Patents by Inventor Joan M. Henson

Joan M. Henson 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).

  • Methods of using strains to confer stress tolerance and/or growth enhancement in plants
    Patent number: 8524224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignees: Montana State University, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
    Inventors: Joan M. Henson, Kathy B. Sheehan, Russell J. Rodriguez, Regina S. Redman
  • CURVULARIA STRAINS AND THEIR USE TO CONFER STRESS TOLERANCE AND/OR GROWTH ENHANCEMENT IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110183846
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Joan M. HENSON, Kathy B. Sheehan, Russell J. Rodriguez, Regina S. Redman
  • Curvularia strains and their use to confer stress tolerance and/or growth enhancement in plants
    Patent number: 7906313
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignees: Montana State University, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
    Inventors: Joan M. Henson, Kathy B. Sheehan, Russell J. Rodriguez, Regina S. Redman
  • Use of endophytic fungi to treat plants
    Patent number: 7232565
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Montana State University
    Inventors: Joan M. Henson, Kathy B. Sheehan, Russell J. Rodriguez, Regina S. Redman
  • Use of endophytic fungi to treat plants
    Publication number: 20040082474
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Joan M. Henson, Kathy B. Sheehan, Russell J. Rodriguez, Regina S. Redman