ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,105, issued on June 30, was assigned to KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (Einbeck, Germany).
"Agronomic composition and its uses" was invented by Constanze Holzfuss (Melsungen, Germany) and Christoph Kohl (Everswinkel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an agronomic composition comprising zinc, manganese and microorganism(s) capable of promoting nutrient uptake by a plant from the soil. Furthermore, the present invention provides a seed coated by an agronomic composition according to the invention and a method for improving the yield of a plant, in particular for increasing nutrient uptake and/or cold toler...