	US 12,458,029 B2
	Methods and compositions for improving soybean yield
Charles Michael McFatrich, St. Louis, MO (US); and Janne Kerovuo, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 17/633,600
Filed by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed May 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034235 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/025751, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,423, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304310 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01H 3/00 (2006.01); A01H 6/54 (2018.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12R 1/01 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 63/20 (2020.01) [A01H 3/00 (2013.01); A01H 6/542 (2018.05); C12N 1/205 (2021.05); C12R 2001/01 (2021.05)]

15 Claims

1. A method for improving soybean plant yield that comprises:

(a) applying a composition to a soybean plant or part thereof wherein the composition comprises one or more Methylobacterium selected from the group consisting of: NLS0934 (NRRL B-67341), NLS0497 (NRRL B-67925), NLS0693 (NRRL B-67926), NLS1179 (NRRL B-67929), NLS1181 (NRRL B-67927), and NLS0610 (NRRL B-67892); or the composition comprises Methylobacterium NLS0109 (NRRL B-67340) and NLS0610 (NRRL B-67892); wherein said composition further comprises at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of an additional active ingredient, an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant, and an agriculturally acceptable excipient; and,

(b) growing the soybean plant to maturity, thereby improving yield of the soybean plant.