Microbial inoculation of seeds: A review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909795/
This journal review article discusses methods and benefits to microbial seed incoulation for introducing beneficial bacteria during seed germination and subsequent plant development.
Microbe seed treatment for borage
https://seedworld.com/worlds-first-microbial-seed-treatment-developed-for-borage/
This article focuses on business and application facets of creating a microbial seed treatment process for borage. Borage is an herb crop that is an important source of gamma‐linolenic acid.
Microbial solutions in agriculture: Novozymes
https://www.novozymes.com/en/advance-your-business/agriculture/crop-production
Novozymes is a global leader in industrial‐scale enzymes. This commercial page describes their interests in microbial processes for promoting plant growth and productivity, including seed treatments.
Microbial treatment of soybean seeds
http://cardycropsolutions.com/uploads/planting_soybeanbiologicalmicrobialseedtreatments.pdf
This commercial article provides a good overview of the overall process of, and developments in, microbial seed coatings. The experimental part focuses on soybean.
Treating wheat seeds with neonicotinoid insecticides
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205200
Neonicotinoid pesticides are increasingly being used to treat seeds to prevent damage from pests such as aphids. This study examined the effect of neonicotinoinds on microbes.
Agricultural seed treatments: Corteva
https://www.corteva.us/products-and-solutions/seed-treatments.html
This website describes commercial products. In the process, it provides good insights into the types and manner of microbial seed protection.
Seed treatment system: BASF
https://agriculture.basf.com/us/en/Crop-Protection/Poncho-VOTiVO-2-0.html
This site highlights an ongoing trend of combining an insecticide and a microbe on the same seed for enhanced survival and performance.
Microbial populations on seeds
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42865-9
Seeds are transmitters of microbes into a soil upon planting. The transmission can be for beneficial or detrimental bacteria. This study looked at pathogen transmittal and how the pathogens might be out‐competed by other microbes.
Science behind microbial plant products
https://www.agriculture.com/crops/the-science-behind-microbial-and-biological-products
This popular science article gives a good overview of this field of research and highlights some of the researchers working in the field.
Microbial seed treatments: Acceleron
http://www.acceleronsas.com/Solutions/BioEnhancers/Pages/Acceleron-BioAg.aspx
This is a commercial website, but information on the products highlights important features of microbial seed treatments.
Seed treatment: Syngenta
http://www.syngenta-us.com/crop-protection/seed-treatment
This website highlights the seed treatment products of the agricultural products company Syngenta.
Encapsulation for microbial seed treatment: Patent
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017087939A1/en
This patent describes methods for encapsulating microorganisms in a polymer gel on seeds and the utility of such processes.
Endophytic microbial seed treatment
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US243315432
This patent focuses on formulations, specifically the most effective microbial combinations for particular seed treatments.
EPA registers soybean seed treatment
https://headsupst.com/crops/soybean-crops/
This page highlights an approval of microbial seed treatment for pest control by a regulatory body, in this case the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Microencapsulated Bacillus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738727/
This publication describes a specific type of seed treament, a particular Bacillus strain and it effects on cotton seedlings.
Application of microorganisms to seeds
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-94-011-4926-6_8.pdf
This extensive review article is somewhat dated but it provides a good, comprehensive description of many aspects of coating microbes onto seeds.
Microbiome engineering by seed coating
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00011/full
This study details an approach of applying a benefical microbe to flowers with the effect of ultimately transmitting the microbe to harvested seeds.
Rhizobacteria in nanofibers
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176930
This paper described a method for using electrospinning to nanoimmobilize microbes for subsequent seed applications.
Microbial Biotechnology (2020) 13(1), 299–300