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Grass fungal endophytes and uses thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1172144
The invention provides isolated fungal endophytes and synthetic combinations thereof with host grass plants. Methods for inoculating grass plant with the endophytes, for propagating the grass-endophyte combinations, and for producing feeds and biofuels from grass-endophyte combinations are also provided.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, OK)
Patent Number(s):
8,975,489
Application Number:
13/306,841
OSTI ID:
1172144
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents journal August 2009

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