Interviews & videos

	Professor Joop van Lenteren Wageningen University Farewell speech: "Too many barriers to introduction of biological control" June 2010	Mike Verhoef Becker Underwood The number one brand of inoculants HiStick and its three products FarmsTV September 2010	Ralph deVies Becker Underwood Why are inoculants important for soybeans Real Agriculture October 2010
	Trevor Thiessen President Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group Watch the video interview April 2010		Jeff Bereza Becker Underwood The Powerful Impact of Inoculants Why farmers should use inoculants and why Becker Underwood's Nodulator is a market leader Real Agriculture January 2010
	Terry Culp Vice President of Seed Enhancement & Foliar Nutrition Business Precision Laboratories, Inc. - Pros and cons of biologicals - The new technology around endophytes November 2009		Darren Hefty Brian Hefty Ag-PHD The benefits of using inoculants in your soybean seed April 2009

European Network for the Durable Exploitation of Crop Protection Strategies (ENDURE)
	Pierre Ricci Director INRA’s Institut Sophia Agrobiotech ENDURE coordinator Read the interview and watch the video May 2009		Bernard Blum Head of International Affairs International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) Read the interview June 2009
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Videos

Biologicals

• Biological controls (Greenhouse grower, December 2010)

Articles

Inoculants

• Nitrogen Fixation by Forage Legumes
  Tom Loynachan, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• Biological ag products use beneficial microorganisms to boost plant health
  Lynn Grooms
  FArm Industry News (May 2010)
• Inspect biological control agents upon arrival
  Greenhouse Management & Production (April 2010)
• Thrips management program developed
  Nursery Management & Production (Apri 2010)
• Legume seed inoculants
  B. Erker and M.A. Brick, Colorado State University
• Bacterial inoculants and enzyme additives
  Charles R. Staples, University of Florida
• Utilizing inoculants in a corn-soybean rotation
  Shawn P. Conley and Ellsworth P. Christmas, Purdue University
• Inoculants for corn silage
  by Richard Muck, US Dairy Forage Center
• Microbial inoculants in Asian Agriculture
  Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taiwan
• Soybean inoculation appears to be profitable throughout the Midwestern US
  Lynn Grooms, Farm Industry News 2008
• Mycorrhizal fungal inoculants to soil - No answers yet
  Jeff Iles, Iowa State University
  Horticulture and HomePest News (April 2004)
• Liquid inoculants critical for peanuts
  Roy Roberson, Southeast Farm Press (March 2006)
• Soy research sheds light on the importance of inoculants
• When to Inoculate Soybean Seed in Iowa
  Integrated Crop Management newsletter
  Palle Pedersen, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowas State University (April 2009)
• Soybean seed inoculation
  Integrated Crop Management newsletter
  Palle Pedersen, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowas State University (April 2003)
• Mary Lou Peter, Kansas State University (2003)
• When do we need to inoculate our soybean seeds?
  by Palle Pedersen, Iowa State University
  Integrated Crop Management 
• Utilizing inoculants in a corn-soybean rotation
  Shawn P. Conley and Ellsworth P. Christmas, Purdue University
• Should I always inoculate alfalfa seed before planting?
  Oklahoma State University
• Soybean seed inoculation
  Soybean Extension and Research Program, Iowas State University
• Compatibility of soybean fungicide seed treatments with inoculants
  Mike Rankin, University of Wisconsin
• Is there such a thing as a seed inoculant for wheat and corn?
  Jochum Wiersma and Dale Hicks, University of Minnesota
• Inoculation of legumes
  W.C. Lindemann and C.R. Glover
  New Mexico State University Guide A-130
• Soybean seed applied inoculation
  Kurt Thelen and Terry Schulz, Michigan State University (March 2007)
• Seed inoculation helps soybeans get nitrogen
  AgAnswers, an Ohio State Extension and Purdue Extension partnership (September 1997)
• Seed treatment for agronomic crops
  Ohio State University Extension, Bulletin 639-98
• Advances in inoculant technology: a brief review
  R.A. Date
  Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 2001, vol. 41, no 3 (188 p.) (35 ref.), pp. 321-325
• Use of seed coating and fungicide seed treatment in establishing alfalfa
  Edward K. Twidwell and Dale J. Gallenberg, South Dakota State University
• Nitrogen fixation
  The Manitoba Fertility Guide, March 2007
• Inoculating and pelleting pasture legume seed
  New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
• Inoculation of pulse crops
  Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
• Legume inoculation
  USDA/NRCS - Agronomy Technical note MO-36, August 2008
• Harmful effects of chlorinated water on rhizobia

Articles (from peer-reviewed scientific publications)

• Plant growth-promoting inoculants in Australian agriculture
  Steven A. Wakelin, and Maarten H. Ryder, CSIRO 2004
• Microbial inoculants in Asian Agriculture
  Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taiwan
• Effect of inoculants on whole-crop barley silage fermentation and dry matter disappearance in situ
  A. N. Hristov and T. A. McAllister, University of Idaho
  Journal of Animal Science, Vol 80, Issue 2 510-516, 2002 
• Production of Rhizobium inoculants for Lupinus nootkatensis on nutrient-supplemented pumice
  Sigurbjorn Einarsson, Jon Gudmundsson, Halldor Sverrisson, Jakob K. Kristjansson, and Sveinn Runolfsson
  Applied Environmental Microbiology. 1993 November; 59(11): 3666–3668
• Effect of microbial inoculants on the indigenous actinobacterial endophyte population in the roots of wheat as determined by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
  Vanessa M. Conn and Christopher M. M. Franco, Flinders University, South Australia
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2004, p. 6407-6413, Vol. 70, No. 11
• Improved enumeration of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in commercial soybean inoculants using selective media
  M. Gomez, C. Revellin, A. Hartmann, G. Catroux
  Letters in Applied Microbiology Volume 21 Issue 3, Pages 142 - 145 2008
• The preparation and use of legume seed inoculants
  R. J. Roughley, New South Wales Department of Agriculture
  Journal Plant and Soil, Volume 32, Numbers 1-3 / February, 1970   
• Soybean seed inoculant and fungicidal seed treatment effects on soybean
  Terry J. Schulz and Kurt D. Thelen, Michigan State University
  Crop Science
• Bacterial inoculants of forage grasses that enhance degradation of 2-chlorobenzoic acid in soil
  Steven D. Siciliano and James J. Germida, University of Saskatchewan
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Volume 16, Issue 6 (June 1997)
• Identification and characterization of rhizosphere-competent bacteria of wheat
  M. Elliott Juhnke, D. E. Mathre and D.C. Sands, Montana State University
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Dec 1987
• Rhizobial inoculant for iprodione-treated lupin seed: evaluation of an iprodine-resistant Rhizobium lupini
  J Evans, GE O'Connor, G Griffith and J Howieson, CSIRO
  Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 29(5) 641 - 646 (1989)
• Competition between soil- and seed-borne Rhizobium trifolii in nodulation of introduced Trifolium subterraneum
  A.A. Holland, University of California, Davis
  Journal Plant and Soil, Volume 32, Numbers 1-3 / February, 1970 
• Nodulation of field-grown Pisum sativum and Vicia faba: Competitiveness of inoculant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae determined by an indirect, competitive ELISA method
  J. Evans, A. Gregory, N. Dobrowolski, S. G. Morris, G. E. O'Connor and C. Wallace
  Science Direct, Elsevier Science Ltd.  

Inoculant Forum  - www.inoculantforum.com

• 2005 Symposium - Abstracts
• 2003 Symposium - Abstracts

Biologicals

• Seed defenders - Agrochemical firms combine chemistry and biology to fend off pests and boost plant health (Chemical & Engineering News, November 2010)
• Biological ag products use beneficial microorganisms to boost plant health
  Lynn Grooms
  Farm Industry News (May 2010)
• Bio-contrôle, une voie complémentaire (January 2010)
• Biological Control: A Global Perspective
  C Vincent, M S Goettel and M Lazarovits
  CABI - Hardback (9781845932657), 432 pages, £90.00 / $180.00 / €145.00
  
  Articles
   
• ENDURE

  • Speeding development of biological controls (March 2011)

  • Biocontrol leaflets now available
  • Biocontrol work features in New Ag
  • In depth: Biological controls

  • Easing the way for biological controls
     

• Biological Control - Propagation Greenhouses
  Floriculture (December 2009)
• Whiteflies Sabotage Alarm System of Plant in Distress
  ScienceDaily (December 2009)
• The Importance Of Biopesticides
  Jim Moore, Greenhouse Grower (May 2009)
• Nature's approach to crop management
  Germain's Technology Group

Biocontrols

• Biocontrol in maize (ENDURE)

• Biocontrol in tomato (ENDURE)