| abstract |
The present invention provides methods of coating seeds with biological material such as bacteria, fungi (eg, yeast and mold), parasites, recombinant vectors and viruses. The method comprises: (a) applying a wetting liquid comprising a wetting polymer to the seeds to moisten the seeds, and (b) an effective amount of the dried seeds comprising the wet seeds, the biological material, Coating with said dry composition comprising one or more disaccharides, one or more oligosaccharides, one or more polysaccharides, one or more carboxylates and one or more hydrolysed proteins. The coated seeds can have an initial water activity (Aw) of less than 0.4, and the microorganisms on the coated seeds have an initial viability of at least 5 logs of colony forming units / g seeds (CFU / g seeds) Have. Coated seeds are also provided. |