Patent ID: 9532573
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A01C,A01N,G01N

Claim:
1. A method of treating seeds of a cereal agricultural plant, comprising mechanically or manually contacting a plurality of seeds with a composition comprising a purified bacterial population that comprises a seed bacterial endophyte that is capable of producing an auxin or acetoin, and has a 16S nucleic acid sequence that is at least 97% identical to a 16S nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 521, 533, 560, 710, 856, 1447, 530, 536, 588, and 658, and the endophyte is heterologously disposed to the seed in an amount effective to colonize the plant and to increase germination efficiency of the treated seed as compared to a reference seed sowed under the same conditions.