US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on May 5 for "Boxwood endophyte Burkholderia sp SSG as potential biocontrol agent against a wide range of pathogens" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,207, issued on May 5, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Boxwood endophyte Burkholderia sp SSG as potential biocontrol agent against a wide range of pathogens" was invented by Ping Kong (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure, in one aspect, relates to compositions containing non-pathogenic Burkholderia species SSG and/or extracts from SSG cultures and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are methods for treating and preventing plant diseases caused by pathogens, the methods including applying the disclosed compositions to plants and/or soil, disease...