POLYMER-BASED COATINGS TO INCREASE THE SURVIVAL OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL SEEDS

提高农业种子微生物接种剂存活率的聚合物基涂层。在世界范围内，有许多积极的研究，以最大限度地利用根瘤菌豆科植物，并开发一系列新的促进生长的微生物应用于包括谷物在内的农作物。然而，接种菌在播种后的存活率非常低，严重限制了其效果。新型高分子包膜可提高接种剂的存活率。通过化学家、根瘤学家以及接种剂和种子包衣行业之间的合作，现在可以产生创新技术，提高接种潜力，用更少的肥料获得更高的作物产量。这项技术将催生一个农村服务业，提供包衣种子产品，降低农民的投入成本，帮助他们实现收入最大化。

POLYMER-BASED COATINGS TO INCREASE THE SURVIVAL OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. World-wide, there is much active research to maximise the use of Rhizobium for legumes and to develop a new range of growth-promoting micro-organisms for application to agricultural crops including cereals. However, very poor survival of inoculant bacteria after application to seed severely limits their effectiveness. New polymer coatings on seed may enhance survival of inoculants. By collaboration between chemists, rhizobiologists and the inoculant and seed-coating industries, innovative technology can now be generated, improving inoculum potential, giving higher crop yields using less fertilisers. The technology will generate a rural service industry providing coated seed products that reduce farmers' input costs and help maximise their income.