AgraQuest Researchers Highlight the Benefits of New Soil Disease Management Technology
MicrobiologyAgraQuest, Inc.’s Dr. Magalie Guilhabert-Goya, Group Leader for Microbiology, today presented “QST 713: A Microbe with Two Tales” at the 60th annual meeting of the Society for Industry Microbiology in San Francisco. Dr. Guilhabert-Goya focused her presentation on the strengths of the patented active ingredient Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 contained in AgraQuest’s SERENADE® family of biofungicides.
These strengths, including activation of plants’ natural defenses, growth promotion and resistance to abiotic stress, make AgraQuest’s proprietary Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 a valuable tool for both foliar and soil disease control in production agriculture. Field studies in potatoes, tomatoes and cucurbits demonstrate average yield increases of 12 to 15% when treated with SERENADE SOIL™ fungicide.
