Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0218848

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0218848

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

POLYMER-BASED COATINGS TO INCREASE THE SURVIVAL OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. World-wide, there is much active research to maximise the use of Rhizobium for legumes and to develop a new range of growth-promoting micro-organisms for application to agricultural crops including cereals. However, very poor survival of inoculant bacteria after application to seed severely limits their effectiveness. New polymer coatings on seed may enhance survival of inoculants. By collaboration between chemists, rhizobiologists and the inoculant and seed-coating industries, innovative technology can now be generated, improving inoculum potential, giving higher crop yields using less fertilisers. The technology will generate a rural service industry providing coated seed products that reduce farmers' input costs and help maximise their income.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $216,186.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Biology | Crop And Pasture Production Not Elsewhere Classified | Bacteriology | Microbiology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sown legumes | Global climate change adaptation measures | Other

Other Keywords

Bacteriology | Crop And Pasture Production Not Elsewhere Classified | Global climate change adaptation measures | Microbiology | Other | Soil Biology | Sown legumes

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