US 12,070,037 B2
Methods and compositions for bioprotection of potatoes from Streptomyces scabies
Fazli Mabood, Centennial, CO (US); Aaron L. Waltz, Centennial, CO (US); Margaret Ann Bywater-Ekegard, Centennial, CO (US); and Donald Lawrence Smith, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University, Montreal (CA)
Appl. No. 17/279,679
Filed by THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montréal (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/053646
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/069436, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,747, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,101, filed on Oct. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392902 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 63/22 (2020.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 63/22 (2020.01) [C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 2500/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A method of controlling, suppressing and/or preventing infection from Streptomyces scabies in potatoes, comprising the step of:
providing an antimicrobial composition comprising at least one of Bacillus pumilus strain, a culture medium inoculated with Bacillus pumilus, a purified extract of Bacillus pumilus or at least one metabolite of Bacillus pumilus, wherein said antimicrobial composition comprises Micrococcin P1; and
applying an effective amount of said antimicrobial composition to at least one of potatoes tubers, potatoes roots, potatoes stems, potatoes leaves, and potatoes propagules.