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From formulation through field evaluation and marketing, biological disease control agents and PGPR’s provide a special difficulty; they are alive. This fact dictates special consideration for both strain selection and how it will be prepared and packaged for the real world of agriculture. These inoculants must be produced, stored, delivered, and ultimately used by the grower. Therefore, the inoculants must be maintained at proper concentrations on a carrier over significant time periods. Upon delivery the carrier must also enable the inoculant to reproduce itself and colonize the target plant. Upon application, protection from environmental factors may also be required. Additionally, the product must be in a formulation that is compatible with the grower and his practices. These considerations must all be taken into account in order to develop a product that is not only efficacious and cost effective against chemicals with which it may compete, but also a product that will be used by the consumer. Approaches to successfully develop and deliver biopesticides and PGPR’s to the agricultural market will be discussed.
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McIntyre, J.L., Press, L.S. (1991). Formulation, delivery systems and marketing of biocontrol agents and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). In: Keister, D.L., Cregan, P.B. (eds) The Rhizosphere and Plant Growth. Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3336-4_56
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