The invention concerns a new strain of prokaryotic microorganism and its use in agriculture as a plant biostimulant. With a view to sustainable agriculture, the invention proposes a biostimulant that is effective but also completely natural.
| Patent title | Bacillus spp. VWC18 promoter of physiological and qualitative plant development in the horticultural sector |
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| Thematic area | Bioeconomy, Agriculture and Environment |
| Ownership | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA |
| Inventors | Elia Pagliarini, Francesca Gaggia, Diana Di Gioia |
| Protection | Italy, with possibility to extend internationally |
| Licensing status | Available for development agreements, option, license and other exploitation agreements |
| Keywords | biostimulant, yield, soil fertility, nutraceutical, sustainability |
| Filed on | 06 April 2023 |
The use of Biostimulants in agriculture has been widespread for some time. Most commercial biostimulants, in many cases, require the concomitant use of other products, such as insecticides, fungicides and/or nematicides. With a view to the development of sustainable agricultural practices, there is a need to make available a plant biostimulant that has an adequate level of efficacy but does not necessarily include or require the concomitant use of synthetic chemical compounds or organic substances obtained by extraction with the use of organic solvents, but on the contrary is an essentially natural product.
The invention provides a novel prokaryotic microorganism as a plant biostimulant that is essentially natural. Furthermore, its use does not require the concomitant use of synthetic biostimulants, fungicides, insecticides and/or nematicides. Finally, the production of the biostimulant thus composed presents low production costs and its application to crops does not require specialised workers.
The invention applies to the agricultural sector, in particular to the protection of horticultural and floricultural products. The advantages are as follows:
- Reduction or elimination of chemical fertilisers
- The invention does not require long preparation times
- It is not associated with chemical processes required, e.g. for the extraction of organic/vegetable compounds.
- It requires low labour.
- In economic terms, the invention has a low production cost and its use in selected crops brings production increases