US Patent Issued to Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. on Oct. 27 for "Use of nitrapyrin for improved plant growth and development" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,978, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. LLC (Cary, N.C.).

"Use of nitrapyrin for improved plant growth and development" was invented by Amy Burton (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Elizabeth Waller (Durham, N.C.) and Kuide Qin (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to biostimulant compositions containing nitrapyrin and finding particular utility in agricultural uses, e.g., being directly applied to soil and/or plant parts, alone or in combination with fertilizers to promote plant growth. More particularly, the subject matter is directed to methods of applying nitrapyrin a...