Plant husbandry – Coated or impregnated seed – method or apparatus
Patent
1990-10-05
1992-05-19
Hafer, Robert A.
Plant husbandry
Coated or impregnated seed, method or apparatus
A01C 106
Patent
active
051136198
ABSTRACT:
A composition for application to seed is disclosed, the composition including bacteria and adherent. The adherent is a biopolymer secreted naturally from bacteria and also acts as matrix for protecting bacteria applied to the seed. The invention is concerned particularly with a method and composition for adhering nitrogen-fixing bacteria to legume seed using a biopolymer secreted by the bacteria to be adhered.
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Leps Walter T.
Thompson Bradley G.
Hafer Robert A.
Rooney Kevin G.
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