Seed Coating With Microbial Consortia: A Technical Note on Viability Through Storage and Sowing

Authors

  • Eamonn Corkery Department of Seed Technology, Curragh Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Newbridge, Ireland Author
  • Blagovesta Banchev Department of Soil Microbiology, Strandzha Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Author
  • Kaarlo Mikkonen Department of Analytical Science, Pohjois-Savo Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Iisalmi, Finland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666589

Keywords:

Seed Coating With Microbial Consortia; Agricultural biotechnology; Gene editing; Evidence synthesis; Biosafety regulation

Abstract

There is real interest in seed coating with microbial consortia right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the
most value. We pull together the current evidence for seed coating with microbial consortia, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and regulators
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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