Resumen de: US2020053966A1

A method for stimulating plant disease-suppressive activity, such as soil—and seed-borne fungal diseases—and saprophytic molds-suppressive activity, in Sphagnum moss biomass is provided. In the method freshly harvested and/or air-dried Sphagnum biomass is heat treated, thereupon a flow of air heated to a temperature within a range of 50-80° C. is conveyed thereto during a predetermined period of time. Sphagnum biomass is preferably selected from naturally occurring Sphagnum species, in particular, Sphagnum fuscum. A plant disease-suppressive growing medium and uses thereof are further provided.

Resumen de: US2020054005A1

Described herein are biodegradable composites and methods of forming the same. The composites generally comprise a base polymer, a plant-based filler material, and optionally a fragrant additive. The fragrant additives may be used for attracting animals to or repelling animals from an area. Methods of forming the biodegradable composites include an extrusion process using a melt formed from the base polymer and the plant-based filler material.

Resumen de: US2020055905A1

Methods are described herein for generating beneficial compounds and/or materials such as bacteriocins that include contacting ‘challenger’ microbes with the ‘protagonist’ microorganisms. The challenger microbes do not directly manufacture the beneficial compounds and/or materials and instead stimulate the protagonist microorganisms to produce beneficial compounds and materials. The protagonist and/or challenger microorganisms can be administered to a subject so the beneficial compounds and/or materials can be made in vivo. Compositions and methods of using beneficial compounds and/or materials are also described herein.

Resumen de: US2020054021A1

The present invention relates to the process of constructing plant-site specific functional microbiomes to screen, identify plant and soil microbes with beneficial traits, and to apply the functional microbiome, microbe or microbial consortia for improving the growth and health of plants cultivated on normal, stressed or marginal lands and for improving soil health, the removal and/or stabilisation of organic and inorganic pollutants, and the enhancement of soil microbial ecosystem functions.

Resumen de: US2020054022A1

Compositions and methods for treating or preventing a fungal plant disease are provided. Such compositions and methods comprise a combination of one or more chemical fungicides and one or more fungicidal bacterial or fungal strains, or an active variant thereof, that controls one or more fungal pathogens that cause fungal plant disease. Methods for growing a plant susceptible to a fungal plant disease and methods for controlling a fungal plant pathogen are also provided.

Resumen de: US2020054023A1

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a biologically pure culture of a fungicidal Paenibacillus sp. strain comprising a variant fusaricidin synthetase lacking a functional adenylation domain in the third module. The present invention also provides a composition comprising a biologically pure culture of a fungicidal Paenibacillus sp. strain or a cell-free extract thereof comprising at least one Paeniserine and at least one Paeniprolixin. Also provided are isolated compounds and methods of treating a plant to control a plant disease with the disclosed compositions and compounds.

Resumen de: AU2020200825A1

The invention provides compositions and methods of use in reprogramming somatic cells. Compositions and methods of the invention are of use, e.g., for generating or modulating (e.g., enhancing) generation of induced pluripotent stem cells by reprogramming somatic cells. The reprogrammed somatic cells are useful for a number of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a pluripotent state and/or enhances the speed and/or efficiency of reprogramming. Certain compositions and methods relate to modulating the Wnt pathway.

Resumen de: WO2020035361A1

The present application relates to the use of a structural polypeptide such as silk derived polypeptide (preferably spider web derived polypeptide) for coating seed, plant, or plant part, preferably to protect against pest infestation. The present application further relates to a method for plant coating or plant seed coating and to a plant or plant seed coated with a structural polypeptide.

Resumen de: WO2020035619A1

The present invention pertains to the field of agriculture. The invention relates to a method to inhibit gene expression in bacteria, which is referred to here as Antibacterial Gene Silencing (AGS). In particular embodiments, the method is used to protect plants against pathogenic bacteria by targeting pathogenicity factors and / or essential genes in a sequence-specific manner via small non-coding RNAs. The method can also be used to enhance beneficial effects and / or growth of plant-associated symbiotic or commensal bacteria. The invention involves either the generation of stable transgenic plants that constitutively express antibacterial small RNAs or, alternatively, the exogenous delivery of these small RNA entities onto plants, either in the form of RNA extracts or embedded into plant extracellular vesicles (EVs), which were found to be effective in reducing bacterial pathogenicity. The invention also describes a method to identify in a rapid, reliable and cost-effective manner, small RNAs that possess antibacterial activity and that can be further exploited for RNA-based biocontrol applications to confer plant protection against pathogenic bacteria. In addition, the latter approach is instrumental to rapidly characterize any genes from any bacterial species.

Resumen de: WO2020035620A1

The invention relates to a method to inhibit gene expression in bacteria, which is referred to here as Antibacterial Gene Silencing (AGS). In particular embodiments, the method is used to protect plants and animals against pathogenic bacteria by targeting pathogenicity factors and / or essential genes in a sequence-specific manner via small non-coding RNAs. The method can also be used to enhance beneficial effects and / or growth of symbiotic or commensal bacteria. The invention involves the exogenous delivery of small RNA entities onto bacteria, either in the form of RNA extracts or embedded into plant extracellular vesicles (EVs), so as to reduce bacterial growth, survival and / or pathogenicity. The invention also describes a method to identify in a rapid, reliable and cost-effective manner, small RNAs that possess antibacterial activity and that have the potential to be further developed as anti-infective agents. In addition, the latter method is instrumental to rapidly characterize any gene from any bacterial species.

Resumen de: WO2020035547A1

The invention relates to a composition for repelling harmful organisms in agriculture and forestry and in agriculture and horticulture for the protection of cultivated and ornamental plants, and to the use of the composition as a repellent for harmful organisms.

Resumen de: DE102018006384A1

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Zusammensetzung zur Vergrämung von Schadorganismen in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft sowie Landschafts- und Gartenbau zum Schutz von Kultur- und Zierpflanzen sowie ein Verfahren zur Herstellung dieser Verbindung und die Verwendung eines Repellents zur Vergrämung von Schadorganismen.

Resumen de: AU2018314012A1

Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for immunotherapy that comprise allogeneic cells that are able to be universally tolerated in host individuals. In specific embodiments the cells have reduced expression of endogenous beta2-microglobulin (B2M) and/or MHC class II-associated invariant chain (Ii), and in particular cases the cells are NKT cells that lack the ability to damage host tissues, have much reduced recognition by host immune cells, and surprisingly avoid destruction by host NK cells. In some embodiments, B2M- and/or Ii-targeting molecules are engineered to be expressed in combination (including within a single construct) with recombinantly engineered receptors, for example, for a one-hit generation of universally tolerated off-the-shelf immunotherapy.

Resumen de: AU2018304469A1

Bioactive priming polypeptides are provided that are useful when applied to plants in agricultural formulations. Methods of using the formulations containing the bioactive priming polypeptides are also provided which are applied exogenously to the surface of a plant or a plant cell membrane or endogenously to the interior of a plant or to a plant cell. The bioactive priming polypeptides when applied to a plant, a plant part, or a plant growth medium or a rhizosphere in an area surrounding the plant or the plant part increase growth, yield, health, longevity, productivity, and/or vigor of a plant or a plant part and/or decrease abiotic stress in the plant or the plant part and/or protect the plant or the plant part from disease, insects and/or nematodes, and/or increase the innate immune response of the plant or the plant part and/or change plant architecture.

Resumen de: AU2018304994A1

The invention relates to an algal composition in the form of an aqueous suspension. More particularly the invention relates to aqueous suspension compositon including one or more algae selected from green algae, red algae, golden algae, brown algae, golden- brown algae, blue algae, blue-green algae or their species in the range of 0.1%-65% by weight with one or more surfactants in the range of 0.1% -50% by weight; with one or more structuring agent in the range of 0.01%-5% by weight, where the composition has a particle size range of from 0.1 micron to 60 microns. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process of preparing the algal composition comprising at least one alga and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient in the form of an aqueous suspension. The invention further relates to a method of treating the plants, seeds, crops, plant propagation material, locus, parts thereof or the soil with the algal composition in the form of aqueous suspension.

Resumen de: AU2018306154A1

The invention relates to an algal granular composition comprising at least one alga, and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipients selected from one or more of surfactants, binders or disintegrant having weight ratio of algae to at least one of surfactant, binder or disintegrant in the range of 99:1 to 1: 99. The algae comprise 0.1% to 90% by weight of the total composition. The composition has a particle size in the range of 0.1 microns to 60 microns. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process of 10 preparing the algal granular composition comprising at least one alga and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient. The invention further relates to a method of treating the plants, seeds, crops, plant propagation material, locus, parts thereof or the soil with the algal granular composition.

Resumen de: WO2018189610A1

The present invention relates to a plant growth regulating composition, able to inhibit the sprouting of axillary or adventitious buds in herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs, comprising as active ingredients fixed quantities of at least two of Mentha spp. essential oil, Eugenia caryophyllata essential oil and Origanum spp. essential oil; products comprising said composition, use of the composition and new methods to inhibit the sprouting of axillary or adventitious buds in herbaceous stem plants and in shrubs.

Resumen de: EP3610727A1

The present invention relates to a biocidal composition. A biocidal composition comprising diallyl sulfides as a biocidal agent is described. The composition is characterized by surface active agents. The biocidal composition comprises at least one allyl sulfide, a polar diluent, surface active agents, a C4-C9 alkanol, at least one non-ionic surfactant with an HLB value between 9.5 and 17, and at least one anionic surfactant. The described biocidal compositions are effective in treatment against mites, lepidopterous larvae, and thrips.

Resumen de: WO2018187841A1

The present invention relates to a method for producing a plant growth media, the method comprising subjecting a wet microbial cellulose material to a homogenisation process, thereby producing a pulp suitable as a plant growth medium. The present invention further relates to a plant growth medium produced from microbial cellulose material.

Resumen de: EP3611251A1

The present invention relates to novel phosphate solubilizing strains as well as compositions and methods thereof for increasing the availability of phosphate for plants.

Resumen de: WO2018191754A1

A delivery device and system to supplement CO2 in an underwater environment without the need for electricity or the use of compressed CO2. The device consists of a container containing a biological organism such as mycelium and including an exit portal for CO2 to enter the underwater environment. The device may also incorporate a separation device to delay and control the flow of CO2. The system requires the device to be held in place through a securing point in the underwater environment. The minimum requirements for the device are described, but in certain instances it will be preferably used with a double-bag or an outer shell housing to protect or aesthetically conceal the placement underwater. The use of this device and system to supplement carbon dioxide in water will span many industries and applications. It will assist with mosquito trapping. It will also supplement CO2 in underwater growing environments.

Resumen de: WO2018183381A1

The disclosure provides a method of treating, preventing, and/or controlling plant diseases by applying the agricultural composition comprising a bacterial isolate belonging to Paenibacillus or Bacillus. Also, the disclosure provides a method of enhancing disease resistance of a plant seed by applying the agricultural composition to the plant seed, and an agricultural composition comprising the bacterial isolate.

Resumen de: WO2018195397A2

The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of AHR, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Resumen de: WO2019023034A2

The subject invention provides microbe-based compositions comprising cultivated microorganisms and/or growth by-products thereof, as well as methods and systems for producing and using these compositions. More specifically, the subject invention provides microbe-based compositions comprising biologically pure yeast selected from the Pichia clade, and/or growth by-products thereof, such as biosurfactants, enzymes and solvents. Methods of using these compositions to enhance production in agriculture, horticulture, livestock rearing and aquaculture industries are also provided.

Resumen de: FR3084812A1

Répulsif sanglier micro granulé prêt à l'emploi.