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Title: 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
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Nov 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes - application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts journal April 1993
Biodiversity of fungal endophyte communities inhabiting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) growing in the native tallgrass prairie of northern Oklahoma journal December 2010
QTL Mapping of Aluminum Tolerance in Tetraploid Alfalfa book January 2010
Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts journal May 2005
Sebacinales are common mycorrhizal associates of Ericaceae journal June 2007
Grass and method of introducing endophytic fungi into a grass patent March 1999
Enhancement of Biomass and Productivity in Grasses patent-application January 2010

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