Article: U.S., German Inventors Develop Enhancing Plant Productivity Process

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Stanley J. Kostka of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Gregor Schuermann of Schwetzingen, German, have developed a method for enhancing plant growth in plant growth medium. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved plant growth is realized especially with turf grasses by using an enhanced plant growth medium prepared by adding a bioefficacious amount of C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl ether of methyl oxirane-oxirane copolymer that, serendipitously reduces the water repellency of the medium."

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,399,730 on July. 15.

The patent has been assigned to Aquatrols Corporation of America Inc., Paulsboro, ...

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