Absstract of: WO2024017799A1
The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing a plant disease, biological control compositions and the use of bacteria as biological control agent. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of bacteria of the species Sphingobium xenophagum as a biological control agent for controlling a pest population, more specifically for treating or preventing a disease in a plant or seed in need thereof.
Absstract of: WO2024017883A1
The present invention relates to means and methods comprising a bacterial heme peroxidase and/or a functional fragment thereof for medical and non-medical use in preventing and/or controlling a pathogen on food, plants, or in or on the human or animal body. The present invention thus relates to novel medical and non-medical uses of a bacterial heme peroxidase and/or a functional fragment thereof for preventing and/or controlling a pathogen on food, plants, or on the human or animal body. Furthermore, the present invention relates to corresponding methods comprising a bacterial heme peroxidase and/or a functional fragment thereof for preventing and/or controlling a pathogen on food, plants or on or in the human or animal body comprising applying a sufficient amount of the bacterial heme peroxidase and/or a functional fragment thereof on said food, plants, or on mucosae, skin, in particular epidermal skin like scalp or facial skin and/or teeth to reduce the number of cells of said pathogen. In addition, the invention relates to specific heme peroxidases that have been identified to have desired properties. The invention also relates to fragments of or small heme peroxidases that have particularly advantageous properties. Moreover, the present invention further relates to corresponding compositions comprising a bacterial heme peroxidase and/or a functional fragment thereof for preventing and/or controlling a pathogen on food, plants, or in or on the human or animal body. Kits co
Absstract of: WO2024018434A1
The present disclosure relates to a Bacillus velezensis strain, and a composition for plant protection comprising an effective amount of said Bacillus velezensis. The use of the disclosed Bacillus velezensis strain or composition as a biological plant protection agent, and a method for protecting or treating plants and/or fruit from fungal or bacterial infections comprising applying an effective amount of the Bacillus velezensis strain or the composition, are also disclosed.
Absstract of: AU2023311362A1
Methods and compositions for use in growth of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFM) and/or methanotroph bacteria are provided herein, wherein the fermentation comprises hop acids to inhibit growth of bacterial contaminants.
Absstract of: EP4559313A1
The present invention relates to a method comprising the addition of a broad-spectrum preservative agent to a corn steep liquor, subsequent homogenization to resuspend all solids and mix the preservative appropriately. Then a thickening agent, previously diluted in an alcohol to ensure a good dispersion of same, is added, and everything is homogenized to give rise to a biostimulant corn steep liquor for use as high added value organic matter (biostimulant CSL) with a fertilizing effect.
Absstract of: AU2023311868A1
In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to a composition comprising 30% to 45% vol/vol castor oil, 25% to 35% vol/vol propylene glycol, 5% to 15% vol/vol oleic acid, 15% to 25% wt/vol rodent repellent, and 0% to 10% vol/vol water. The disclosure also relates to methods of repelling a rodent from a substrate comprising applying to a substrate the compositions described herein.
Absstract of: AU2023310873A1
In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a first compound that is a trigeminal nerve irritant, a second compound that is an animal repellent, and an acceptable carrier. The disclosure also relates to methods of repelling an animal from a substrate comprising applying to a substrate the compositions comprising a trigeminal nerve irritant and an animal repellent as described herein.
Absstract of: WO2024018300A1
A nematicidal composition includes curcin or a curcin-like protein as active nematicidal ingredient. The curcin or curcin-like protein is a protein which has at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. A method of controlling nematodes is also provided.
Absstract of: MX2025000749A
Endophyte inoculant compositions, methods of making such compositions, methods of using such compositions, and physiologically altered plants treating with such compositions are disclosed. The endophyte inoculant composition may include one or more of endophyte strains WW5, WW6, WW7, and PTD1, which promote plant mineral nutrient acquisition and uptake, vigor, health, growth, and yield when applied to non-native host plants.
Absstract of: WO2024020428A1
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising Methylobacterium strains and methods related thereto that reduce plant damage due to piercing-sucking insects and/or pathogens transmitted by such insects.
Absstract of: US2025163363A1
The present invention relates to a novel bacterium Yersinia entomophaga MH96 as deposited at DSMZ on 4 May 2006 and designated accession no. DSM 1823 8. The present invention also relates to substances obtained or derived from Yersinia entomophaga MH96, which retain biopesticide activity. Methods for protecting a plant from pest infestation which include applying to the plant or its environment an effective amount of Yersinia entomophaga MH96 or a product delivered from the bacterium are also described.
Absstract of: US2025160333A1
The present invention relates to means and methods comprising Paraburkholderia bacteria for use in preventing and/or controlling plant pests, in particular Erwinia amylovora which constitutes the causative agent of fire blight. The present invention thus relates to novel non-medical uses of Paraburkholderia bacteria for preventing and/or controlling pests on a plant and/or on a temporary part of a plant and/or being located inside of a plant. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods and compositions comprising Paraburkholderia bacteria for preventing and/or controlling such pests on a plant and/or on a temporary part of a plant and/or being located inside of a plant as well as to the use of Paraburkholderia bacteria for the preparation of such compositions. Further provided are kits comprising components used in the methods and compositions of the invention. The inventive use of Paraburkholderia bacteria for the prevention and/or control of plant pests are, without being limiting, particularly useful in commercial crop protection campaigns, particularly against the causative agent of fire blight. Erwinia amylovora.
Absstract of: US2025163440A1
The present disclosure provides compositions for improved Rhizobium-mediated transformation in transformation of recalcitrant plants, and methods of use thereof. Also provided are compositions and methods for Rhizobium-dependent delivery of heterologous proteins directly to plant cells.
Absstract of: US2025163110A1
Disclosed herein are nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity, as well as novel insecticidal proteins referred to herein as a BCW 001, BCW 002, BCW 003, and BCW toxic protein-containing chimeras and BCW toxin insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the chimeras or the insecticide, and methods for detecting the presence of the nucleotide sequences or the insecticide in a biological sample.
Absstract of: US2025160335A1
The present disclosure provides for a combination of bacteriophages from various environmental sources combined to produce a phage mixture targeting shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains. Techniques and methods of production and use of the phage combinations are also provided.
Absstract of: US2025160339A1
The supplement containing up to 100 wt % of depolymerised residue after dry distillation of wood at a temperature of up to 300° C. is used to enrich the soil layer to a depth of 5 to 30 cm or when planting trees and shrubs to a depth according to the size of the root ball, with 0.5 to 9.9 wt % of depolymerised residue after dry distillation of wood at a temperature not exceeding 300° C. in relation to the weight of soil. In addition the supplement may contain up to 90 wt % of at least one substance selected from a group consisting of compost, organic fertiliser, inorganic fertilisers, minerals, bacterial cultures of aerobic micro-organisms, carbohydrate-based bacterial nutrients, cellulase and amylase, in relation to supplement weight.
Absstract of: AU2023363989A1
Methods of treating a plant or part thereof, or a growth medium for growing a plant, with a composition comprising an effective amount or rate of
Absstract of: US2025160334A1
The present invention provides both compositions comprising Methylobacterium and compositions comprising Methylobacterium that are depleted of substances that promote growth of resident microorganisms on a lettuce plant or seed. Also provided are methods for improving lettuce production, methods of making the compositions, and methods of treating a lettuce plant or seed with the compositions comprising Methylobacterium.
Absstract of: US2025160336A1
Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide (“KHP”) solution to improve the growth of soybean under low light conditions. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is confirmed to contain at least 253 peptides and then infused to the soil containing the soybean seeds or seedlings, the solution can also be sprayed to the leaf surface of soybean plants. Optionally, the KHP solution can be diluted by water, as disclosed in the specification, for applying to the soil and for spraying to leaf surface of soybean plants.
Absstract of: US2025160338A1
Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide (“KHP”) solution to improve the quality and extend the freshness of lettuce plants/leaves. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is confirmed to contain at least 253 peptides and then infused to the soil in which the lettuces are planted; the solution can also be sprayed to the leaf surface of lettuce plants. Optionally, the KHP solution can be diluted by water, as disclosed in the specification, for infusing to the soil and for spraying to leaf surface of lettuce plants.
Absstract of: US2025161376A1
Provided are: a fish rearing composition containing lacticin; and a fish rearing composition containing bacterial cells or a cell culture product of a bacterium having a lacticin gene, or an extract thereof. Provided is a method for rearing an organism of fish, including applying lacticin to the organism of fish, or applying bacterial cells or a cell culture product of a bacterium having a lacticin gene, or an extract thereof to the organism of fish. The lacticin is preferably lacticin Q.
Absstract of: US2025161345A1
The invention relates to methods, uses, systems, arrays, engineered nucleotide sequences and vectors for inhibiting bacterial population growth or for altering the relative ratio of sub-populations of first and second bacteria in a mixed population of bacteria. The invention is particularly useful, for example, for treatment of microbes such as for environmental, medical, food and beverage use. The invention relates inter alia to methods of controlling microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) or biofouling of a substrate or fluid in an industrial or domestic system.
Absstract of: US2025163109A1
This disclosure relates to the field of molecular biology. Provided are novel genes that encode pesticidal proteins. These pesticidal proteins and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them are useful in preparing pesticidal formulations and in the production of transgenic pest-resistant plants. Methods to create or alter pesticidal proteins are provided for altered or enhanced pesticidal activity.
Absstract of: WO2025106846A1
The present disclosure provides for a combination of bacteriophages from various environmental sources combined to produce a phage mixture targeting shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains. Techniques and methods of production and use of the phage combinations are also provided.
Nº publicación: WO2025105320A1 22/05/2025
Applicant:
NIPPON SODA CO [JP]
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Absstract of: WO2025105320A1
Provided are a harmful organism control agent composition and a harmful organism control method that are excellent in ability of killing adults, larvae, or eggs, particularly eggs, of harmful organisms such as insects and mites that are harmful to plants. The present invention pertains to: a harmful organism control agent composition containing a calcium-activated potassium channel modulator such as acynonapyr, and an active ingredient of a silicone-based spreader or a spiracle-blocking agent such as a sorbitan fatty acid ester, a glycerol citric acid fatty acid ester, and a polyoxyethylene methyl polysiloxane; and a harmful organism control method including applying simultaneously or in any order, to a target, a calcium-activated potassium channel modulator, and an active ingredient of a silicone-based spreader or a spiracle-blocking agent, or applying, to a target, a harmful organism control agent composition containing a calcium-activated potassium channel modulator, and an active ingredient of a silicone-based spreader or a spiracle-blocking agent.