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- Title
Agricultural probiotics enter spotlight.
- Authors
Fox, Jeffrey L
- Abstract
The article focuses on the development of microbial-based products by the biotechnology firms to change plant performance in agriculture without genetic manipulation. Topics discussed include launch of agricultural probiotics Symbiota by the company VentureLabs for crops such as corn, soy, wheat and cotton, views of Jack Gilbert of Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois on embracement of plant microbiome by agbiotech firms, and efforts made by the consortium DivSeek to unlock crop diversity.
- Subjects
MICROORGANISMS; PLANT growth; VENTURELAB (Company); GILBERT, Jack; PLANT diversity
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2015, Vol 33, Issue 2, p122
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0215-122