BioConsortia, Inc., innovator of microbial solutions for plant trait enhancement and yield improvement, has added a wheat seed treatment to the growing list of new biological products moving to registration phase, according to a company release at Business Wire.
The new wheat product has come from BioConsortia’s biostimulant pipeline. This seed treatment product, along with several others, has been tested on spring and winter wheat in at least 20 field trials over the past two years with positive yield increase and good consistency. The lead product is based on robust spore-forming bacteria that have excellent compatibility with commercially available chemical seed treatments, making it an easy to use and low cost option for growers.
“Beyond the yield gain, the high stability, low use rate and favorable cost of goods make the lead product a perfect candidate for combination products and life cycle management with existing synthetic seed treatment fungicides and insecticides,” said Dr. Hong Zhu, BioConsortia’s head of R&D.
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