Bioactive priming polypeptides are provided that are useful when applied to plants in agricultural formulations. Methods of using the formulations containing the bioactive priming polypeptides are also provided which are applied exogenously to the surface of a plant or a plant cell membrane or endogenously to the interior of a plant or to a plant cell. The bioactive priming polypeptides when applied to a plant, a plant part, or a plant growth medium or a rhizosphere in an area surrounding the plant or the plant part increase growth, yield, health, longevity, productivity, and/or vigor of a plant or a plant part and/or decrease abiotic stress in the plant or the plant part and/or protect the plant or the plant part from disease, insects and/or nematodes, and/or increase the innate immune response of the plant or the plant part and/or change plant architecture.

Bioactive priming polypeptides are provided that are useful when applied to plants in agricultural formulations. Methods of using the formulations containing the bioactive priming polypeptides are also provided which are applied exogenously to the surface of a plant or a plant cell membrane or endogenously to the interior of a plant or to a plant cell. The bioactive priming polypeptides when applied to a plant, a plant part, or a plant growth medium or a rhizosphere in an area surrounding the plant or the plant part increase growth, yield, health, longevity, productivity, and/or vigor of a plant or a plant part and/or decrease abiotic stress in the plant or the plant part and/or protect the plant or the plant part from disease, insects and/or nematodes, and/or increase the innate immune response of the plant or the plant part and/or change plant architecture.

Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC7941, TIC7941PL_1, TIC7941PL_2, and TIC7941PL_3. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC7941, TIC7941PL_1, TIC7941PL_2, and TIC7941PL_3 pesticidal proteins are also provided. Also disclosed are methods and compositions to improve the insecticidal activity of a pesticidal protein against an insect pest species. Further disclosed are method and compositions to reduce expression of a pesticidal protein in the reproductive tissues of a transgenic plant.

Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC7941, TIC7941PL_1, TIC7941PL_2, and TIC7941PL_3. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC7941, TIC7941PL_1, TIC7941PL_2, and TIC7941PL_3 pesticidal proteins are also provided. Also disclosed are methods and compositions to improve the insecticidal activity of a pesticidal protein against an insect pest species. Further disclosed are method and compositions to reduce expression of a pesticidal protein in the reproductive tissues of a transgenic plant.

The present disclosure concerns a method for enhancing or promoting or increasing the fermentative potential of microbial populations and/or the growth rate of microorganisms. The present disclosure also proposes a method for improving survival, viability and/or stability of microorganisms in microbial products, suspensions or of microbial inoculants, during storage.

Disclosed herein are compounds, salts, solvates of Formula (1), and any formulation thereof. Also disclosed are methods of increasing soil nutrient availability to a plant by contacting a plant or soil with compounds, salts, solvates of Formula (1), or any formulation thereof. The compounds and methods disclosed herein may increase an amount of nitrogen or soluble phosphate in a soil.

Disclosed herein are compounds, salts, solvates of Formula (1), and any formulation thereof. Also disclosed are methods of increasing soil nutrient availability to a plant by contacting a plant or soil with compounds, salts, solvates of Formula (1), or any formulation thereof. The compounds and methods disclosed herein may increase an amount of nitrogen or soluble phosphate in a soil.

Method that allows surfaces in interior spaces or technical equipments to be cleaned, characterised in that it comprises at least the following step: —the targeted atomization on the surfaces of a liquid with spores of benign bacteria on all or certain types of surfaces by means of an electrically and/or pneumatically powered atomizer, while the space remains accessible to people and animals, with the purpose of speeding up the cleaning of interior spaces and of technical equipments, lowering the cleaning frequency, and lowering the dust deposit.

Method that allows surfaces in interior spaces or technical equipments to be cleaned, characterised in that it comprises at least the following step: —the targeted atomization on the surfaces of a liquid with spores of benign bacteria on all or certain types of surfaces by means of an electrically and/or pneumatically powered atomizer, while the space remains accessible to people and animals, with the purpose of speeding up the cleaning of interior spaces and of technical equipments, lowering the cleaning frequency, and lowering the dust deposit.

Methods for selecting a microbe for co-formulation with a carrier are provided. In some examples, the methods include identifying a microbe that comprises one or more dipicolinic acid (DPA) synthase genes, a microbe that expresses one or more DPA synthase proteins, and/or a microbe that produces DPA; and selecting the microbe for co-formulation with a carrier. The methods optionally include co-formulating the selected microbe with the carrier. In some examples, the methods include detecting one or more DPA synthase genes or one or more DpaA and/or DpaB proteins in a microbe. In other examples, the methods include detecting DPA in a microbe or medium containing a microbe, for example, utilizing a fluorescence assay. Microbial compositions including one or more microbes that comprise one or more DPA synthase genes, express one or more DPA synthase proteins and/or produce DPA are also provided.