US Patent Issued to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY on March 17 for "Composition for controlling plant disease and insect and method for preparing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,574, issued on March 17, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Composition for controlling plant disease and insect and method for preparing same" was invented by Choong Min Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Moo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to four types of Gram-positive bacteria (Brevibacterium frigoritolerans (HRS1, KCTC 14301BP), Bacillus niacini (HRS2, KCTC 14302BP), Solibacillus silvestris (HRS3, KCTC 14303BP), and Bacillus luciferensis (HRS4, KCTC 14304BP) strains), which increase resistance of plants against...