Plant husbandry – Process
Patent
1995-04-13
1998-09-22
Fox, David T.
Plant husbandry
Process
47 14, 210600, 210601, 210602, 435262, 405113, 405117, 424 934, 424 9346, 424 93461, 424 93462, 424 9347, A01B 7900, A01C 000, A01G 700, A01H 1300, B01D 000, C20F 000, C20F 300, C20F 332, C07C 000, C07D 000, C07J 000, C07K 000, E02B 708, E02B 706, A01N 6300, A01N 6500, A61K 4800, C07F 000, C07H 000
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active
058096930
ABSTRACT:
Methods and compositions or enhancing metal uptake of plants, such as members of the family Brassicaceae, comprise treating the roots, plants, seeds, and/or soil in which the plants are grown, with metal-uptake altering microorganisms, preferably of the bacterial genus Pseudomonas and Bacillus.
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Blaylock Michael
Chet Ilan
Raskin Ilya
Salt David
Bell Kent L.
Fox David T.
Jarrell Brenda H.
Pasternack Sam
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
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