US 11,680,024 B2
Use of Penicillium brasilianum for stimulating plant growth
Camille Simone Madeleine Profizi, Nantes (FR); and Sébastien Michel Edouard Ptas, Nogent sur Seine (FR)
Assigned to Etablissements J. SOUFFLET, Nogent sur Seine (FR)
Appl. No. 16/462,906
Filed by Etablissements J. SOUFFLET, Nogent sur Seine (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/080725
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/096183, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 16306568 (EP), filed on Nov. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0085067 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A01N 63/36 (2020.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); C05F 11/08 (2006.01); C05B 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/14 (2006.01); C12R 1/80 (2006.01)
CPC C05F 11/08 (2013.01) [A01C 21/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/36 (2020.01); C05B 1/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/145 (2021.05); C12R 2001/80 (2021.05)] 8 Claims
 
1. A method comprising improving plant growth conditions by applying an effective amount of an inoculum of at least one strain of Penicillium brasilianum (i) to the plant growth substrate, (ii) in the plant to be grown, (iii) on the plant to be grown, or any combination of (i), (ii) and (iii), wherein the at least one strain of Penicillium brasilianum is selected from the group consisting of the Penicillium brasilianum strain 064 deposited under the Budapest Treaty with the Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain (MUCL, Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) on 11 Jul. 2013 under Accession number MUCL 54519, the Penicillium brasilianum strain 065 deposited under the Budapest Treaty with the Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain (MUCL, Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) on 11 Jul. 2013 under Accession number MUCL 54520, and the Penicillium brasilianum strain 0849 deposited under the Budapest Treaty with the Centralbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands) on 27 Oct. 2016 under Accession number CBS 141988, and mixtures thereof.