Patent ID: 11866698
Assignee: BIOCONSORTIA, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A  G | IPC A  C  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for producing a microbial composition that promotes the development of a beneficial phenotypic plant trait, comprising:
(a) growing a plurality of plants in a growth medium, in the presence of a first microbial community;
(b) selecting at least one plant from said plurality of plants, following step (a), based upon a beneficial phenotypic trait exhibited by the plant relative to other plants of said plurality;
(c) acquiring a second microbial community from the at least one plant selected in step (b);
(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) in an iterative manner, wherein the second microbial community acquired in step (c) is used as an inoculum in step (a) of any successive repeat;
(e) acquiring a microbial community that is associated with promoting the development of a beneficial phenotypic plant trait and placing said microbial community in a medium;
(f) separating the microbial community from the medium after a period of time to provide one or more microbial composition substantially free of microorganisms; and
(g) applying the one or more composition of (f) to a plant or plant part, wherein the plant or plant part exhibits a beneficial phenotypic trait, as compared to a plant or plant part not having said microbial composition applied.