The technology exploits slime-producing bacteria and any bacterium-partner of choice that determines the type of inoculant (biofertilizer, biopesticide, etc). The first provides the living cells of the inoculant with a carrier, exopolysaccharide (EPS), and causes a positive effect on the plant because of its beneficial traits. The partner confers beneficial activities (crop protection, biofertilization, bioremediation, etc.) and stimulates EPS production. The scientists involved in this project recommend to use endorhizosphere bacteria, which have the advantage over soil and rhizosphere bacteria, being localised in the plant interior. These bacteria protect the plant-host from the superinfection of endemic microflora, on the one hand, and avoid a competition for the sources of nutrition, on the other.


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