From: What do patents tell us about microalgae in agriculture?
Category | Division | Sub-division | Number of patents* submitted | Number of patents (no redundancy) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | Plant growth | Growth promoter | 46 | 17 | |
Biofertilizers | Biofertilizers | 16 | 8 | ||
Resistance elicitors | Resistance elicitors | 24 | 6 | ||
Plant health | Seed coating | 7 | 1 | ||
Fungicide/Bactericide | 21 | 6 | |||
Nematode | 2 | 1 | |||
Insects | 2 | 1 | |||
Weed management | Lawn protectors | 4 | 4 | ||
Post-harvest | Fruit bruise | 2 | 1 | ||
Fruit sweetness | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 125 | 46 |