Patent ID: 9277751
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for improving a trait in a cotton plant, the method comprising: contacting a seed of said cotton plant with a formulation comprising purified filamentous, spore-forming, facultative fungal endophytes of at least one species, wherein the facultative fungal endophytes are and are present in the formulation in an amount effective to decrease colonization frequencies of endophytes of genus wherein the benefit is selected from the group consisting of reduced nematode reproduction, reduced insect infestation, increased boll retention, increased yield, reduction of yield loss, increased growth, modulated phytohormone, enhanced resistance to drought stress, enhanced resistance to cold stress, enhanced resistance to heat stress, enhanced resistance to nutrient deficiency, enhanced resistance to salt toxicity, enhanced resistance to aluminum toxicity, enhanced resistance to grazing by herbivores, enhanced resistance to nematode infection, enhanced resistance to fungal infection, enhanced resistance to bacterial infection, enhanced resistance to viral infection and pest reduction.