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Formulation and Application of Plant Pathogens for Biological Weed Control

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Biopesticides: Use and Delivery

Part of the book series: Methods in Biotechnology ((MIBT,volume 5))

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Abstract

The public’s demand for safe, biologically based weed controls has created an impetus to commercialize biological weed-control agents. Numerous plant pathogens have shown excellent potential as biological herbicides over the years, but there has been very little commercial success. For bioherbicides to succeed in the marketplace, products must be efficacious, consistent, easy to use, economical, and have adequate storage life. The satisfaction of these criteria depends on the development of formulation technology tailored to the industries that will develop the bioherbicides, and to the consumers who will use the products.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, Montana State Untverstty, Bozeman, MT

    Nina K. Zidack

  2. Northern Plains Agrtcultural Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Sidney, MT

    Paul C. Quimby Jr.

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  1. Ohio State University, Wooster, OH

    Franklin R. Hall

  2. Excipula Inc, Highland, MD

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Zidack, N.K., Quimby, P.C. (1999). Formulation and Application of Plant Pathogens for Biological Weed Control. In: Hall, F.R., Menn, J.J. (eds) Biopesticides: Use and Delivery. Methods in Biotechnology, vol 5. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-515-8:371

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