Development of New Biological Seed Treatments for Canadian Crop Production

A&L生物制品公司（A&L）位于英国伦敦，是一家以创新、研究为导向的公司，服务于农业、环境、食品和制药等广泛的行业。在农业领域，A&L为土壤、植物组织、饲料、肥料和水提供全面的分析服务。A&L还支持一个团队，专注于土壤健康和产品的研究和开发，以支持可持续和再生农业。这包括可以取代由不可再生资源制成的传统化肥和农药的作物投入。下一代可再生农产品的一类是基于种子处理技术，即作物种子被植物有益微生物包裹。农民对生物种子处理的需求日益增加。

A&L Biologicals (A&L), located in London ON, is an innovative, research driven company that serves a wide range of industries including Agriculture, Environmental and Food & Pharma-globally. Within Agriculture, A&L provides comprehensive analytical services for soil, plant tissue, feed, fertilizer, and water. A&L also supports a team that focused its research and development on soil health and products that can support sustainable and regenerative agriculture. This includes crop inputs that can replace conventional fertilizers and pesticides made from non-renewable resources. One category of next generation regenerative agricultural products is based on seed treatment technology whereby crop seeds are coated with plant beneficial microbes. Biological seed treatments are increasingly in demand by farmers. A&L researchers recently published results demonstrating the utility of biological seed treatments in transforming agricultural soil with poor productivity to high productivity. However, technical challenges to biological treatments remain to be assessed, such as development of seed coating formulants that support the ability of the beneficial microbes to colonize and persist in the root zone of crops. A&L Biologicals, in partnership with Lambton's Bio-Industrial Process Research Centre, aims to develop and commercialize new biological seed treatments. Success of this project provide A&L information and techniques critical to their goal of bringing to market new biological seed treatments. It is expected that by the end of the proposed project, A&L will be ready for field trials. In addition, the broader agricultural input industry will also benefit from the increased research, development and commercialization activity in sustainable and regenerative agriculture that bringing this new class of fertility products to market is expected to generate.