Patent ID: 8709977

Claim:
A plant biostimulant composition effective in improving plant growth or plant development comprising a fermentation broth formulated for foliar application, wherein the fermentation broth comprises a mixture of cellular components from one or more strains of bacteria and one or more strains of yeast which have been grown in a broth to a range of about 10 6 to about 10 16 cfu/ml and then lysed in the broth; wherein the bacteria are selected from the group consisting of Lactobaccillus, Streptococcus , and Propionibacter strains; and wherein the yeast are selected from the group consisting of Saccharomyces, Candida, Pichia, Hanseniaspora, Metschnikowia, Issatchenkia, Kluyveromyces , and Kloeckera strains.