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 | | At Saskatoon, Sask.-based Philom Bios Inc., Penicillium bilaii (referred to as P. bilaiae in scientific literature) has been incorporated into a wettable powder called JumpStart® that is being sold as a growth-promoting inoculant for use with wheat, canola, pea, lentil, bean and Brassica crops. |
 | | As with a Rhizobium inoculant, the Penicillium product is applied to the seed to meet and exceed the minimum required count, which in this case is at least 100 viable spores when the seed goes into the ground. |
 | | Because the Penicillium inoculant was new, data submitted to the CFIA were used to create the standard for this fungus as an inoculant, Leggett says. |
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