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Formulation Of Microorganisms To Control Plant Diseases

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Formulation of Microbial Biopesticides

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Formulations affect many aspects of the success of biocontrol organisms, including the shelf-life of a product, ability of a biocontrol organism to proliferate and survive in the environment, effectiveness for disease control, ease of preparation and application, and expense. Recent review articles have discussed these topics as well as production of biocontrol organisms (Lumsden and Lewis, 1989; Connick et al., 1990; Fravel and Lewis, 1992; Harris, 1994; Lumsden et al., 1995). This chapter discusses formulation of commercially available biocontrol organisms for control of plant pathogens and research on the development of these organisms.

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Fravel, D.R., Connick, W.J., Lewis, J.A. (1998). Formulation Of Microorganisms To Control Plant Diseases. In: Burges, H.D. (eds) Formulation of Microbial Biopesticides. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4926-6_5

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