Patent ID: 6107247
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for suppressing sprouting of a potato tuber in storage comprising:applying to the surface of said potato tuber a sprout control agent comprising at least about 0.05 ml of a whole culture broth containing at least about 1.times.10.sup.8 viable cells/ml of a sprout-suppressing bacterial isolate, wherein said isolate is a bacterium selected from the group consisting of Pantoea agglomerans NRRL B-21048, Pseudomonas corrugata NRRL B-21049, Enterobacter cloacae NRRL B-21050, Pseudomonas corrugata NRRL B-21051, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.V NRRL B-21053, Enterobacter sp. NRRL B-21101, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.I NRRL B-21102, Enterobacter sp. NRRL B-21103, Pantoea sp. NRRL B-21104, Pseudomonas corrugata NRRL B-21105, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.I NRRL B-21128, Pseudomonas corrugata NRRL B-21129, Enterobacter sp. NRRL B-21132, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.V NRRL B-21133, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.V NRRL B-21134, Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.V, NRRL B-21135, Pseudomonas corrugata NRRL B-21136 and Pseudomonas fluorescens bv.V NRRL B-21137; andwherein sprouting is suppressed when holding said potato tuber in storage for a period of time in excess of that for which sprouting of said potato tuber would occur under storage conditions in the absence of applying the sprout control agent.