Patent ID: 7452445

Claim:
A production method of forming a solid fiber mulching mat from a non-woody fiber plant, comprising the steps of: (a) fermenting said non-woody fiber plant by adding a suspension of a microorganism that is one selected from a group consisting of a Bacillus licheniformis having been deposited under ATCC Accession No: PTA-5824, a Bacillus subtilis having been deposited under ATCC Accession No: PTA-5818, and a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens having been deposited under ATCC Accession No: PTA-58 19; (b) boiling said fermented non-woody fiber plant with a calcium oxide for generating a biopulp; (c) mixing said biopulp, with a polymer and a water for preparing a fiber pulp of said non-woody fiber plant; (d) spreading said fiber pulp of said non-woody fiber plant; (e) squeezing and dehydrating said fiber pulp; and (f) drying said fiber pulp so as to form said solid fiber mulching mat.