Patents by Inventor David M. Sylvia

David M. Sylvia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sheared roots as a VA-mycorrhizal inoculum and methods for enhancing plant growth
    Patent number: 5096481
    Abstract: A vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum composition comprising host plant roots colonized by at least one species of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, the colonized roots having a particle size in the range of from about 33 .mu.m to about 425 .mu.m and a propagule density of up to about 1,000,000 vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi propagules per gram dry mass of host plant root; methods for the encapsulation thereof and methods for enhancing plant growth utilizing the inocula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: David M. Sylvia, Amiel G. Jarstfer