Patent ID: 9732335
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: C12N

Claim:
1. A method for the selection of one or more microorganisms capable of imparting one or more beneficial properties to a plant, the method comprising at least the steps of: a) subjecting one or more plants to a growth medium in the presence of a first set of one or more microorganisms; b) selecting one or more plants following step a) on the basis of one or more phenotypic traits; c) acquiring a second set of one or more microorganisms associated with one or more plants selected in step b); d) subjecting the first set of one or more microorganisms prior to step a) and/or the second set of one or more microorganisms acquired in step c) to a targeted or random genetic modification; and e) repeating steps a) to d) one or more times, wherein the second set of one or more microorganisms are used in step a) of any successive repeat.