Patent ID: 8614165

Claim:
A seed composition comprising: a seed; a first component comprising an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material comprising natural organic matter that is two or more of: (i) a mixture of condensed hydrocarbons, lignins, and tannins and/or condensed tannins; (ii) a oxygen-to-carbon ratio for the dissolved organic matter of greater than about 0.5; (iii) a total number of tannin compounds greater than about 200, the tannin compounds having a hydrogen to carbon ration of about 0.5 to about 1.4, and an aromaticity index of less than about 0.7 as measured by mass spectroscopy; or (iv) a mass distribution of about 47-56% lignin compounds, 33-42% tannin compounds, and about 8-11% condensed hydrocarbon as measured by mass spectroscopy and at least one agriculturally acceptable microorganism.