US 11,891,611 B2
Method for modulating plant processes
Pierdomenico Perata, San Giuliano Terme (IT); Elena Loreti, Pisa (IT); Eleonora Paparelli, San Giuliano Terme (IT); Antonietta Santaniello, Pisa (IT); Giacomo Novi, Buti (IT); and Alberto Piaggesi, Lanciano (IT)
Assigned to VALAGRO S.P.A, Atessa (IT)
Appl. No. 15/502,135
Filed by VALAGRO S.P.A., Atessa (IT)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2015, PCT No. PCT/IB2015/055974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 6, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2016/020874, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/033,757, filed on Aug. 6, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. MI2014A001447 (IT), filed on Aug. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2017/0226509 A1, Aug. 10, 2017
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); A01N 65/03 (2009.01); C05B 7/00 (2006.01); C05C 5/02 (2006.01); C05C 5/04 (2006.01); C05D 1/02 (2006.01); C05D 5/00 (2006.01); C05D 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8262 (2013.01) [A01N 65/03 (2013.01); C05B 7/00 (2013.01); C05C 5/02 (2013.01); C05C 5/04 (2013.01); C05D 1/02 (2013.01); C05D 5/00 (2013.01); C05D 9/02 (2013.01); C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C12N 2310/141 (2013.01); C12N 2330/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
 
1. A method, comprising:
feeding a plant or seed a composition comprising a miRNA156 and/or miRNA399d containing extract, wherein the miRNA156 and/or miRNA399d containing extract is obtained from an exudate of a root of a non-transgenic plant and is used to improve the nutrient uptake, abiotic stress tolerance or growth in the plant or seed by interfering with gene expression through environmental RNA interference.