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Damian Curtis PhD, Director of Synthetic Biology and Genomics, BioConsortia,  and Holly Meadows-Smith, Marketing Associate at BioConsortia, explain the need for biologicals companies to work with the chemicals industry to develop compatible, synergistic solutions. Biological Industry Estimated at over a $3 billion in 2016, by 2022 the biopesticide market is projected to reach $8.8 billion. …

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Agricultural production must double by 2050, at which time the global population will have reached 9 billion and will still be battling climate volatility and reducing the environmental impact of farming. Biologicals are central to this discussion and are now being spotlighted by the likes of, Bayer and BASF. At the same time, new players …

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Holly Meadows-Smith of BioConsortia introduces the breakthrough Advanced Microbial Selecetion process that combines disciplines of plant breeding, directed selection and microbiology for the development of effective microbial consortia.

Biotechnology has moved on from pharmaceuticals to agriculture, creating new opportunities for chemists

Holly Meadows-Smith of BioConsortia introduces the breakthrough Advanced Microbial Selection process that combines disciplines of plant breeding, directed selection and microbiology for the development of effective microbial consortia products. In his 2012 retrospective of the Green Revolution (GR), Prabhu Pingali, then Deputy Director of Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, revisits the …

Picking Microbial Teams for superior Plant Health and Crop Protection Read More »