Patent 11102985 was granted and assigned to Heliae Development, LLC on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention discloses biomass compositions for improving shelf life, increasing fruit water retention, and/or decreasing needle-drop in conifer species and methods for making the same. The composition comprises pasteurized microalgae selected from Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium, Scenedesmus, or any combination thereof.