Patent ID: 11963531
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 19:
20. The method of claim 18, wherein
(a) the applying step comprises coating the composition onto at least a portion of the outer surface of the plant, plant part or plant seed;
(b) the applying step comprises coating the composition onto at least a portion of the outer surface of a plant seed;
(c) the applying step comprises solid matrix priming, imbibing, coating, spraying, tumbling, agitating, dripping, soaking, immersing, dusting or encapsulating with the composition;
(d) the composition is applied to a crop plant, and wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of the Bacillus strain to increase the yield of the crop plant; or
(e) the composition is applied to a plant part or plant seed, and wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of the Bacillus strain to increase the yield of a crop plant grown, developed or regenerated from the plant part or plant seed after planting.