US 11,849,724 B2
Liquid fertilizer-dispersible compositions and methods thereof
Milind Singh, Apex, NC (US); David A. Long, Chapel Hill, NC (US); and Aveen Alkhatib, Davis, CA (US)
Assigned to Bayer CropScience LP, St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 16/639,521
Filed by Bayer CropScience LP, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/000145
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/035881, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,733, filed on Aug. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,486, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127684 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 63/22 (2020.01); A01N 63/23 (2020.01); A01N 63/25 (2020.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); A01N 25/22 (2006.01); C05G 3/60 (2020.01); C05G 3/70 (2020.01); C05G 5/27 (2020.01); C05G 3/50 (2020.01); A01N 25/04 (2006.01); A01N 43/14 (2006.01); A01N 43/40 (2006.01); A01N 51/00 (2006.01); C05C 1/00 (2006.01); C05C 9/00 (2006.01); C05G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 25/22 (2013.01) [A01N 25/04 (2013.01); A01N 43/14 (2013.01); A01N 43/40 (2013.01); A01N 51/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01); A01N 63/23 (2020.01); A01N 63/25 (2020.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); C05C 1/00 (2013.01); C05C 9/00 (2013.01); C05G 1/00 (2013.01); C05G 3/50 (2020.02); C05G 3/60 (2020.02); C05G 3/70 (2020.02); C05G 5/27 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising:
a) a Bacillus sp. strain and/or a Paenibacillus sp. strain;
b) at least one fibril, microfibril, or nanofibril structuring agent, wherein the fibril, microfibril, or nanofibril structuring agent is microfibrillated cellulose; and
c) a liquid fertilizer, wherein the liquid fertilizer comprises nitrogen and/or phosphorous.