US Patent Issued to INNOVATIONS FOR WORLD NUTRITION on Dec. 2 for "Seed coating to promote plant growth and method of increasing plant yield" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,206, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to INNOVATIONS FOR WORLD NUTRITION LLC (Florence, Ala.).

"Seed coating to promote plant growth and method of increasing plant yield" was invented by Arthur R. Shirley Jr. (Florence, Ala.) and Melissa C. Hayes (Florence, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed coated with a seed grind, and optionally a source of sugar, a source of bicarbonate, and/or a source of fertilizer nutrient to supply plant roots with additional uptake-available carbon and energy to promote rapid growth. A method of coating seeds with the coating and a method of growing plants from the coated seed."

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