	US 11,839,187 B2
	Epichloë endophyte
David Edward Hume, Palmerston North (NZ); Wayne Roydon Simpson, Palmerston North (NZ); and Richard David Johnson, Palmerston North (NZ)
Assigned to GRASSLANZ TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Lincoln (NZ); and THE GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Barton (AU)
Appl. No. 16/971,657
Filed by Grasslanz Technology Limited, Lincoln (NZ); and The Grains Research and Development Corporation, Barton (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/051304 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 20, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162816, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 740056 (NZ), filed on Feb. 21, 2018; and application No. 743525 (NZ), filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068364 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A01H 17/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); A01H 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/14 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01); C12R 1/645 (2006.01)

CPC A01H 17/00 (2013.01) [A01H 15/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); C12N 1/14 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12N 1/145 (2021.05); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12R 2001/645 (2021.05)]

21 Claims

1. A combination comprising an isolated strain of Epichloë endophyte and a non-endogenous host plant, wherein the endophyte comprises a B10 allele size of 188±0.8 base pairs (bp) and a B11 allele size of 112±0.8 bp.