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Technical advice from Wageningen University

Upscaling and formulation of BCAs in Ethiopia

A recently released report from Wageningen University contains information about mass production of bacterial isolates of Bacillus and Pseudomonas, as well as entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria and Metarhizium. These organisms have been isolated from soils in Ethiopia and are used as a biological control agents (BCAs) of Fusarium diseases (bacterial isolates) and insect pests (fungal isolates).

This reports describes briefly the methods and techniques currently available for upscaling of the production process of bacterial and fungal isolates. Additionally, possible product formulation options (to increase BCAs survival in the environment) are described in short.

Moreover, specific questions are answered such as: 1) question about the methods of preventing the bacterial isolates from losing their antifungal activity with time or 2) compatibility of isolates in prevention of disease when applied together.

Click here to download the report.