The present invention includes modified and unmodified microbes, compositions comprising these microbes, and methods of using these microbes and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth plant yield and/or drought tolerance. This disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with microbes descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

The present invention includes modified and unmodified microbes, compositions comprising these microbes, and methods of using these microbes and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth plant yield and/or drought tolerance. This disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with microbes descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

The current invention relates to a purified bacterial strain for improving plant growth and/or yield. The invention also relates to a bacterial population, a microbial active ingredient, an agriculturally active ingredient, a synthetic composition, and methods for improving plant growth and/or yield by improving a trait of agronomic importance in a plant and by conferring resistance to a plant pathogen infection.

A method for controlling a plant disease according to an embodiment includes treating a plant part, a seed, or a soil with a composition including at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, proline, tryptophan, and a combination thereof as an effective component. A method for promoting growth of an effective microorganism or controlling a plant disease uses prebiotics. As the amino acids have an effect of significantly promoting the growth of effective microorganism and having sustained maintenance of the effective microorganism at the same time and can reduce the incidence rate of plant disease, they can enhance the usefulness of eco-friendly microbial strains for disease control and be advantageously used as a substitute for chemical control agents.

A method for controlling a plant disease according to an embodiment includes treating a plant part, a seed, or a soil with a composition including at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, proline, tryptophan, and a combination thereof as an effective component. A method for promoting growth of an effective microorganism or controlling a plant disease uses prebiotics. As the amino acids have an effect of significantly promoting the growth of effective microorganism and having sustained maintenance of the effective microorganism at the same time and can reduce the incidence rate of plant disease, they can enhance the usefulness of eco-friendly microbial strains for disease control and be advantageously used as a substitute for chemical control agents.

A method for controlling a plant disease according to an embodiment includes treating a plant part, a seed, or a soil with a composition including at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, proline, tryptophan, and a combination thereof as an effective component. A method for promoting growth of an effective microorganism or controlling a plant disease uses prebiotics. As the amino acids have an effect of significantly promoting the growth of effective microorganism and having sustained maintenance of the effective microorganism at the same time and can reduce the incidence rate of plant disease, they can enhance the usefulness of eco-friendly microbial strains for disease control and be advantageously used as a substitute for chemical control agents.

Provided herein are Streptomyces isolates, designated MH71 and MH243, cultures thereof, and compositions comprising the same. Also provided are uses of the isolates, cultures and compositions, for example, for treating and preventing infections and diseases caused by or associated with plant pathogen infections, reducing the susceptibility of plants to diseases caused by or associated with plant pathogen infections, and for inhibiting or reducing the growth of pathogens on plants.

Provided herein are Streptomyces isolates, designated MH71 and MH243, cultures thereof, and compositions comprising the same. Also provided are uses of the isolates, cultures and compositions, for example, for treating and preventing infections and diseases caused by or associated with plant pathogen infections, reducing the susceptibility of plants to diseases caused by or associated with plant pathogen infections, and for inhibiting or reducing the growth of pathogens on plants.

Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.

Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.