Patents Assigned to Salisbury State University
  • Method for treating plants
    Patent number: 6329320
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing productivity of a plant by spraying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) on a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignees: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury State University
    Inventors: Jagmohan Joshi, Mark A. Holland
  • Method for treating plants
    Patent number: 6174837
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing productivity of a plant by spraying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) on a plant. The invention also relates to increasing productivity of a plant under stress by applying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) to a plant and subsequently applying an aqueous solution containing methanol to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignees: Salisbury State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
    Inventors: Jagmohan Joshi, Mark A. Holland
  • Method for treating plants
    Patent number: 5961687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing productivity of a plant by spraying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) on a plant. The invention also relates to increasing productivity of a plant under stress by applying Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) to a plant and subsequently applying an aqueous solution containing methanol to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignees: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury State University
    Inventors: Jagmohan Joshi, Mark A. Holland
  • Seeds, coated or impregnated with a PPFM
    Patent number: 5512069
    Abstract: Seeds coated or impregnated with at least one pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM) have improved germinability. PPFMs can be cultured to produce the cytokinin zeatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignees: Salisbury State University, The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Mark A. Holland, Joseph C. Polacco