comprises soil or compost.
60. A method of any one of claims 46 -59 , wherein the plant is a dicotyledon.
61. A method of claim 60 , wherein the dicotyledon is selected from the group consisting of bean, pea, tomato, pepper, squash, alfalfa, almond, anise seed, apple, apricot, arracha, artichoke, avocado, bambara groundnut, beet, bergamot, black pepper, black wattle, blackberry, blueberry, bitter orange, bok-choi, Brazil nut, breadfruit, broccoli, broad bean, Brussels sprouts, buckwheat, cabbage, camelina, Chinese cabbage, cacao, cantaloupe, caraway seeds, cardoon, carob, carrot, cashew nuts, cassava, castor bean, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, cherry, chestnut, chickpea, chicory, chili pepper, chrysanthemum, cinnamon, citron, clementine, clove, clover, coffee, cola nut, colza, corn, cotton, cottonseed, cowpea, crambe, cranberry, cress, cucumber, currant, custard apple, drumstick tree, earth pea, eggplant, endive, fennel, fenugreek, fig, filbert, flax, geranium, gooseberry, gourd, grape, grapefruit, guava, hemp, hempseed, henna, hop, horse bean, horseradish, indigo, jasmine, Jerusalem artichoke, jute, kale, kapok, kenaf, kohlrabi, kumquat, lavender, lemon, lentil, lespedeza, lettuce, lime, liquorice, litchi, loquat, lupine, macadamia nut, mace, mandarin, mangel, mango, medlar, melon, mint, mulberry, mustard, nectarine, niger seed, nutmeg, okra, olive, opium, orange, papaya, parsnip, pea, peach, peanut, pear, pecan nut, persimmon, pigeon pea, pistachio nut, plantain, plum, pomegranate, pomelo, poppy seed, potato, sweet potato, prune, pumpkin, quebracho, quince, trees of the genus Cinchona, quinoa, radish, ramie, rapeseed, raspberry, rhea, rhubarb, rose, rubber, rutabaga, safflower, sainfoin, salsify, sapodilla, Satsuma, scorzonera, sesame, shea tree, soybean, spinach, squash, strawberry, sugar beet, sugarcane, sunflower, swede, sweet pepper, tangerine, tea, teff, tobacco, tomato, trefoil, tung tree, turnip, urena, vetch, walnut, watermelon, yerba mate, wintercress, shepherd's purse, garden cress, peppercress, watercress, pennycress, star anise, laurel, bay laurel, cassia, jamun, dill, tamarind, peppermint, oregano, rosemary, sage, soursop, pennywort, calophyllum, balsam pear, kukui nut, Tahitian chestnut, basil, huckleberry, hibiscus, passionfruit, star apple, sassafras, cactus, St. John's wort, loosestrife, hawthorn, cilantro, curry plant, kiwi, thyme, zucchini, ulluco, jicama, waterleaf, spiny monkey orange, yellow mombin, starfruit, amaranth, wasabi, Japanese pepper, yellow plum, mashua, Chinese toon, New Zealand spinach, bower spinach, ugu, tansy, chickweed, jocote, Malay apple, paracress, sowthistle, Chinese potato, horse parsley, hedge mustard, campion, agate, cassod tree, thistle, burnet, star gooseberry, saltwort, glasswort, sorrel, silver lace fern, collard greens, primrose, cowslip, purslane, knotgrass, terebinth, tree lettuce, wild betel, West African pepper, yerba santa, tarragon, parsley, chervil, land cress, burnet saxifrage, honeyherb, butterbur, shiso, water pepper, perilla, bitter bean, oca, kampong, Chinese celery, lemon basil, Thai basil, water mimosa, cicely, cabbage-tree, moringa, mauka, ostrich fern, rice paddy herb, yellow sawah lettuce, lovage, pepper grass, maca, bottle gourd, hyacinth bean, water spinach, catsear, fishwort, Okinawan spinach, lotus sweetjuice, gallant soldier, culantro, arugula, cardoon, caigua, mitsuba, chipilin, samphire, mampat, ebolo, ivy gourd, cabbage thistle, sea kale, chaya, huauzontle, Ethiopian mustard, magenta spreen, good king henry, epazole, lamb's quarters, centella plumed cockscomb, caper, rapini, napa cabbage, mizuna, Chinese savoy, kai-lan, mustard greens, Malabar spinach, chard, marshmallow, climbing wattle, China jute, paprika, annatto seed, spearmint, savory, marjoram, cumin, chamomile, lemon balm, allspice, bilberry, cherimoya, cloudberry, damson, pitaya, durian, elderberry, feijoa, jackfruit, jambul, jujube, physalis, purple mangosteen, rambutan, redcurrant, blackcurrant, salal berry, satsuma, ugli fruit, azuki bean, black bean, black-eyed pea, borlotti bean, common bean, green bean, kidney bean, lima bean, mung bean, navy bean, pinto bean, runner bean, mangetout, snap pea, broccoflower, calabrese, nettle, bell pepper, raddichio, daikon, white radish, skirret, tat soi, broccolini, black radish, burdock root, fava bean, broccoli raab, lablab, lupin, sterculia, velvet beans, winged beans, yam beans, mulga, ironweed, umbrella bush, tjuntjula, wakalpulka, witchetty bush, wiry wattle, chia, beech nut, candlenut, colocynth, mamoncillo, Maya nut, mongongo, ogbono nut, paradise nut, and cempedak.
62. A method of claim 60 , wherein the dicotyledon is from a family selected from the group consisting of Acanthaceae (acanthus), Aceraceae (maple), Achariaceae, Achatocarpaceae (achatocarpus), Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry), Adoxaceae (moschatel), Aextoxicaceae, Aizoaceae (fig marigold), Akaniaceae, Alangiaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Alzateaceae, Amaranthaceae (amaranth), Amborellaceae, Anacardiaceae (sumac), Ancistrocladaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Annonaceae (custard apple), Apiaceae (carrot), Apocynaceae (dogbane), Aquifoliaceae (holly), Araliaceae (ginseng), Aristolochiaceae (birthwort), Asclepiadaceae (milkweed), Asteraceae (aster), Austrobaileyaceae, Balanopaceae, Balanophoraceae (balanophora), Balsaminaceae (touch-me-not), Barbeyaceae, Barclayaceae, Basellaceae (basella), Bataceae (saltwort), Begoniaceae (begonia), Berberidaceae (barberry), Betulaceae (birch), Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper), Bixaceae (lipstick tree), Bombacaceae (kapok tree), Boraginaceae (borage), Brassicaceae (mustard, also Cruciferae), Bretschneideraceae, Brunelliaceae (brunellia), Bruniaceae, Brunoniaceae, Buddlejaceae (butterfly bush), Burseraceae (frankincense), Buxaceae (boxwood), Byblidaceae, Cabombaceae (water shield), Cactaceae (cactus), Caesalpiniaceae, Callitrichaceae (water starwort), Calycanthaceae (strawberry shrub), Calyceraceae (calycera), Campanulaceae (bellflower), Canellaceae (canella), Cannabaceae (hemp), Capparaceae (caper), Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle), Cardiopteridaceae, Caricaceae (papaya), Caryocaraceae (souari), Caryophyllaceae (pink), Casuarinaceae (she-oak), Cecropiaceae (cecropia), Celastraceae (bittersweet), Cephalotaceae, Ceratophyllaceae (hornwort), Cercidiphyllaceae (katsura tree), Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot), Chloranthaceae (chloranthus), Chrysobalanaceae (cocoa plum), Circaeasteraceae, Cistaceae (rockrose), Clethraceae (clethra), Clusiaceae (mangosteen, also Guttiferae), Cneoraceae, Columelliaceae, Combretaceae (Indian almond), Compositae (aster), Connaraceae (cannarus), Convolvulaceae (morning glory), Coriariaceae, Cornaceae (dogwood), Corynocarpaceae (karaka), Crassulaceae (stonecrop), Crossosomataceae (crossosoma), Crypteroniaceae, Cucurbitaceae (cucumber), Cunoniaceae (cunonia), Cuscutaceae (dodder), Cyrillaceae (cyrilla), Daphniphyllaceae, Datiscaceae (datisca), Davidsoniaceae, Degeneriaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Diapensiaceae (diapensia), Dichapetalaceae, Didiereaceae, Didymelaceae, Dilleniaceae (dillenia), Dioncophyllaceae, Dipentodontaceae, Dipsacaceae (teasel), Dipterocarpaceae (meranti), Donatiaceae, Droseraceae (sundew), Duckeodendraceae, Ebenaceae (ebony), Elaeagnaceae (oleaster), Elaeocarpaceae (elaeocarpus), Elatinaceae (waterwort), Empetraceae (crowberry), Epacridaceae (epacris), Eremolepidaceae (catkin-mistletoe), Ericaceae (heath), Erythroxylaceae (coca), Eucommiaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Euphorbiaceae (spurge), Eupomatiaceae, Eupteleaceae, Fabaceae (pea or legume), Fagaceae (beech), Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia), Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo), Frankeniaceae (frankenia), Fumariaceae (fumitory), Garryaceae (silk tassel), Geissolomataceae, Gentianaceae (gentian), Geraniaceae (geranium), Gesneriaceae (gesneriad), Globulariaceae, Gomortegaceae, Goodeniaceae (goodenia), Greyiaceae, Grossulariaceae (currant), Grubbiaceae, Gunneraceae (gunnera), Gyrostemonaceae, Haloragaceae (water milfoil), Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel), Hernandiaceae (hernandia), Himantandraceae, Hippocastanaceae (horse chestnut), Hippocrateaceae (hippocratea), Hippuridaceae (mare's tail), Hoplestigmataceae, Huaceae, Hugoniaceae, Humiriaceae, Hydnoraceae, Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea), Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf), Hydrostachyaceae, Icacinaceae (icacina), Idiospermaceae, Illiciaceae (star anise), Ixonanthaceae, Juglandaceae (walnut), Julianiaceae, Krameriaceae (krameria), Lacistemataceae, Lamiaceae (mint, also Labiatae), Lardizabalaceae (lardizabala), Lauraceae (laurel), Lecythidaceae (brazil nut), Leeaceae, Leitneriaceae (corkwood), Lennoaceae (lennoa), Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort), Limnanthaceae (meadow foam), Linaceae (flax), Lissocarpaceae, Loasaceae (loasa), Loganiaceae (logania), Loranthaceae (showy mistletoe), Lythraceae (loosestrife), Magnoliaceae (magnolia), Malesherbiaceae, Malpighiaceae (barbados cherry), Malvaceae (mallow), Marcgraviaceae (shingle plant), Medusagynaceae, Medusandraceae, Melastomataceae (melastome), Meliaceae (mahogany), Melianthaceae, Mendonciaceae, Menispermaceae (moonseed), Menyanthaceae (buckbean), Mimosaceae, Misodendraceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Molluginaceae (carpetweed), Monimiaceae (monimia), Monotropaceae (Indian pipe), Moraceae (mulberry), Moringaceae (horseradish tree), Myoporaceae (myoporum), Myricaceae (bayberry), Myristicaceae (nutmeg), Myrothamnaceae, Myrsinaceae (myrsine), Myrtaceae (myrtle), Nelumbonaceae (lotus lily), Nepenthaceae (East Indian pitcherplant), Neuradaceae, Nolanaceae, Nothofagaceae, Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock), Nymphaeaceae (water lily), Nyssaceae (sour gum), Ochnaceae (ochna), Olacaceae (olax), Oleaceae (olive), Oliniaceae, Onagraceae (evening primrose), Oncothecaceae, Opiliaceae, Orobanchaceae (broom rape), Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel), Paeoniaceae (peony), Pandaceae, Papaveraceae (poppy), Papilionaceae, Paracryphiaceae, Passifloraceae (passionflower), Pedaliaceae (sesame), Pellicieraceae, Penaeaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Peridiscaceae, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed), Piperaceae (pepper), Pittosporaceae (pittosporum), Plantaginaceae (plantain), Platanaceae (plane tree), Plumbaginaceae (leadwort), Podostemaceae (river weed), Polemoniaceae (phlox), Polygalaceae (milkwort), Polygonaceae (buckwheat), Portulacaceae (purslane), Primulaceae (primrose), Proteaceae (protea), Punicaceae (pomegranate), Pyrolaceae (shinleaf), Quiinaceae, Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia), Ranunculaceae (buttercup orranunculus), Resedaceae (mignonette), Retziaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Rhamnaceae (buckthorn), Rhizophoraceae (red mangrove), Rhoipteleaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Rosaceae (rose), Rubiaceae (madder), Rutaceae (rue), Sabiaceae (sabia), Saccifoliaceae, Salicaceae (willow), Salvadoraceae, Santalaceae (sandalwood), Sapindaceae (soapberry), Sapotaceae (sapodilla), Sarcolaenaceae, Sargentodoxaceae, Sarraceniaceae (pitcher plant), Saururaceae (lizard's tail), Saxifragaceae (saxifrage), Schisandraceae (schisandra), Scrophulariaceae (figwort), Scyphostegiaceae, Scytopetalaceae, Simaroubaceae (quassia), Simmondsiaceae (jojoba), Solanaceae (potato), Sonneratiaceae (sonneratia), Sphaerosepalaceae, Sphenocleaceae (spenoclea), Stackhousiaceae (stackhousia), Stachyuraceae, Staphyleaceae (bladdernut), Sterculiaceae (cacao), Stylidiaceae, Styracaceae (storax), Surianaceae (suriana), Symplocaceae (sweetleaf), Tamaricaceae (tamarix), Tepuianthaceae, Tetracentraceae, Tetrameristaceae, Theaceae (tea), Theligonaceae, Theophrastaceae (theophrasta), Thymelaeaceae (mezereum), Ticodendraceae, Tiliaceae (linden), Tovariaceae, Trapaceae (water chestnut), Tremandraceae, Trigoniaceae, Trimeniaceae, Trochodendraceae, Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium), Turneraceae (turnera), Ulmaceae (elm), Urticaceae (nettle), Valerianaceae (valerian), Verbenaceae (verbena), Violaceae (violet), Viscaceae (Christmas mistletoe), Vitaceae (grape), Vochysiaceae, Winteraceae (wintera), Xanthophyllaceae, and Zygophyllaceae (creosote bush).
63. A method of any one of claims 49 -59 wherein the plant is a monocotyledon.
64. A method of claim 63 , wherein the monocotyledon is selected from the group consisting of corn, wheat, oat, rice, barley, millet, banana, onion, garlic, asparagus, ryegrass, millet, fonio, raishan, nipa grass, turmeric, saffron, galangal, chive, cardamom, date palm, pineapple, shallot, leek, scallion, water chestnut, ramp, Job's tears, bamboo, ragi, spotless watermeal, arrowleaf elephant ear, Tahitian spinach, abaca, areca, bajra, betel nut, broom millet, broom sorghum, citronella, coconut, cocoyam, maize, dasheen, durra, durum wheat, edo, Pique, formio, ginger, orchard grass, esparto grass, Sudan grass, guinea corn, Manila hemp, henequen, hybrid maize, jowar, lemon grass, maguey, bulrush millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, Japanese millet, proso millet, New Zealand flax, oats, oil palm, palm palmyra, sago palm, redtop, sisal, sorghum, spelt wheat, sweet corn, sweet sorghum, taro, teff, timothy grass, triticale, vanilla, wheat, and yam.
65. A method of claim 63 , wherein the monocotyledon is from a family selected from the group consisting of Acoraceae (calamus), Agavaceae (century plant), Alismataceae (water plantain), Aloeaceae (aloe), Aponogetonaceae (cape pondweed), Araceae (arum), Arecaceae (palm), Bromeliaceae (bromeliad), Burmanniaceae (burmannia), Butomaceae (flowering rush), Cannaceae (canna), Centrolepidaceae, Commelinaceae (spiderwort), Corsiaceae, Costaceae (costus), Cyanastraceae, Cyclanthaceae (Panama hat), Cymodoceaceae (manatee grass), Cyperaceae (sedge), Dioscoreaceae (yam), Eriocaulaceae (pipewort), Flagellariaceae, Geosiridaceae, Haemodoraceae (bloodwort), Hanguanaceae (hanguana), Heliconiaceae (heliconia), Hydatellaceae, Hydrocharitaceae (tape grass), Iridaceae (iris), Joinvilleaceae (joinvillea), Juncaceae (rush), Juncaginaceae (arrow grass), Lemnaceae (duckweed), Liliaceae (lily), Limnocharitaceae (water poppy), Lowiaceae, Marantaceae (prayer plant), Mayacaceae (mayaca), Musaceae (banana), Najadaceae (water nymph), Orchidaceae (orchid), Pandanaceae (screw pine), Petrosaviaceae, Philydraceae (philydraceae), Poaceae (grass), Pontederiaceae (water hyacinth), Posidoniaceae (posidonia), Potamogetonaceae (pondweed), Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Ruppiaceae (ditch grass), Scheuchzeriaceae (scheuchzeria), Smilacaceae (catbrier), Sparganiaceae (bur reed), Stemonaceae (stemona), Strelitziaceae, Taccaceae (tacca), Thurniaceae, Triuridaceae, Typhaceae (cattail), Velloziaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xyridaceae (yellow-eyed grass), Zannichelliaceae (horned pondweed), Zingiberaceae (ginger), and Zosteraceae (eelgrass).
66. A method of any one of claims 46 -59 , wherein the plant is a gymnosperm.
67. A method of claim 66 , wherein the gymnosperm is from a family selected from the group consisting of Araucariaceae, Boweniaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae, Cycadaceae, Ephedraceae, Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Welwitschiaceae, and Zamiaceae.
68. A method of any one of claims 46 -67 , wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 5% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
69. A method of any one of claims 46 -68 , wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 10% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
70. A method of any one of claims 46 -69 , wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 15% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
71. A method of any one of claims 46 -70 , wherein the average height of the plant is increased by at least about 20% as compared to the average height of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
72. A method of any one of claims 46 -71 , wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 5% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
73. A method of any one of claims 46 -72 , wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 10% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
74. A method of any one of claims 46 -73 , wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 15% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
75. A method of any one of claims 46 -74 , wherein the average leaf diameter of the leaves of plant is increased by at least about 20% as compared to the average leaf diameter of plants grown under the same conditions but that have not been treated with the bacterial culture or inoculant.
76. A plant seed coated with the inoculum of any one of claims 9 -45 or with the bacterial culture of any one of claims 1 -8 .
77. A plant seed of claim 76 , wherein the seed is a dicotyledon seed.
78. A plant seed of claim 77 , wherein the dicotyledon is selected from the group consisting of bean, pea, tomato, pepper, squash, alfalfa, almond, anise seed, apple, apricot, arracha, artichoke, avocado, bambara groundnut, beet, bergamot, black pepper, black wattle, blackberry, blueberry, bitter orange, bok-choi, Brazil nut, breadfruit, broccoli, broad bean, Brussels sprouts, buckwheat, cabbage, camelina, Chinese cabbage, cacao, cantaloupe, caraway seeds, cardoon, carob, carrot, cashew nuts, cassava, castor bean, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, cherry, chestnut, chickpea, chicory, chili pepper, chrysanthemum, cinnamon, citron, clementine, clove, clover, coffee, cola nut, colza, corn, cotton, cottonseed, cowpea, crambe, cranberry, cress, cucumber, currant, custard apple, drumstick tree, earth pea, eggplant, endive, fennel, fenugreek, fig, filbert, flax, geranium, gooseberry, gourd, grape, grapefruit, guava, hemp, hempseed, henna, hop, horse bean, horseradish, indigo, jasmine, Jerusalem artichoke, jute, kale, kapok, kenaf, kohlrabi, kumquat, lavender, lemon, lentil, lespedeza, lettuce, lime, liquorice, litchi, loquat, lupine, macadamia nut, mace, mandarin, mangel, mango, medlar, melon, mint, mulberry, mustard, nectarine, niger seed, nutmeg, okra, olive, opium, orange, papaya, parsnip, pea, peach, peanut, pear, pecan nut, persimmon, pigeon pea, pistachio nut, plantain, plum, pomegranate, pomelo, poppy seed, potato, sweet potato, prune, pumpkin, quebracho, quince, trees of the genus Cinchona, quinoa, radish, ramie, rapeseed, raspberry, rhea, rhubarb, rose, rubber, rutabaga, safflower, sainfoin, salsify, sapodilla, Satsuma, scorzonera, sesame, shea tree, soybean, spinach, squash, strawberry, sugar beet, sugarcane, sunflower, swede, sweet pepper, tangerine, tea, teff, tobacco, tomato, trefoil, tung tree, turnip, urena, vetch, walnut, watermelon, yerba mate, wintercress, shepherd's purse, garden cress, peppercress, watercress, pennycress, star anise, laurel, bay laurel, cassia, jamun, dill, tamarind, peppermint, oregano, rosemary, sage, soursop, pennywort, calophyllum, balsam pear, kukui nut, Tahitian chestnut, basil, huckleberry, hibiscus, passionfruit, star apple, sassafras, cactus, St. John's wort, loosestrife, hawthorn, cilantro, curry plant, kiwi, thyme, zucchini, ulluco, jicama, waterleaf, spiny monkey orange, yellow mombin, starfruit, amaranth, wasabi, Japanese pepper, yellow plum, mashua, Chinese toon, New Zealand spinach, bower spinach, ugu, tansy, chickweed, jocote, Malay apple, paracress, sowthistle, Chinese potato, horse parsley, hedge mustard, campion, agate, cassod tree, thistle, burnet, star gooseberry, saltwort, glasswort, sorrel, silver lace fern, collard greens, primrose, cowslip, purslane, knotgrass, terebinth, tree lettuce, wild betel, West African pepper, yerba santa, tarragon, parsley, chervil, land cress, burnet saxifrage, honeyherb, butterbur, shiso, water pepper, perilla, bitter bean, oca, kampong, Chinese celery, lemon basil, Thai basil, water mimosa, cicely, cabbage-tree, moringa, mauka, ostrich fern, rice paddy herb, yellow sawah lettuce, lovage, pepper grass, maca, bottle gourd, hyacinth bean, water spinach, catsear, fishwort, Okinawan spinach, lotus sweetjuice, gallant soldier, culantro, arugula, cardoon, caigua, mitsuba, chipilin, samphire, mampat, ebolo, ivy gourd, cabbage thistle, sea kale, chaya, huauzontle, Ethiopian mustard, magenta spreen, good king henry, epazole, lamb's quarters, centella plumed cockscomb, caper, rapini, napa cabbage, mizuna, Chinese savoy, kai-lan, mustard greens, Malabar spinach, chard, marshmallow, climbing wattle, China jute, paprika, annatto seed, spearmint, savory, marjoram, cumin, chamomile, lemon balm, allspice, bilberry, cherimoya, cloudberry, damson, pitaya, durian, elderberry, feijoa, jackfruit, jambul, jujube, physalis, purple mangosteen, rambutan, redcurrant, blackcurrant, salal berry, satsuma, ugli fruit, azuki bean, black bean, black-eyed pea, borlotti bean, common bean, green bean, kidney bean, lima bean, mung bean, navy bean, pinto bean, runner bean, mangetout, snap pea, broccoflower, calabrese, nettle, bell pepper, raddichio, daikon, white radish, skirret, tat soi, broccolini, black radish, burdock root, fava bean, broccoli raab, lablab, lupin, sterculia, velvet beans, winged beans, yam beans, mulga, ironweed, umbrella bush, tjuntjula, wakalpulka, witchetty bush, wiry wattle, chia, beech nut, candlenut, colocynth, mamoncillo, Maya nut, mongongo, ogbono nut, paradise nut, and cempedak.
79. A plant seed of claim 77 , wherein the dicotyledon is from a family selected from the group consisting of Acanthaceae (acanthus), Aceraceae (maple), Achariaceae, Achatocarpaceae (achatocarpus), Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry), Adoxaceae (moschatel), Aextoxicaceae, Aizoaceae (fig marigold), Akaniaceae, Alangiaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Alzateaceae, Amaranthaceae (amaranth), Amborellaceae, Anacardiaceae (sumac), Ancistrocladaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Annonaceae (custard apple), Apiaceae (carrot), Apocynaceae (dogbane), Aquifoliaceae (holly), Araliaceae (ginseng), Aristolochiaceae (birthwort), Asclepiadaceae (milkweed), Asteraceae (aster), Austrobaileyaceae, Balanopaceae, Balanophoraceae (balanophora), Balsaminaceae (touch-me-not), Barbeyaceae, Barclayaceae, Basellaceae (basella), Bataceae (saltwort), Begoniaceae (begonia), Berberidaceae (barberry), Betulaceae (birch), Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper), Bixaceae (lipstick tree), Bombacaceae (kapok tree), Boraginaceae (borage), Brassicaceae (mustard, also Cruciferae), Bretschneideraceae, Brunelliaceae (brunellia), Bruniaceae, Brunoniaceae, Buddlej aceae (butterfly bush), Burseraceae (frankincense), Buxaceae (boxwood), Byblidaceae, Cabombaceae (water shield), Cactaceae (cactus), Caesalpiniaceae, Callitrichaceae (water starwort), Calycanthaceae (strawberry shrub), Calyceraceae (calycera), Campanulaceae (bellflower), Canellaceae (canella), Cannabaceae (hemp), Capparaceae (caper), Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle), Cardiopteridaceae, Caricaceae (papaya), Caryocaraceae (souari), Caryophyllaceae (pink), Casuarinaceae (she-oak), Cecropiaceae (cecropia), Celastraceae (bittersweet), Cephalotaceae, Ceratophyllaceae (hornwort), Cercidiphyllaceae (katsura tree), Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot), Chloranthaceae (chloranthus), Chrysobalanaceae (cocoa plum), Circaeasteraceae, Cistaceae (rockrose), Clethraceae (clethra), Clusiaceae (mangosteen, also Guttiferae), Cneoraceae, Columelliaceae, Combretaceae (Indian almond), Compositae (aster), Connaraceae (cannarus), Convolvulaceae (morning glory), Coriariaceae, Cornaceae (dogwood), Corynocarpaceae (karaka), Crassulaceae (stonecrop), Crossosomataceae (crossosoma), Crypteroniaceae, Cucurbitaceae (cucumber), Cunoniaceae (cunonia), Cuscutaceae (dodder), Cyrillaceae (cyrilla), Daphniphyllaceae, Datiscaceae (datisca), Davidsoniaceae, Degeneriaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Diapensiaceae (diapensia), Dichapetalaceae, Didiereaceae, Didymelaceae, Dilleniaceae (dillenia), Dioncophyllaceae, Dipentodontaceae, Dipsacaceae (teasel), Dipterocarpaceae (meranti), Donatiaceae, Droseraceae (sundew), Duckeodendraceae, Ebenaceae (ebony), Elaeagnaceae (oleaster), Elaeocarpaceae (elaeocarpus), Elatinaceae (waterwort), Empetraceae (crowberry), Epacridaceae (epacris), Eremolepidaceae (catkin-mistletoe), Ericaceae (heath), Erythroxylaceae (coca), Eucommiaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Euphorbiaceae (spurge), Eupomatiaceae, Eupteleaceae, Fabaceae (pea or legume), Fagaceae (beech), Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia), Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo), Frankeniaceae (frankenia), Fumariaceae (fumitory), Garryaceae (silk tassel), Geissolomataceae, Gentianaceae (gentian), Geraniaceae (geranium), Gesneriaceae (gesneriad), Globulariaceae, Gomortegaceae, Goodeniaceae (goodenia), Greyiaceae, Grossulariaceae (currant), Grubbiaceae, Gunneraceae (gunnera), Gyrostemonaceae, Haloragaceae (water milfoil), Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel), Hernandiaceae (hernandia), Himantandraceae, Hippocastanaceae (horse chestnut), Hippocrateaceae (hippocratea), Hippuridaceae (mare's tail), Hoplestigmataceae, Huaceae, Hugoniaceae, Humiriaceae, Hydnoraceae, Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea), Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf), Hydrostachyaceae, Icacinaceae (icacina), Idiospermaceae, Illiciaceae (star anise), Ixonanthaceae, Juglandaceae (walnut), Julianiaceae, Krameriaceae (krameria), Lacistemataceae, Lamiaceae (mint, also Labiatae), Lardizabalaceae (lardizabala), Lauraceae (laurel), Lecythidaceae (brazil nut), Leeaceae, Leitneriaceae (corkwood), Lennoaceae (lennoa), Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort), Limnanthaceae (meadow foam), Linaceae (flax), Lissocarpaceae, Loasaceae (loasa), Loganiaceae (logania), Loranthaceae (showy mistletoe), Lythraceae (loosestrife), Magnoliaceae (magnolia), Malesherbiaceae, Malpighiaceae (barbados cherry), Malvaceae (mallow), Marcgraviaceae (shingle plant), Medusagynaceae, Medusandraceae, Melastomataceae (melastome), Meliaceae (mahogany), Melianthaceae, Mendonciaceae, Menispermaceae (moonseed), Menyanthaceae (buckbean), Mimosaceae, Misodendraceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Molluginaceae (carpetweed), Monimiaceae (monimia), Monotropaceae (Indian pipe), Moraceae (mulberry), Moringaceae (horseradish tree), Myoporaceae (myoporum), Myricaceae (bayberry), Myristicaceae (nutmeg), Myrothamnaceae, Myrsinaceae (myrsine), Myrtaceae (myrtle), Nelumbonaceae (lotus lily), Nepenthaceae (East Indian pitcherplant), Neuradaceae, Nolanaceae, Nothofagaceae, Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock), Nymphaeaceae (water lily), Nyssaceae (sour gum), Ochnaceae (ochna), Olacaceae (olax), Oleaceae (olive), Oliniaceae, Onagraceae (evening primrose), Oncothecaceae, Opiliaceae, Orobanchaceae (broom rape), Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel), Paeoniaceae (peony), Pandaceae, Papaveraceae (poppy), Papilionaceae, Paracryphiaceae, Passifloraceae (passionflower), Pedaliaceae (sesame), Pellicieraceae, Penaeaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Peridiscaceae, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed), Piperaceae (pepper), Pittosporaceae (pittosporum), Plantaginaceae (plantain), Platanaceae (plane tree), Plumbaginaceae (leadwort), Podostemaceae (river weed), Polemoniaceae (phlox), Polygalaceae (milkwort), Polygonaceae (buckwheat), Portulacaceae (purslane), Primulaceae (primrose), Proteaceae (protea), Punicaceae (pomegranate), Pyrolaceae (shinleaf), Quiinaceae, Rafflesiaceae (rafflesia), Ranunculaceae (buttercup orranunculus), Resedaceae (mignonette), Retziaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Rhamnaceae (buckthorn), Rhizophoraceae (red mangrove), Rhoipteleaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Rosaceae (rose), Rubiaceae (madder), Rutaceae (rue), Sabiaceae (sabia), Saccifoliaceae, Salicaceae (willow), Salvadoraceae, Santalaceae (sandalwood), Sapindaceae (soapberry), Sapotaceae (sapodilla), Sarcolaenaceae, Sargentodoxaceae, Sarraceniaceae (pitcher plant), Saururaceae (lizard's tail), Saxifragaceae (saxifrage), Schisandraceae (schisandra), Scrophulariaceae (figwort), Scyphostegiaceae, Scytopetalaceae, Simaroubaceae (quassia), Simmondsiaceae (jojoba), Solanaceae (potato), Sonneratiaceae (sonneratia), Sphaerosepalaceae, Sphenocleaceae (spenoclea), Stackhousiaceae (stackhousia), Stachyuraceae, Staphyleaceae (bladdernut), Sterculiaceae (cacao), Stylidiaceae, Styracaceae (storax), Surianaceae (suriana), Symplocaceae (sweetleaf), Tamaricaceae (tamarix), Tepuianthaceae, Tetracentraceae, Tetrameristaceae, Theaceae (tea), Theligonaceae, Theophrastaceae (theophrasta), Thymelaeaceae (mezereum), Ticodendraceae, Tiliaceae (linden), Tovariaceae, Trapaceae (water chestnut), Tremandraceae, Trigoniaceae, Trimeniaceae, Trochodendraceae, Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium), Turneraceae (turnera), Ulmaceae (elm), Urticaceae (nettle), Valerianaceae (valerian), Verbenaceae (verbena), Violaceae (violet), Viscaceae (Christmas mistletoe), Vitaceae (grape), Vochysiaceae, Winteraceae (wintera), Xanthophyllaceae, and Zygophyllaceae (creosote bush).
80. A plant seed of claim 76 , wherein the seed is a monocotyledon seed.
81. A plant seed of claim 80 , wherein the monocotyledon is selected from the group consisting of corn, wheat, oat, rice, barley, millet, banana, onion, garlic, asparagus, ryegrass, millet, fonio, raishan, nipa grass, turmeric, saffron, galangal, chive, cardamom, date palm, pineapple, shallot, leek, scallion, water chestnut, ramp, Job's tears, bamboo, ragi, spotless watermeal, arrowleaf elephant ear, Tahitian spinach, abaca, areca, bajra, betel nut, broom millet, broom sorghum, citronella, coconut, cocoyam, maize, dasheen, durra, durum wheat, edo, Pique, formio, ginger, orchard grass, esparto grass, Sudan grass, guinea corn, Manila hemp, henequen, hybrid maize, jowar, lemon grass, maguey, bulrush millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, Japanese millet, proso millet, New Zealand flax, oats, oil palm, palm palmyra, sago palm, redtop, sisal, sorghum, spelt wheat, sweet corn, sweet sorghum, taro, teff, timothy grass, triticale, vanilla, wheat, and yam.
82. A plant seed of claim 80 wherein the monocotyledon is from a family selected from the group consisting of Acoraceae (calamus), Agavaceae (century plant), Alismataceae (water plantain), Aloeaceae (aloe), Aponogetonaceae (cape pondweed), Araceae (arum), Arecaceae (palm), Bromeliaceae (bromeliad), Burmanniaceae (burmannia), Butomaceae (flowering rush), Cannaceae (canna), Centrolepidaceae, Commelinaceae (spiderwort), Corsiaceae, Costaceae (costus), Cyanastraceae, Cyclanthaceae (Panama hat), Cymodoceaceae (manatee grass), Cyperaceae (sedge), Dioscoreaceae (yam), Eriocaulaceae (pipewort), Flagellariaceae, Geosiridaceae, Haemodoraceae (bloodwort), Hanguanaceae (hanguana), Heliconiaceae (heliconia), Hydatellaceae, Hydrocharitaceae (tape grass), Iridaceae (iris), Joinvilleaceae (joinvillea), Juncaceae (rush), Juncaginaceae (arrow grass), Lemnaceae (duckweed), Liliaceae (lily), Limnocharitaceae (water poppy), Lowiaceae, Marantaceae (prayer plant), Mayacaceae (mayaca), Musaceae (banana), Najadaceae (water nymph), Orchidaceae (orchid), Pandanaceae (screw pine), Petrosaviaceae, Philydraceae (philydraceae), Poaceae (grass), Pontederiaceae (water hyacinth), Posidoniaceae (posidonia), Potamogetonaceae (pondweed), Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Ruppiaceae (ditch grass), Scheuchzeriaceae (scheuchzeria), Smilacaceae (catbrier), Sparganiaceae (bur reed), Stemonaceae (stemona), Strelitziaceae, Taccaceae (tacca), Thurniaceae, Triuridaceae, Typhaceae (cattail), Velloziaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xyridaceae (yellow-eyed grass), Zannichelliaceae (horned pondweed), Zingiberaceae (ginger), and Zosteraceae (eelgrass).
83. A plant seed of claim 76 , wherein the seed is a gymnosperm seed.
84. A plant seed of claim 76 , wherein the gymnosperm is from a family selected from the group consisting of Araucariaceae, Boweniaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae, Cycadaceae, Ephedraceae, Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Welwitschiaceae, and Zamiaceae.
85. A kit for stimulating plant growth comprising an inoculum of any one of claims 9 -45 and instructions for applying the inoculum to plants, plant seeds, or a plant growth medium.
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